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Evolving NGO Security Risk Management (Ep3) Humanitarian Notification Systems: unpacking the complexities and possibilities | GISF Podcast

Civil-Military, NGO Security Management, Safety, Technology, Access

About the Series: This podcast series ’Evolving NGO Security Risk Management’, looks at the innovations, transformative developments, and dynamic trends facing the humanitarian and development sector. We have elected to explore the facets of ‘Evolving NGO SRM’, to unpack the changing…

Podcast 2023 Ukranian GISF publication

GISF Sudan Roundtable | Notes (Members only content)

Civil-Military, Context Analysis, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Safety, Access

On Wednesday 19 April 14:00-15:30 BST / 09:00-10:30 ET, GISF hosted a roundtable about the recent security challenges resulting from armed conflict in Sudan. At this roundtable, members shared updates and learned from each other regarding their response to the…

Other, Guidance Material 2023 English GISF publication

Strategic Outlook 2023: the global unravelling | GISF & Dragonfly Webinar (Members only content)

NGO Security Management

Thursday 19 January, 2:00pm-3:00pm GMT / 9:00am-10:00 ET In this webinar, Dragonfly Associate Director Joel Gulhane shared their Strategic Outlook 2023 with GISF members. This is Dragonfly’s annual global forecast on geopolitics, security, crisis and cyber risks containing over 500 forecasts;…

Webinar, Event recording 2023 English GISF publication

Insurance Provision in Emerging Markets (Members only content)

NGO Security Management

This resource from William Wakeham (Ardonagh Group) provides a brief introduction to the thought processes organisation’s should undertake before buying insurance coverage to work with crisis-affected communities. It aims to help GISF member organisations better understand the considerations required to…

Guidance Material 2023 English

Evolving NGO Security Risk Management (Ep2) Reflections from GISF’s Executive Director: 10 years with GISF | GISF Podcast

Gender, NGO Security Management, Wellbeing, Duty of Care

Podcast 2023 English GISF publication

NGO Crisis Management Exercise Manual: a guide to developing and facilitating effective exercises

Safety, Training, Local Action

The threats confronting aid workers are rising significantly. The environments in which NGO staff travel and work delivering programs around the world present considerable risks to their security, safety, health, and wellbeing. In the face of such threats, organizations have…

Guides 2023 English, Spanish GISF publication

NGO Risk Definitions from a Security Management Perspective: survey participation invitation (Members only content)

NGO Security Management

In a recent blog, Lasse Lampinen reflected on how different NGOs define risk and the implications for the work of security managers. As part of his upcoming research, Lampinen invites GISF members to complete a survey on how you and…

Academic Resource 2023

GISF Türkiye/Syria Earthquake Roundtable Two: Notes (Members only content)

Acceptance, Civil-Military, Context Analysis, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Safety, Technology, Local Action, Access, Duty of Care

On Monday 27 February, 14:00-15:00 GMT / 09:00-10:00 ET, GISF hosted it’s second roundtable on the evolving situation in Türkiye/Syria and the earthquake response. This roundtable discussion provided members with an opportunity to share information, concerns, and questions on responses…

Other, Guidance Material 2023 English GISF publication

Introduction to Saving Lives Together

Communications, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management

This short video provides an introduction to Saving Lives Together (SLT), where it comes from, how it works today and what it offers for Security Risk Management (SRM) in the humanitarian sector. It is ideal for training programmes, team meetings,…

Video 2023 English

Evolving NGO Security Risk Management (Ep1) Insights from a Security Manager: managing operations in complex environments | GISF Podcast

Acceptance, Communications, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Access, Wellbeing

Podcast 2023 English GISF publication