Health Workers at Risk: Added challenges of COVID-19
By: Christina Wille COVID-19 has shifted the important work carried out by health professionals to the forefront of all of our minds. Yet, despite the applause these workers often receive, they...
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Search helpManaging Sexual Violence against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare
Aid agencies have a duty of care to respond to incidents of sexual violence against their staff. Sexual violence in all its forms violates human rights. Incidents of this kind are deeply distressing...
Managing security-related information: a closer look at incident reporting systems and software
By Gonzalo de Palacios | EISF publication This article briefly explores the technological platforms non-governmental organisations (NGOs) use to access and share security-related information,...
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Managing the Security of Aid Workers with Diverse Profiles
Executive Summary 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...
Manuel de gestion de l’information issue des incidents de sécurité
INTRODUCTION À PROPOS DE CE MANUEL La gestion de l’information issue des incidents de sécurité (GIIS) est la collecte, la notification, l’enregistrement, l’analyse, le partage et l’utilisation des...
Manual de gestión de la información sobre incidentes de seguridad
INTRODUCCIÓN Acerca de este manual La gestión de información sobre incidentes de seguridad (GIIS) es la recopilación, el reporte, el registro, el análisis, el intercambio y uso de información (datos...
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Toolkit: Responding to Violence against Humanitarian Action on the Policy Level
Rationale and methods to share information, speak out, and challenge impunity in cases of violence against humanitarian action ATHA is pleased to share a new professional _Toolkit for Responding to...
Seguridad en práctica: herramientas de gestión de riesgos para organizaciones de ayuda humanitaria
Introducción Acerca de la guía “Seguridad en práctica” “Seguridad en práctica” intenta proporcionar una guía simple y fácil de usar para personas no expertas en seguridad con el objeto de establecer...
Security Incident Information Management Handbook [EN/AR]
Introduction About this handbook Security incident information management (SIIM) is the collection, reporting, recording, analysis, sharing and use of information (including data) linked to a...
Humanitarian access in a changing world: why security risk management matters
This blog was written by Adelicia Fairbanks, EISF Research Advisor. The global debates currently surrounding humanitarian action and its future are being discussed widely in numerous fora and changes...
Security Risk Management: a basic guide for smaller NGOs
This guide aims to be a simple, easy-to-use security resource to help smaller NGOs demystify security risk management. By setting out the elements of a basic security risk management framework, this...
A glimpse into the March 2017 EISF Forum
This blog was written by Hélène Cardona, EISF Projects and Membership Officer. On the 23rd and 24th of March, 76 people working on or interested in NGO security risk management met in Brussels for...
From security levels to scenario planning
This op-ed was written by Gonzalo de Palacios. The opinions expressed in this op-ed belong to the author and do not reflect the opinions of the European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) or any...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): 2017 Outlook
Social unrest marked Congo’s 2016 political climate. Such unrest was the result of the failure to organize the presidential election, which was scheduled for November. On the security front, violent...
Counter-Terrorist Financing and Humanitarian Security
By Alex Marriage Alex Marriage is Research and Projects Assistant at EISF. He has three years’ experience in international development NGOs primarily working on policy and advocacy. Firstly as an...
People management and security risk management
People management and security risk management Good people management could be described as getting the best results from an employee in a healthy and safe way. People are our most valuable resource...
Women in Security
Published: March 8, 2017 | By Adelicia Fairbanks On International Women’s Day, EISF celebrates the role of women in NGO security risk management. Despite the fact that security has historically been...
Why should we address sexual violence in humanitarian workplaces?
Published: March 3, 2017 | By Megan Nobert Megan Nobert is a Canadian legal professional and academic specialised in international criminal law and human rights. She is also a humanitarian, having...
Zimbabwe: A Crisis Unfolding
Published: February 16, 2017 | By Nick Hanson-James Zimbabwe is facing an imminent crisis that will require an international humanitarian response in the near to medium-term future, with appropriate...
EISF seeking examples of the impact of counter-terrorism legislation on aid worker security
Published: January 24, 2017 | By Adelicia Fairbanks NGOs have repeatedly raised concerns about the consequences of counter-terrorism (CT) legislation on their ability to deliver critical humanitarian...