IASC Security Task Force
December 2004

Implementing the Guidelines for UN / NGO / IGO Security Collaboration
Where does the humanitarian community stand?

This survey is being distributed to members of the humanitarian community in an attempt to get a better understanding of the extent to which the Guidelines are being used, what approaches to its implementations have worked, and which have not. While we appreciate ANY time you may have to complete this survey, your thoughtful and reflective answers are greatly appreciated prior to close of business Friday, December 17th, 2004. The survey should take no more than ten minutes of your time and and should be emailed to both Shawn Bardwell sbardwell@interaction.org and Alan Vernon vernon@unhcr.ch no later than December 17, 2004. We would like to thank you for taking the time

1. Are you aware of the Guidelines for UN / NGO / IGO Security Collaboration? If your response to this question is NO, we encourage you to respond to question number two below for any collaborative actions taken within the humanitarian community to address security.

2. Below are the ten guidelines for UN / NGO / IGO collaboration. Please take a moment to comment on the extent to which options (detailed on the attached Guidelines [Menu of Options]) for each of the Guidelines below has been considered and/or implemented at your current or past field posting. Your comments on what has worked and what has not worked when implementing the Guidelines are very important to us and will be shared with the entire community, without individual attribution, once compiled.
   1. Enhancing collaboration in the UN Security Management Team:
   2. Convening broad-based forums for field security collaboration: Including staff security concerns in the Consolidated Appeals:
   3. Meeting common, security-related needs: Sharing resources:
   4. Facilitating inter-agency telecommunications:
   5. Collaborating and consulting in security training:
   6. Sharing information:
   7. Identifying minimum security standards:
   8. Seeking adherence to common humanitarian ground-rules:

   Best practice in Security Management: As part of its effort to promote effective security collaboration, the IASC Working Group is particularly interested in fostering efforts which promote a common understanding of the situation and the factors that affect security as well as common efforts to promote acceptance of humanitarian action and the security of humanitarian actors.

3. Has the humanitarian community undertaken collective efforts to develop a common understanding of the situation in terms of the political and security context, humanitarian needs, local communities/ power structures and national/ local perceptions of humanitarian actors and their work? If so, what particular approaches and methods have been utilized to do so?

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   We welcome any additional comments you may have regarding the Guidelines for UN / NGO / IGO Security Collaboration.