This podcast explores the wide range of topics affecting how the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors implement safety and security across their organizations and the environments in which they operate. From interviews with security professionals both inside and outside the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors to conversations with regional and country specific experts, listeners will gain key insights on best practices and thematic knowledge to help build their capacities and careers.
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This podcast explores the wide range of topics affecting how the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors implement safety and security across their organizations and the environments in which they operate. From interviews with security professionals both inside and outside the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors to conversations with regional and country specific experts, listeners will gain key insights on best practices and thematic knowledge to help build their capacities and careers.
Key Takeaways: 0:00 Intro 1:10 Michael talks about how he got into the international development and humanitarian aid sector and specifically the NGO security space 3:49 Michael shares an incident that occurred in his career in international development and how it influenced his path to NGO security 9:30 Michael explains if the way that NGOs practice security management has matured or if it’s still languishing 12:31 Michael talks about what differentiates the security management in the NGO sector from other sectors 15:25 Michael talks about the current state of security management around the world, within the NGO community and how mature it is 18:31 Michael talks about the acceptance of the importance of security risk management in the NGO sector both nonprofits and for-profit 22:51 Michael talks about the importance of having information analysis and analysts and how it will help security risk management mature 26:13 Michael explains if organizations are integrating the security risk management personnel with analysts and implementers in the program designs 28:55 Michael talks about the study they did on acceptance, the core principles of acceptance, and what organizations should do to implement acceptance 31:46 Michael talks more about the acceptance model that they did during their study and the people that they did it with 39:06 Michael talks about World Humanitarian Day and the significance it has on the NGO’s security or humanitarian security 42:55 Michael talks about the current biggest threats to aid workers in terms of security operations and what they should do 47:09 Michael shares his thought on the future threats that might impact the security operations of the security agencies 49:21 Michael talks about the most important lessons that he has learned over the course of his career in NGO security management 54:13 Michael shares some of the resources that he feels are essential for people who are interested in NGO security risk management 56:07 Michael talks about INSSA, what it is and what was the force or the need that led to the formation of INSSA and its initiatives 1:04:42 Michael talks about the future of INSSA and where he is hoping to see it go 1:05:47 Michael talks about where he sees the NGO security sector going as a whole
This podcast explores the wide range of topics affecting how the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors implement safety and security across their organizations and the environments in which they operate. From interviews with security professionals both inside and outside the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors to conversations with regional and country specific experts, listeners will gain key insights on best practices and thematic knowledge to help build their capacities and careers.
