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Discussions had at the 2018 Humanitarian Congress Berlin on the handling of sensitive data in the humanitarian context highlight the benefits and risks associated with taking further steps to digitalise humanitarian action.
On 1st October, the CHS Alliance, in partnership with the ICRC, launched the 2018 Humanitarian Accountability Report, which considers the issue of change in relation to a range of topics from cash transfer programming to localisation.
InterAction and Humanitarian Outcomes have launched the second phase of the study 'NGOs and Risk', which will focus on risk management within partnerships between national/local and international NGOs. See the survey shared.
CartONG and Terre des hommes launch website with guidance on collecting data in the field, including information on how to ensure data protection.
These guidelines (2017) provide overarching evidence-based guidance on how risk communication should be practiced in an emergency. The recommendations in this document also guide countries on building capacity for communicating risk in health emergencies.
GISF has today published the Spanish translation of its Security to Go guide.
This document details the Saving Lives Together (SLT) Framework, its objective, principles, and implementation. Saving Lives Together, or SLT, is a series of recommendations aimed at enhancing security collaboration between the United Nations, International Non-Governmental Organisations and International Organisations (“SLT…
This paper by Tom Keatinge and Florence Keen (2017) considers the impact of banking sector restrictions on UK-registered humanitarian actors conducting humanitarian operations abroad and offers recommendations to mitigate the financial disruption of humanitarian aid delivery.
This report by Amnesty International (2017) explores the measures used by state and non-state actors to silence or repress human rights defenders (HRDs). These measures range from personal attacks like threats, beatings and even killings to the use of legislation…
This guide (2017) begins by considering definitions and origins of violent extremism, investigating the relevance of origins, traditions and politics. The authors also explore the driving forces behind violent extremism which are compartmentalised into individual and community factors. The document…