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Emergency Capacity Building Project

This project aims to enhance the understanding of safety and security risks in precarious situations, particularly within Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operations. Participants will learn and accept MSF’s security policy, identify potential risks, and discuss preventative measures. Through case studies and a structured lesson plan, team members will grasp their responsibilities in upholding a safe working environment. Emphasis will be placed on the four key principles: Common Sense, Consensus, Communication, and Calmness to mitigate risks during operations in unstable areas.

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Emergency Capacity Building Project

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  1. Emergency Capacity Building Project Safety, Security & Civil / Military Relations

  2. SAFETY & SECURITY MSF Action In Precarious Situations

  3. General Objectives • To understand potential safety & security risks • Be aware of MSF safety and security guidelines

  4. Specific Objectives • To understand and accept MSF general security policy • Awareness of various safety & security risks to MSF work

  5. Lesson Plan • General introduction safety & security • Inventory and prevention of safety & security risks • MSF, field and volunteer responsibilities • Case studies

  6. What is # 1 Death Cause? • Car accidents

  7. Main Repatriation Cause? • Malaria related

  8. Safety and Security Risks • Car Accidents • Diseases • Robbery And Theft • Fraud / Embezzlement • Alcohol /Drugs Hijack / Carjack Military Action Warfare Landmines Armed Assaults

  9. Four Main Risk Minimising Rules • COMMON SENSE: Makes up 50% of minimising risk. Rules and measures the other 50%

  10. CONSENSUS: should be reached within team on security policy, rules, measures and eventual exceptions on the rules

  11. COMMUNICATION: within team and between team and HQ are essential to increase awareness and Consensus

  12. CALMNESS: everybody knows fear! try to stay calm and support your colleagues.

  13. Summarising... • Common Sense • Consensus • Communication • Calmness

  14. MSF Responsibility • It is MSF’s decision to work in unstable and security risk prone areas: • to establishes whether security conditions are acceptable and • determine specific risk minimising measures

  15. Field Responsibility • On Project level the Project Coordinator bears final responsibility to monitor security conditions and maintain a security plan • On capital level the Head of Mission carries final responsibility at country level to monitor security conditions and endorse plans

  16. Every Team Member • Must be familiar with MSF security policy • Must know and accept the local security plan • Should bring any disagreement with the plan and the risk minimising measures to discussion with the coordinator and team

  17. MAY LEAVE THE PROJECT when he/she does not accept the security plan, risk minimising measures and/or the prevailing security risk conditions

  18. Communication Format

  19. Who Communicates with Whom? • Team members with Coordinator • Coordinator with Country Manager • Coordinator with local sources • Country Manager with local sources • Country Manager with HQ • Headquarters with international sources

  20. HQ sources capital sources countrymanager team setting ?? team member coordinator external local sources security officer team member

  21. From this presentation... • What did you learn about your risk factors? • What can you say about MSF’s presence? • What can you estimate on your own role in a project?

  22. Imagine This......

  23. A peaceful village somewhere in Africa AFRICA

  24. A problem arises elsewhere and refugees arrive near the village AFRICA refugees

  25. assistance msf AFRICA refugees

  26. msfcompound AFRICA refugees

  27. msf compound AFRICA refugees

  28. msf compound staff? AFRICA refugees

  29. msf compound $$$ jobs AFRICA refugees

  30. msf compound road by msf donations $$$ jobs AFRICA refugees

  31. Remember.... This was the village before the problems started.... AFRICA

  32. And now????? msf compound $$$ jobs AFRICA refugees any consequences?

  33. In Summary • Security is very much related to your environment • Meaning the impact on the local situation • Understanding local habits • Sensitivities, interests and potential conflicts......

  34. Therefore.... • Take your time to understand the context & the impact of MSF operation • Thereby balancing control on operations and respect for local sensitivities

  35. Lastly... • You are NOT enjoying diplomatic protection • You are subject to local laws and criminal prosecution • And...... you are an outside visitor in a foreign country • So.... always respect the local power structure and its populations.

  36. Your Security is in Your Own Hands • Remain Security Aware! following: CASE STUDIES IN SUB-GROUPS.....

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