Raymond Bernardus

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  Raymond commented on the article | over 3 years ago

  Whose Life Is Worth More, Whose Life Is Worth Less?

  The dilemma's as posed are hard and I do not have an answer to cover them all. I just wanted to add that within the programs organisations work with, safety & security policies in high risks area's should be built in. Like any other instrument we have Safety & Security policies can than become a management tool (are the risks known, are measurements and operational procedures in place, can we work in this area?). This implicates that organisations need to built their capacity in this particular field and it should be budgeted. Donor organisation should be more aware about the costs that are involved to get to a certain level of capacity in order to operate in a adequate and acceptable way on risk analysis and safety & security management. It seems that this is a problem many local organisations are facing, beside the lack of committment from the management level to this part of programming as mentioned by Allana. In Afghanistan, Kabul, just recently some Afghan NGO's who work with international donor organisations (who often do not implement by themselves) have offered the opportunity to enhance their capacity on Safety & Security Management. I hope that other (donor) organisations will enable local NGO's to have these trainings. It will help them to perceive safety & security not only from a reactive point of view but to incorporate these in their organisational vision, mission and program management. It will not change the volatile environment but at least it will make the work more responsible and less risky for the people in the field.