Links

Below is a selection of links to organisations, analysis and news providers relevant to the needs of the humanitarian community (all websites are in English unless stated otherwise).

If you are aware of any links relevant to EISF's core role of strengthening humanitarian security management, please bring these to the attention of the Research Assistant (eisf-admin@eisf.eu).

General

Civil-military interaction

• Civil-military overview
• Civil-military relations blog

Humanitarian blogs and forums

• Aid Buzz (InterAction)
• Aid Workers’ Daily
• Aid Workers’ Network
• Civil-Military Relations Blog
• Eldis Community
• Future of Aid
• If You Only Read One Thing This Week…
• NGO Security
• War and Peace

Humanitarian consultants

• Ad Idem Consulting
• Clarity Security Training
• Centre for Safety and Development
• Humanitarian Policy
• Serenity Solutions
• Terra Firma Risk Management
• The KonTerra Group
• The Wolf Group
• Tricky Locations
• Valid International

Humanitarian (generic)

• Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
• Conciliation Resources
• Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA)
• Electronic Mine Information Network
• European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)
• Food Security Network
• FPRI Security and International Affairs Think Tank Directory
• Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
• IFES Calender of Elections
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
• IRIN
• NGO VOICE
• ReliefWeb
• The Centre for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
• The Centre for International Disaster Information
• The Humanitarian Policy Group
• The Overseas Development Institute
• The Sphere Project
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Humanitarian security

• UNDSS Advanced security training modules
• UNDSS Basic Security Training in the Field modules
• NGO Safety and Security Manuals
• The Security Management Initiative

Information security

• ICT for Peacebuilding
• OpenNet Initiative
• Security in-a-box

Maps

• Global Incident Map
• HumaniNet - Maps 2.0
• IPIS - Eastern DRC
• MapAction
• National Geographic - Maps
• Respond
• World Mapper

Security (generic)

• 3D Security
• United Nations Department of Safety and Security

Security training providers

• Armadillo
• Bioforce
• Centre for Safety and Development
• Clarity Security Training (UK)
• CMC Finland
• Essential Field Training
• Eurocheck Security Consultants
• Humanitarian Distance Learning Centre
• Humanitrain
• International Location Safety
• RedR UK
• Salanga
• ZIF (Centre for International Peace Operations) Germany

Travel

• Interfaith Calender of World Religious Days
• Air Safe
• Australian Government - Smart Traveller
• Aviation Safety Network
• European Union Airlines Blacklist
• TravelPost
• Travel.State.Gov
• UK FCO - Travel and Living Abroad

Country-focused news & blogs

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Conflict Monitor
• Afghanistan NGO Security Office (ANSO)
• Foreign Policy's "AfPak" Channel
• Naawaye Afghanistan

Chad

• Tchadactuel (French)

Iraq

• NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI)

Occupied Palestinian Territories

• Gaza NGO Security Office (GANSO)

Pakistan

• All Things Pakistan blog
• Foreign Policy “AfPak” blog
• Pakistan Conflict Monitor
• South Asia Analysis Group
• The Daily Times
• The Dawn (blog)
• The Dawn (newspaper)
• The News (blog)

Somalia

• Food Security Analysis Unit Somalia
• OCHA Somalia
• NGO Safety Program (NSP)

Sudan

• Making Sense of Darfur
• Sudan Tribune

Region - Africa

• Africa Confidential
• Africa Files
• Africa Time
• All Africa
• International Peace Information Service
• Pambazuka News

Region - Middle East

• Al Jazeera English
• Middle East Newsline

Region - South Asia

• Ahmed Rashid - Author of 'Taliban' and 'Descent into Chaos'
• Asia Times
• IntelliBriefs
• South Asia Analysis Group
• South Asia Terrorism Portal

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Events

• Basic Safety & Security Course Light: the Netherlands
  08 Feb 2012
  Soesterberg, Netherlands

  The Basic Safety and Security Course prepares you for working and travelling in medium and high risk areas. You learn and practise the skills neede...

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• Risk analysis and incident management for crisis management teams and team leaders
  08 Feb 2012
  Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

  This course is designed to meet the needs of teams and individuals responsible for analysing and articulating risk and for analysing, responding to...

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• Basic safety, health and security course
  14 Feb 2012
  Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

  This course is designed to meet the needs of individuals and teams travelling overseas to visit or work in locations with which they are not famili...

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