Alternatives to InterHealth UK
A list of organisations and services to use instead of InterHealth UK after their closure.
10 Aug 2017 News
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NGO Security Management
Presence and Proximity: to stay and deliver, five years on
This study by Ashley Jackson and Steven A. Zyck (commissioned by OCHA, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), identifies a series of findings related to the overarching issue of whether humanitarian actors have…
28 Jul 2017 Resource
Insecurity – always an insurmountable obstacle?
This paper by Pete Buth (Médecins sans frontières, 2017), drawing partly on some of the findings of the study, attempts to offer a reflection on the subject of risk acceptance, and some of the underlying factors that –apart from the…
28 Jul 2017 Resource
Dying for humanitarian ideas
This paper examines how the production of images and statistics and the normalising of security management, and argues that these appear to have contributed towards rehabilitating the idea of acceptable humanitarian sacrifice.
28 Jul 2017 Resource
Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel (2017) harmonise an understanding of the implementation of duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations…
25 Jul 2017 Resource
GISF Guides on DisasterReady Learning Platform
GISF and DisasterReady have partnered to launch three GISF guides on DisasterReady's learning platform, which provide an overview of the key elements of NGO security risk management from headquarters to field level.
3 Jul 2017 News
Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs
This guide (2017) aims to be a simple, easy-to-use security resource to help smaller NGOs demystify security risk management. By setting out the elements of a basic security risk management framework, this guide aims to support NGOs in translating their…
29 Jun 2017 Resource
Launch of new GISF guide – Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs
GISF is very pleased to announce the publication of our newest guide: 'Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs'
29 Jun 2017 News
Launch of new GISF guide – Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs
GISF is very pleased to announce the publication of our newest guide: 'Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs'
29 Jun 2017 Blog
A glimpse into the March 2017 GISF Forum
In this blog, Hélène Cardona shares key points from three of the March 2017 GISF Forum sessions: looking at an organisation’s responsibilities towards staff members, staff and their individual needs, and the much broader topic of international humanitarian law.
26 Jun 2017 Blog