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GISF Forum Notes: Rome, September 2019 (Members only content)

Civil-Military, Climate, Communications, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Technology, Local Action, Access

Challenges and Opportunities Lauren D’Amore (OFDA), presented a brief update of OFDA funding for humanitarian security risk management. Lisa Reilly lead this session to discuss current challenges and opportunities for INGOs, in terms of security risk management. Members were encouraged…

GISF Forum Notes 2019 English GISF publication

Gestión de riesgos de seguridad: una guía básica para las ONG pequeñas

NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Safety

La presente guía (2019) pretende ser un recurso de seguridad sencillo y fácil de usar que sirva a las ONG más pequeñas para romper mitos sobre la gestión de riesgos. Al establecer los elementos de un marco de gestión de…

Guides 2019 Spanish GISF publication

GISF Forum Notes and Presentations – Eschborn March 2019 (Members only content)

Acceptance, Context Analysis, Gender, Human Rights, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance

The presentations and notes from the GISF Forum in Eschborn on the 21st and 22nd March 2019 are now available for members to view. The notes and slides for each session can be found under the corresponding heading below. Yemen…

GISF Forum Notes 2019 English GISF publication

Safeguarding Aid Workers

Gender, Human Rights, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Safety

Considerable attention in the aid world and media is currently directed at the concept of safeguarding. Although the word has mostly been used in reference to the safeguarding of beneficiaries, in this article (2019), Megan Nobert explores the safeguarding of…

Article 2019 English GISF publication

Managing Sexual Violence Against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare

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

Aid agencies have a duty of care to respond to incidents of sexual violence against their staff. Sexual violence in all its forms violates human rights. Incidents of this kind are deeply distressing for the survivor, their family, their colleagues…

Guides 2019 English GISF publication

SIIM Podcast: What happens to incident information: The analyst’s perspective

NGO Security Management

In this episode of the Humanitarian Incidents podcast we speak to Frances Nobes, Security Operations and Research Analyst for World Vision International. Frances discusses what we mean when we talk about ‘analysis’, why it matters, and the role incident information can play in…

Podcast 2019 English GISF publication

SIIM Podcast: Building Trust at Field Level: The national perspective

NGO Security Management

In this episode of the Humanitarian Incidents podcast we speak to Nour Kossaibany, security lead at the International Rescue Committee. Nour explains why keeping national staff and local partner staff safe is critical for organisations and effective programme delivery. She discusses how…

Podcast 2018 English GISF publication

Managing security-related information: a closer look at incident reporting systems and software

Context Analysis, NGO Security Management

This article briefly explores the technological platforms non-governmental organisations (NGOs) use to access and share security-related information, particularly focusing on internal incident reporting software. In this article (2018), the author, Gonzalo de Palacios, also reviews how organisations can access contextual…

Article 2018 English GISF publication

SIIM Podcast: Sexual Violence: Ensuring lessons are learned while remaining survivor-focused

NGO Security Management

Much information on security incidents can be considered sensitive, particularly when it relates to very personal cases, such as sexual violence. But if we are going to reduce incidents we need to know about them. In episode four of the…

Podcast 2018 English GISF publication

Duty of Care under Swiss law: how to improve your safety and security risk management processes

Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management, Safety

This study (2018) is part of a project initiated by the Swiss international cooperation community of practice, the Swiss Security Network (SSN@cinfo) led by cinfo, to better understand duty of care obligations under Swiss law. This study resulted in the…

Academic Resource 2018 English GISF publication