This issue of Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited by the Humanitarian Practice Network and the Security Management Initiative (SMI) in Geneva, focus- es entirely on staff safety and security. Responses to safety and security challenges vary widely across the aid sector. Different contexts, organisa- tional values, principles and missions, perceptions of security, risk thresholds and human and financial resources all contribute to different management approaches. The articles in this issue are intended to encourage critical thinking around risk management and, in some cases, to challenge existing security management
norms.
This note clarifies leadership and coordination arrangements in the situation where a complex humanitarian emergency or natural disaster is taking place, a Humanitarian Coordinator has been appointed, and a UNHCR-led refugee operation is also underway. The detailed accountabilities, roles and...
"NGO Coordination Bodies: Funding strategies" outlines various funding strategies and the advantages and disadvantages that come with them. These strategies include: core donor, consortium, subscription, and service charges.
Allegations of misconduct, especially sexual misconduct, committed by United Nations peacekeepers have arisen with persistent regularity in the past and may continue to arise in future missions. These incidents are particularly unacceptable as the United Nations, and personnel associated with it,...
