Collective influencing

We work to ensure that the systems, policies, and funding structures that shape NGO operations support effective and equitable security risk management.

Working closely with our members, we bring NGO priorities and experiences to donors, policymakers, and other global stakeholders. Together, we advocate for approaches that promote risk-sharing, sustained investment, and the meaningful inclusion of local and national NGOs. By helping to shape the wider environment for security risk management, we contribute to safer, more sustainable, and more equitable NGO operations worldwide.

GISF Policy Working Group

A member-led forum that shapes and delivers our influencing agenda. The group coordinates collective messaging, develops policy recommendations, and engages with key stakeholders to improve global support for SRM.

Saving Lives Together

Saving Lives Together (SLT) is a framework for UN and NGO security cooperation. In 2025 co-chaired the SLT Oversight Committee to represent the security coordination needs and priorities of NGOs.

Donor Engagement

We facilitate direct engagement between NGOs, donors and policymakers to improve how SRM is understood, funded, and implemented. This includes donor roundtables, policy briefs, and technical input into evolving funding and policy models.

Advocacy and Campaigns

We drive collective advocacy to strengthen aid worker protection and SRM. This includes contributing NGO perspectives to global policy processes, coordinating common positions, and running campaigns that raise awareness of the people and practices that enable safe humanitarian access.

Partnership with networks

We work closely with humanitarian networks such as ICVA, InterAction, and H2H Network to ensure SRM is embedded in broader policy discussions, particularly around localisation, access, and operational risk.

Recent highlights

NGOs welcome global Declaration to protect aid workers amid rising attacks

The Faces of Security

A World Humanitarian Day campaign to celebrate the individuals keeping aid workers safe and enabling the delivery of assistance to communities in need.