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Welcome to SMI

The Security Management Initiative (SMI) aims to serve the international aid community and its national and international staff to operate safely and securely across the insecure environments in which they work. SMI strives to contribute to reducing the human and program costs of agencies operating in these environments, thereby enabling agencies to better fulfill their mission.
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SMI functions as a focused human resource centre for risk and security management of NGOs and international agencies working in hostile environments. SMI provides authoritative research, training and advisory services in risk and security management for national and international NGOs and aid agencies.

 

SMI is based in Geneva, and is part of the New Issues in Security program at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).
 

Advocacy: 'The Price of Anything'

Project

The project addresses the importance of safe and secure access for aid workers and human rights advocates who assist and protect civilians in need. By raising awareness among a broad audience, the project contributes to the need of responsible delivery of assistance and protection. 

 

Attacks on aid workers have increased significantly over the past years, with an increasing number of these incidents being politically motivated and directly targeting aid workers. Over 430 attacks on aid workers have occurred during the past 3 years. Past data shows that one aid worker is killed every three days. The front-line advocates and aid workers themselves have a role to play, but their safety cannot be solely reduced to their individual responsibility. 

Documentary film

The project includes the production of a full feature documentary: ‘The Price of Anything’. It is produced by Humanitarian Policy, with contributions and support from SMI, other non-profit organizations and government donors. The pilot clip below shows an incident reenactment which illustrates one of the issues.

 

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Funding & Contributions 

The project is being funded through donations. So far, it has received development funding from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, RedR UK and INSSA. If you would like to contribute in any way, either financially or in some other capacity, please contact us.

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