Abduction Management Tools for Aid Workers

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Date: 
June 1, 2010

Resources for managing security concerns and risks for aid workers operating in dangerous environments. 

  • The May 2010 report, Security Risk Management: NGO Approach, provides the user with tools to identify and assess the NGO's operational context (activities and the security realities), evaluate the problem (risk analysis), and identify solutions (Mitigation Measures) to accomplish its mission of enabling operations while ensuring the safety and security of NGO personnel, assets, and programs. It is produced by InterAction Security Unit.
     
  • Abduction of aid workers has risen sharply in particular contexts in the past decade.  The May 2010 EISF Briefing Paper Abduction Management explores the dimensions of effective, proactive abduction and kidnapping response mechanisms.

  • On May 11, 2010, a Harvard sponsored seminar titled, Security on Mission: How to Survive a Kidnapping, addressed the prevention and mitigation of kidnapping. The event explored the causes, risks, and consequences of kidnapping for humanitarian professionals working in some of the world’s most dangerous areas.