Blog: Supporting Local Partners
In the first of a series of blogs to celebrate our 10th anniversary, the ILS Risk Advisory Team explore the case for strategic investment in risk management training to support local partners and country offices. This blog highlights the critical role this type of training plays in the delivery of effective and sustainable programmes, and the fulfilment duty of care obligations, through the development of Security Focal Points and other staff with risk management responsibilities in the field.
What would you do?: 3. Checkpoint
In the next part of our series of scenario-based aide-memoires from our Risk Advisory and Training team, we look at what to do if you encounter a checkpoint that takes place while working in the field.
What would you do?: 2. Street Protest.
In the next part of our series of scenario-based aide-memoires from our Risk Advisory and Training team, we look at what to do if you encounter a street protest that takes place while working in the field.
What would you do?: 1. Road Traffic Accident in the field.
In the first in a new series of scenario-based aide-memoires from our Risk Advisory and Training team, we look at what to do if involved in a Road Traffic Accident that takes place while working in the field.
FREE RESOURCE: Key Principles of Crisis Management
On Monday the 11th of June, at the end of the first day of a SAFA training programme, a fire broke out at the hotel and conference centre that we have been working in since 2015.
Having so recently been faced with our own crisis at ILS, our Risk Advisory team has put together a thought piece focussed on the fundamentals of managing crises.
SAFA USA Flyer
We are extremely excited to announce that we are now taking bookings for our SAFA (HEAT) programme in the USA (near DC) from this Summer!
The programme will be led by Michael O’Neill, former Director of Global Safety and Security with Save the Children International, and as ever will be delivered
'by humanitarians, for humanitarians'.
Kidnap Preparedness
Is your organisation ready to deal with the reality of a member of the team being taken hostage? We have developed this free one page checklist of actions to take so that your organisation is prepared to respond should the worst happen.