Contingency Plan Template
Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Safety
This template (2010) covers decision making and management for lockdown, relocation and evacuation, providing definitions and criteria.
Guidance Material 2010 English
Resources
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Country Security Plan Template (Members only content)
Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety
This template provides the basic topics for a proficient Country security Plan, and includes topics like: The Organization presence in the country; Context analysis; Risk assessment; Security strategy; Standard operating procedures; Contingency Plans; Health; Behaviour; Roles and responsibilities; Maintaining Awareness;…
Guidance Material 2010 English
Guide to Producing Operational Requirements for Security Measures
Context Analysis, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management
The aim of this guide (2010) by the CPNI (Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure) is to ensure that appropriate security measures are recommended to manage the risk to a level acceptable to all stakeholders. It introduces the concept…
Guidance Material 2010 English
Rescuing the peace in Southern Sudan
Context Analysis
This joint NGO briefing paper deals with restoring peace in Southern Sudan (2010). “As of January 2010, the next 12 months will be critical for the future of Sudan. As the country marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of…
Paper, Briefing 2010 English
Economic development as a tool to reduce secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir
Context Analysis
This report by Zachary Jones, Corey Singletary, Bartosz Szkatula and Farha Tahir (2010) deals with economic developement in the Jammu and Kashmir region as a way to reduce secessionism. “Conflict and instability in Jammu and Kashmir have been a major…
Report 2010 English
Security for all: West Africa’s good practices on gender in the security sector
Gender
This report by Miranda Gaanderse (2010), through DCAF, emerged from a working-level regional conference “Security for All: West Africa’s Good Practices on Gender in the Security Sector”, which was held in Saly, Senegal from 22 to 24 June. It was organised by…
Report 2010 English
The Information Management Challenge: A Briefing on information security for humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisations in the field
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues
This document describes the “information management challenge” – that of ensuring the security of sensitive information in the difficult conditions that may exist in many field offices, and where the risk of surveillance is present – and posits potential solutions…
Paper, Briefing 2010 English GISF publication
Abduction Management of Critical Incidents
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management
Abduction of aid workers has risen sharply in particular contexts in the past decade. Abduction is a “unique form of critical incident”, characterised by its ongoing, “live” nature, often extended duration, the pressure of decision-making and uncertainty. Though the essential…
Paper, Briefing 2010 English GISF publication
Crisis Management of Critical Incidents
Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management
No matter how good the risk management system, aid workers operate in areas where risk of critical incidents cannot be eliminated. And thus agencies must form and constantly seek to update and strengthen robust crisis response mechanisms, from incident reporting processes through…
Paper, Briefing 2010 English GISF publication
Risk Thresholds in Humanitarian Assistance
Civil-Military, Context Analysis, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Safety
This GISF Report (2011) examines how humanitarian organisations express their attitudes to risk, and considers how priorities at different organisational levels might be better integrated when decisions are made on whether to accept or reject certain risks. Section 1 reviews the risk management…
Report 2010 English GISF publication