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Index of Modules on NGO Security Management
These modules may be downloaded here in PDF format. Click on the document titles below to view each item.
| Module | Document | Goal |
| 1 | Rethinking NGO Security |
To provide an analytical framework for thinking about NGO security. |
| 2 | Power, Image & Security | To explore how power and the images that portray power affect security. |
| 3 | Image, Acceptance & Reciprocity | How broad-based acceptance of an agency's presence and role contributes to its security. |
| 4 | Context Assessment | To provide participants with a basic framework to analyse the wider context of 'theatre of operations' that they are in. |
| 5 | Security Strategies | To provide the participants with an analytical framework about security strategies. |
| 6 | Information Management | To highlight the importance of discipline and measured openness with regards to security information. |
| 7 | Threat Assessment |
Improve your ability to assess threats to NGO personnel and property, thereby helping you make more-informed decisions about which security strategies and procedures to adopt. |
| 8 | Vulnerability Assessment |
Improve your ability to understand the most likely threats your NGO - as opposed to all NGOs - will face in an area, and provide insight into how to reduce the threats you may face. |
| 9 | Security Planning | To provide you with the concepts, principles, techniques and tools to develop a security plan. |
| 10 | Legal Protection (not available online) |
To increase security and protection of Civilian & Aid Workers through an understanding of the legal framework, and to provide an introduction to protection strategies. |
| 11 | Site Security |
To enhance the security of residential and work environments so that operational objectives can be achieved with minimal loss and damage to material or injury to person. |
| 11a | Site Security Supplement | |
| 12 | Armed Protection |
To provide an overview of the considerations and issues that can inform decisions regarding the policy and practice of armed protection. |
| 13 | Vehicles & Vehicle Travel |
To minimise the risks associated with vehicles and vehicle travel in insecure environments. |
| 14 | Telecommunications |
To provide an overview of communications options, and to outline the necessary steps for initialising and maintaining a viable communications network within Humanitarian Aid. |
| 15 | Landmines |
To minimise the risks associated with working in mined areas or where the presence of landmines is possible. |
| 16 | Abductions & Hostage Taking |
To outline key aspects of a comprehensive agency approach towards abduction and hostage taking. |
| 17 | Evacuation Plan |
To outline key aspects of a comprehensive agency approach to evacuation. |
| 18 | Self Awareness & Self Management |
To increase self awareness and self management skills and thereby reduce risk. |
| 19 | Preventing & Defusing Anger & Hostility |
To learn how to prevent, defuse and de-escalate security incidents which involve dealing with angry and hostile people. |
| 20 | Dealing with Stress and Trauma |
To describe the process and skills needed to address stress and trauma experienced by NGO workers after a critical incident. |
| 21 | Team Management to Reduce Vulnerability |
To increase team functioning and thereby reduce security risks. |
Contributors
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By Lisa Schirch and Dave Dyck;
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By Koenraad van Brabant, Overseas Development Institute, Portland House, Stag Place, London SW1E 5DP, UK
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By Jonathan Dworken, formerly at the Center for Naval Analysis and now at USAID/OFDA |
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By Lucy Lindale Brown, American Red Cross, |
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Jan Davis, RedR, 250a Kennington Lane, London, UK. |
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By Rob Lowe; formerly of the Emergency Response Unit, Cable and Wireless, UK. Now an independent consultant. |
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Michael O’Neill; Peace Corps, 1111 20th St., Washington, DC 20526, USA.
email: moneill@peacecorps.gov |