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The why and how of good security risk management: GISF and DisasterReady WebTalks

Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management

GISF has partnered with DisasterReady.org to launch two WebTalks on the why and how of good security risk management. Watch Gareth Owen from Save the Children UK speak about why security risk management is important for humanitarian programming, and Lisa Reilly from GISF talk about how to implement good security risk management.

15 Aug 2017

Alternatives to InterHealth UK

NGO Security Management

A list of organisations and services to use instead of InterHealth UK after their closure.

10 Aug 2017

GISF Guides on DisasterReady Learning Platform

NGO Security Management

GISF and DisasterReady have partnered to launch three GISF guides on DisasterReady's learning platform, which provide an overview of the key elements of NGO security risk management from headquarters to field level.

3 Jul 2017

Survey – Managing the security of staff with diverse profiles

Gender, Human Rights, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety

GISF is currently conducting research into how NGOs should manage the security of staff with diverse profiles, balancing staff security while still respecting their employees’ rights to privacy, equality and inclusion. Please take the survey to inform the research!

31 May 2017

Counter-Terrorist Financing and Humanitarian Security

Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management

In this blog, Alex Marriage briefly outlines the security risks that aid workers can and have faced due to counter-terrorist financing (CTF) measures and goes on to describe the international mechanism through which CTF measures are developed and evaluated. Alex goes on to outline the recent changes to CTF recommendations and what this might mean for humanitarian NGOs.

5 Apr 2017