How should you respond to a crisis?
In a new blog post for GISF, guest contributor Tom Huntley unpacks several different approaches senior managers can take to respond to a crisis: leadership, command and management.
2 Nov 2018 News
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Responding to a crisis: leadership, command or management?
In this blog, Tom Huntley discusses different approaches that senior managers can take to respond to crises.
2 Nov 2018 Blog
GISF Forum – March 2019
The next GISF Forum will be in Eschborn, Germany, on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of March 2019.
30 Oct 2018 News
Evidence Based Advocacy: How incident information can help
The third episode of the Humanitarian Outcomes podcast has been published.
18 Oct 2018 News
Farewell to Andrew Eckert, GISF Research Assistant
Sadly, today is Andrew's last day with the GISF Secretariat. We bid him a fond farewell!
10 Oct 2018 News
Duty of Care under Swiss law: how to improve your safety and security risk management processes
This study (2018) is part of a project initiated by the Swiss international cooperation community of practice, the Swiss Security Network (SSN@cinfo) led by cinfo, to better understand duty of care obligations under Swiss law. This study resulted in the…
9 Oct 2018 Resource
Security resources in Spanish
PBI in Mexico have developed an online platform for security resources in Spanish.
9 Oct 2018 News
SIIM Podcast: Building on Success: Effective use of information to improve security risk management
In the second Humanitarian Incidents podcast, Phil Candy, Security Advisor at Medair, discusses why his organisation adopted a robust online security incident information management system. He explains the benefits of the new system and the challenges Medair have faced its…
28 Sep 2018 Resource
Building on Success: Effective use of information to improve security risk management
In the second Humanitarian Incidents podcast, Phil Candy, Security Advisor at Medair, discusses his organisation's adoption of an online security incident information management system, the benefits they have experience and the challenges they are working to overcome.
28 Sep 2018 News
Managing the Security of Aid Workers with Diverse Profiles
An aid worker’s personal security is impacted by the interplay between where the aid worker is, who they are, and their role and organisation. As employers, aid organisations have a duty of care to take all reasonable measures to protect…
20 Sep 2018 Resource