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Event Report: Tackling Humanitarian Crises in Time: Lessons from the West Africa Ebola Responses

Read the latest GISF event report: Tackling Humanitarian Crises in Time: Lessons from the West Africa Ebola Responses. Key points and issues pertinent to security risk management from the address given by Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House on the 11th December 2014.

15 Dec 2014 Post

Guest Blogger: Anis Chouchane writes on new technologies and data protection

Anis Chouchane has written a second blog for GISF, addressing the question of new technologies and data protection: are humanitarian organisations ready to face security threats of the 21st century?

15 Dec 2014 Post

Want to know what our researcher, Raquel, has been working on recently?

Take a look at the November research update to find out more! Read about the The Aid Security Monthly News Brief and the Communications Technology Knowledge Hub, as well as the Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management paper which has recently been released.

8 Dec 2014 Post

GISF and DisasterReady.org Webinar: Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management

GISF and DisasterReady.org are teaming up for an upcoming Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management Webinar. Tuesday December 9th at 15:00 GMT.

25 Nov 2014 Post

New additions to the consultant register!

Frédéric Bardou and Schem Klimiuk have been added to the Consultants Register. Take a look at all register listings here.

21 Nov 2014 Post

GISF Webinar | The Impact of Counter-terrorism Legislation on Humanitarian Operations and Security Risk Management

Counter-terrorism measures introduced by governments and international regimes post-2001 have had a significant impact on NGO operations and security risk management. In this GISF webcast, Naz Modirzadeh, (Senior Fellow, HLS-Brookings Project on Law and Security, Counter-terrorism and Humanitarian Engagement project at Harvard Law School), addresses the practical implications of counter-terrorism measures on security risk management.

20 Nov 2014 Post

Humanitarians Under Attack: Delivering Aid in Insecure Settings

GISF's Executive Coordinator, Lisa Reilly, will participate in the ATHA podcast Humanitarians Under Attack: Delivering Aid in Insecure Settings on Thursday 20th November, 3pm GMT. Click here to register for this interesting event, which also features expert commentators Phil Candy (RedR), Adele Harmer (Humanitarian Outcomes), Sean Healy (MSF UK), AND Pascal Porchet (ICRC).

19 Nov 2014 Post

GISF Guest Writer: Security Risk Management in the Age of Social Media

GISF's first guest writer, Anis Chouchane, examines the impact of social media on security risk management.

17 Nov 2014 Post

Introducing the new GISF website

Take a whistle-stop tour around the new European Interagency Security Forum website!

24 Oct 2014 Post

New GISF publication on communications technology and security risk management

Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management is a new publication by GISF that brings together 17 authors. The 11 articles contained in this publication are dispatches from a new frontline in humanitarian action: the digital frontier.

20 Oct 2014 Post