This web site is intended for participants to the training on Security Management in Hazardous Environments, organized by the Folke Bernadotte Academy, a Swedish government agency dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of international conflict and crisis management, with a particular focus on peace operations.
This course aims to enhance the capacity of senior/middle management and security specialists to improve risk and security management of international organisations and agencies working in dangerous environments. It focuses on the skills necessary to manage safety and security challenges, and on mainstreaming risk and security management into operations and operational decision-making.
Utilizing state-of-the-art teaching methods and tools to animate the five-day training, the topics addressed will include:
■ Security and Risk Management and Analysis Techniques
■ Crisis Management and Accountability
■ Mainstreaming Gender, Cultural Awareness and Humanitarian Protection into Security Management
■ Duty of Care of Employers and Insurance Issues for Staff
■ Relations with Private Security Firms and Peace Support Operations
■ Specialized Lectures on Themes Including: Globalization, Terrorism, Iraq
On this website you will find practical information on the training, the essential reading for the simulation exercise, and selected reading with which participants should be familiar with for the course. The agenda for the training is found here. You will also find faculty bios, contact details for the course organizers, and a blog to which you can subscribe to receive relevant news and updates on security management.
Further information about the Folke Bernadotte Academy is also available here. A short fact sheet on the course can be downloaded here. Finally, payment instructions can found here.
