Christina Wille & Larissa Fast

1. Analysis of shifting patterns in security incidents affecting humanitarian aid workers and agencies: 1996-2010 Christina Wille & Larissa Fast

2. Database • sub-set of reported security incidents affecting the delivery of aid held in Insecurity Insight’s Security in Numbers Database (SiND) • SiND: collaborative project between Insecurity Insight and ten humanitarian agencies • combines detailed information on security incidents from SiND partner INGOs with media-reported data for all humanitarian providers, including the UN and Red Cross organisations

3. Database • This analysis uses the sub-set of 747 ‘severe events’ (one staff member was killed, injured or kidnapped) between 1996 and 2010 • 73 % of these events are from media reports • Three different five-year time periods: 1996-2000, 2001-2005 and 2006-2010  to show changes over time

4. Data-Influencing factors • Large proportion data directly reported by INGOs  bigger sample of INGO events, smaller sample of UN and Red Cross events • Increasing numbers of contributing agencies • New media and communication technologies  easier spread of reporting and sharing security events

5. Procedure of analysis • Division of data in three samples of five-year-periods • Separate analysis of each time period with consideration about data-influencing factors  analysis of different locations (rural/urban areas), different categories of employees (men/women)

6. Four categories of humanitarian aid provider • Red Cross • UN agencies • International NGOs • Other humanitarian agencies

7. Key findings 1) Proportion of national staff fatalities has increased over time, particularly during periods of active fighting

8. Key findings 2)Trend of increasing victimisation of national staff members is less marked among INGOs than UN agencies and the Red Cross Movement

9. International staff fatalities Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf

10. National staff fatalities Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf

11. Key findings 3)Decreasing proportion of international female staff fatalities among all victims

12. International female staff victims Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf

13. Key findings 4)Decreasing proportion of severe events affecting UN and Red Cross agencies

14. Security events in rural areas Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf

15. Key findings 5) Decreasing proportion of severe events affecting the UN on the road

16. Security events on the road Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf

17. Key findings 6)Increasing proportion of security incidents affecting the UN and Red Cross occur in urban areas and during active fighting

18. Urban security events Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf

19. Security events during active fighting Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf

20. Interpreting the findings • Observed changes only partly reflect a “risk transfer” • The changes could also be explained by: • agency security management strategies • perpetrator intentions and capabilities • general programming priorities or donor pressure

21. Source of information: http://www.insecurityinsight.org/files/Security_Facts_3_Shifting_Patterns.pdf