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This session addressed various experiences of organisations and government actors working in Liberia, Guinea and Sierre Leone during the Ebola outbreak, as well as an academic view on the military deployment during the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) response. The significant…
This session addressed pertinent considerations for occasions when a safe room is required in a country or field office. The difficulties security managers come across when establishing the room and how these difficulties should be mitigated were also discussed. Candice Roggeveen…
This session addressed various frameworks and approaches to risk management. Converging physical and IT security risks were also high on the agenda, in addition to how a security risk manager convinces their colleagues, donors and board members that security is…
The 2013 Aid Worker Security Report cited road incidents as one of the main threats to humanitarian security. The session focused on road attacks and their impact on aid worker security and humanitarian operations. How can NGOs better address road…
Lisa Reilly, GISF Executive Coordinator, hosted a Question and Answer session where Members could put questions directly to the larger group of Forum attendees. The GISF Brussels Forum 2015 was held under the Chatham House Rule. Names of session presenters are…
This analytical report (2015) by the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF) provides an in-depth view of the current situation of violence against women in Pakistan. The report contains an introduction, background, violence against women from within Islam and Islamic countries, types…
A tool for NGOs to examine country considerations such as the government/political situation, law and order, commodities, options/availability of means to evacuate, FCO position, Appetite to stay (personal), operations, security of staff, condition of personnel, and other issues for consideration.
A tool for NGOs on risk appetite, which refers to the amount or the type of risk that an organisation is prepared to seek, accept or tolerate. This tool is useful for NGOs to produce a statement of risk appetite.…
A guide for decision-making on safety and security provisions overseas. It contains: arguments for providing safety and security material and the general approach to provision of equipment.
A summary of Boko Haram by Other Solutions Consulting (2015). This document features Boko Haram’s main objectives, official objectives as stated by the leader, currently identifiable objectives, areas of influence, other zones of influence in the region, type of structure,…