Security and Risk Management Resources
The following are a few core documents and internet resources that we keep in mind as concerns Security and Risk Management for civilian agencies operating in hostile environments. We have a good collection of further documents to share if you need them.
Internet Resources
Aid Workers Network
Offers a comprehensive set of reference pages on security tools, techniques, manuals and training.
Armadillo Group
Firm supplying specialist security advice and training to the humanitarian and private sector.
Atlantic Intelligence/BD Consultants
Risk and analysis firm that also offers security consultants.
Centre for Safety and Development
The CSD aims to create safe working-conditions for workers sent abroad by means of training-sessions, advice and expertise, and thus helping others bring about a better and safer world.
Church World Service- Security Program
Providing Non-Governmental Organizations, missionaries and humanitarian aid workers, with area specific security and drivers training and professional services and consultation to improve safety in insecure environments, thereby enabling delivery of the best possible relief and development programs.
cinfo
cinfo offers information and advice to people interested in employment opportunities in international cooperation.
ECHO Security
Support package for NGOs created by the European Commission, includes presentations, videos, training guides and reference documents allowing organizations to improve their security techniques and management.
Essential Field Training
Essential Field Training combines key instruction by experienced trainers with backgrounds in policing, international security, military operations, communications, human rights, journalism and field coordination.
Global Training Assistance
Australia-based security training and advisory firm.
The Green Book
This document has been produced in consultation with editors and press and broadcasting organisations as a general guide to the procedures that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) will adopt in working with the media throughout the full spectrum of military operations. It covers the practical arrangements for enabling correspondents to report on operations, including the MOD's plans for representative numbers of correspondents to accompany British Forces and sets out what editors can expect from the MOD and what the MOD seeks from the media.
Groundtruth-Consulting
GroundTruth is a training and consulting firm helping organisations achieve sustainable, world-class capability by combining our expertise with the development of your people. We are specialists in human performance, risk management and the interaction of the two.
HPCR
The Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research launched the Security Management Initiative in 2005, with the aims of advancing the development of policy and information tools on risk and security management of international aid agencies in conflict areas.
ICRC- Staying Alive
A respected- and recently revised- manual on field security. Also check out their First Aid in Armed Conflicts publication.
IFRC- Stay Safe - International Federation's Guide to a Safer Mission
A 2008 publication on security, where the IFRC recognizes that natural disasters are increasingly occuring in areas with complex political and social circumstances that change rapidly and can have an impact on its humanitarian operations. There is a further Guide for Security Managers that should be also be consulted.
InterAction Security
A 2001 initiative on security of national staff members.
Landmark Learning
Offers the Relief Medic course designed for people who are interested in emergency care where advanced hospital equipment and supplies are absent and where disease and traumatic injuries are specific to third world conditions.
NGO Security
A Blog about safety and security incidents and issues that impact humanitarian organizations. Their resource pages are well done, take a look at their collection of NGO and Security Manuals. There is also a clever series of YouTube clips (‘Do-it-yourself internet training’) that can be used to animate security training sessions.
Partronus Analytical
Patronus Analytical is a blog dedicated to pursuing a thoughtful, analytical approach to security in support of humanitarian and development efforts in high-risk environments and complex emergencies. Patronus Analytical focuses on providing unbiased security information, objective analysis, and situational awareness to enable humanitarian agencies to make educated, proactive decisions about their security.
RedR
Known for its provision of security courses addressing a wide-range of audiences and themes.
RiskLine
RiskLine 24/7 provides accessible political and security analysis to its clients, worldwide.
saferaccess
Safer Access is a network of humanitarian safety expertise formed to help support and facilitate the provision of humanitarian and development aid.
SIRS Project
The Safety Information Reporting Service facilitates safe access to populations in need by providing information to enhance the safety and security of humanitarian operations.
Security Management Initiative Blog
This blog looks at how civilian agencies working in hostile environments can better equip themselves to integrate (in)security into their operational thinking.
War, Journalism and Stress
A self-help resource for journalists working in conflict zones, allowing them to assess their psychological well-being.
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