GISF Forum | Save the Date | 10th & 11th March 2016
The next GISF Forum will take place in Brussels on the 10th and 11th March 2016. Please let Ruth know (eisf-info@eisf.helpful.ws) if you would like to attend.
13 Jan 2016 News
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Europe
Can you get sued in Switzerland? The rights and obligations of Swiss companies and organisations vis-à-vis their travelling and expatriate staff
In a globalised world in which everyone is more and more mobile, employment law necessarily plays an important role. Some claim rights, others insist on obligations, each knowing they will have to find a way to work together and, from…
22 Dec 2015 Resource
Humanitarian Innovation Conference July 2015
GISF will be taking part in the 2015 Humanitarian Innovation Conference, held by the Humanitarian Innovation Project, in partnership with the World Humanitarian Summit, in Oxford on 17 and 18 July 2015
18 Jun 2015 News
GISF Workshop – Humanitarian Access Negotiation Skills
Many thanks to those who joined us for the Humanitarian Access Negotiation Skills workshop which took place in Paris on Monday 30th March. Joe Belliveau of Conflict Dynamics International facilitated an interesting and dynamic workshop, relating the 'Humanitarian Access in Situations of Armed Conflict: Handbook on the International Normative Framework' to practical examples of negotiations in the field. Please take a look at the workshop outline and the evaluation results for more information on the modules addressed during the workshop.
1 Apr 2015 News
UK Overseas Business Risk Joint Advisory Group seeks feedback
The UK Overseas Business Risk Joint Advisory Group is seeking feedback on their OBR country and thematic pages and the Political and Economic updates section of their website. UK-based NGOs are encouraged to participate - read on for further information!
16 Jan 2015 News
Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and opportunities for security risk management
The editors and contributors of this volume are to be congratulated on a practical text that pushes forwards our knowledge and understanding of the virtual space that now surrounds humanitarian operations, and which can have such a physical impact upon…
20 Oct 2014 Resource
The UK’s review of humanitarian aid: an agenda of radical change?
This two page document by the ODI (Overseas Development Institute, 2011) summarises the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR) commissioned by the UK government to look into how the UK should respond to rapid-onset humanitarian emergencies. It claims the HERR gives a very…
1 Apr 2011 Resource
Humanitarian Emergency Response Review: UK Government Response
“Lord Ashdown’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR) has raised the bar for the UK Government. It has given direction, reminded us of key principles and outlined a new approach to ensure we are fit to respond to emergencies in the…
1 Jan 2011 Resource
Strategic Conflict Assessment: North Caucasus
This Strategic Conflict Assessment study (SCA), undertaken by Anton Ivanov (2009), contains an assessment of the current conflict and cooperation dynamics in the North Caucasus with a focus on developments in the region that have taken place since the previous…
1 Jan 2009 Resource