Formation pour les gardiens
NGO Security Management, Safety
Une bande dessinée, créée par Oxfam, pour informer les gardes sur les problèmes de sécurité et les SoP.
Other, Guidance Material 2022 French
Resources
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Training for guards
NGO Security Management, Safety
A comic, created by Oxfam, to inform guards on security issues and SOPs.
Guidance Material 2022 English
‘Who Can Sing the Song of MSF?’ The Politics of ‘Proximity’ and Performing Humanitarianism in Eastern DRC
Acceptance, NGO Security Management, Safety, Access
This article explores the everyday practice of security management and negotiations for access conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews and archival exploration, it examines…
Article 2022 English
Humanitarian Shapeshifting: Navigation, Brokerage and Access in Eastern DR Congo
Acceptance, NGO Security Management
This article examines the experience of Congolese humanitarians negotiating access with armed groups in eastern DRC. It describes how humanitarians become shapeshifters: they play different roles for different audiences as a tactic of social navigation in a context of uncertainty.…
Article 2022 English
GISF Haiti Roundtable 7: Notes (Members only content)
Civil-Military, Context Analysis, Human Rights, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Private Security Providers, Safety, Training, Access, Covid-19
On January 14th, GISF hosted a seventh roundtable on the evolving situation in Haiti. The aim of this roundtable discussion, facilitated by GISF, was to provide members with an opportunity to share information, concerns, and questions on responses to the…
Other, Guidance Material 2022 English GISF publication
GISF Ethiopia Roundtable 1: Notes (Members only content)
Acceptance, Civil-Military, Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Safety, Access, Covid-19
On January 7th, GISF hosted its first roundtable of 2022 on the evolving security situation in Ethiopia. The aim of this roundtable discussion, facilitated by GISF, was to provide members with an opportunity to share information, concerns, and questions on…
Briefing, Guidance Material 2022 English GISF publication
GISF Afghanistan Roundtable 7: Notes (Members only content)
Civil-Military, Context Analysis, Gender, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management, Safety, Access
On January 10th, GISF hosted a seventh roundtable on the evolving security situation in Afghanistan. The aim of this roundtable discussion, facilitated by GISF, was to provide members with an opportunity to share information, concerns, and questions on responses to…
Other, Guidance Material 2022 English GISF publication
Stay Safe 2.0 Global Edition
Training
Security is everyone’s responsibility. That is why the new Stay Safe 2.0 Global Edition is for you. You will find three different levels in the new Stay Safe 2.0 Global Edition: Level 1 – Fundamentals Level 2 – Personal and Volunteer Security…
Training Document 2022 English
Keeping up with COVID-19: essential guidance for NGO security risk managers – Module A4: Digital Security
Communications, Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Policy Guidance, Private Security Providers, Safety, Training, Covid-19
Module A4: ‘Digital Security’ is in Section (A) ‘Policy and Planning’ of our three part series ‘Keeping up with COVID-19: Essential guidance for NGO security risk management’. As we move further into the 21st Century, life becomes increasingly complex and…
Guidance Material 2022 English GISF publication
Achieving Safe Operations through Acceptance: challenges and opportunities for security risk management
Acceptance, NGO Security Management, Safety
Acceptance is a key pillar of NGO security risk management (SRM) strategies. It ensures both access to populations affected by conflict and disaster and the safety of NGO staff and programmes. However, the current context raises questions about degrees and…
Paper, Article 2021 English GISF publication