Partnerships and Security Risk Management | GISF Workshop | Panama
This in-person event will take place the last week of July in Panama. The dates mentioned here are tentative. Final dates…
24 May 2022 Event
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GISF Webinar | The Challenges of Humanitarian Acceptance | Recording
On 20th April, GISF held The Challenges of Humanitarian Acceptance webinar which explored how Acceptance is one of the founding pillars of NGOs’ security risk management (SRM) strategies to ensure both humanitarian access and the safety of their staff and…
27 Apr 2022 Resource
GISF Webinar | The Challenges of Humanitarian Acceptance
Acceptance is one of the founding pillars of NGOs’ security risk management (SRM) strategies to ensure both humanitarian access and the safety of their staff…
29 Mar 2022 Event
‘Who Can Sing the Song of MSF?’ The Politics of ‘Proximity’ and Performing Humanitarianism in Eastern DRC
This article explores the everyday practice of security management and negotiations for access conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews and archival exploration, it examines…
27 Jan 2022 Resource
When to evacuate? – diplomatic pressure and acceptance challenges for international NGOs in Ethiopia
Over the past few weeks, we have seen increasing pressure by the Ethiopian government on the humanitarian community over the Tigray crisis. This pressure has…
12 Jan 2022 Blog
ACAPS – Humanitarian Access Overview
ACAPS Humanitarian Access Overview provides a snapshot of the most challenging contexts for humanitarian access. ACAPS analysts considered nine variables to rank and compare humanitarian access levels worldwide. Crisis-affected populations in more than 70 countries are not receiving the humanitarian…
13 Dec 2021 Resource
Haiti: Situation Report: Gangs and the Haitian State
This document provides an analysis of the current situation in Haiti and the implications for aid agencies.
5 Dec 2021 Resource
The ‘Insight’: RiskPal Interview With Jason O’Connor Released
“Across the board, most travel came to a halt and any trips had to be approved at the highest levels. Budgets and training were also…
2 Nov 2021 News
The ‘Insight’
Jason joined GISF in December 2020 as Deputy Director for the Americas and since then has been helping NGOs deal with the fall out of the pandemic. Prior to that he worked for World Vision as a Global Security Advisor…
2 Nov 2021 Resource
IASC Non-Binding Guidelines on the use of Armed Escorts for Humanitarian Convoys
These guidelines serve to ensure a principled approach is employed when armed escorts are considered by the humanitarian community.
1 Oct 2021 Resource