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Context GISF’s Global Security Risk & Policy Conference is the largest security gathering in the aid sector, bringing together a diverse ecosystem of NGO security professionals, UN agencies, donors, coordination bodies, and private-sector partners to confront challenges directly. This year’s…
Context Over the past decade, the push for localisation has put partnerships with local and national actors at the centre of aid policy reform. While policy frameworks increasingly frame localisation in the language of partnership and shared responsibility, emerging evidence…
Humanitarian organisations are facing a challenging operating environment. Aid worker casualties remain at record levels, civic space continues to shrink in many contexts, and funding…
Introduction La gestion des risques sécuritaires (GRS) fonctionne généralement mieux lorsque le pouvoir décisionnel est aussi proche que possible du contexte dans lequel les risques se produisent réellement. Pour les ONG nationales opérant dans des environnements dynamiques et souvent à…
Introduction Security risk management (SRM) usually works best when decision making authority sits as close as possible to the context where risks actually occur. For national NGOs operating in dynamic and often high-risk environments, clear, context-driven security decision-making structures are…
Find details for our 2026 Global Conference here. …
GISF held its inaugural Global Security Risk and Policy Conference in Dublin from 26-27 February 2025. The event was themed around resourcing and funding security risk management. We were pleased to welcome over 100 attendees to the Conference. These included…
GISF’s Executive Director, Jon Novakovic, will join this session as a panellist. The session is organised by ICVA as part of Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships…
Securing adequate funding for humanitarian security is critical to ensuring safe and effective operations in complex and volatile environments. However, the allocation of donor resources…
As the humanitarian sector advances toward greater localisation, transferring risks to local actors without adequate support undermines resilience and jeopardises the security of staff and…