NGO Security Training

InterAction's Report of the Working Group on NGO Security Training Curriculum, 1998-99

In 1995, the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) provided InterAction with a grant to develop curricula for non-governmental organization (NGO) training courses in two areas-health and security.

• This report focuses on the security training component of the grant. It summarizes the work of the advisory Task Force and Security Working Group, and includes summaries of the following:
• Work undertaken by the project, including development of the curriculum and holding of two pilot courses;
• Unique approaches to security and training adopted by the Task Force and Working Group;
• Learning objectives and modules produced for the course;
• Formal and informal evaluations of the course.

The primary purpose of the report is to describe the work done under the project and to recognize the efforts of the individuals and institutions which have contributed to its success, in particular those of the Working Group that produced the final materials, and designed and implemented the pilot courses.

The larger objective of the report is to document what we have learned about NGO security and security training over the course of the project so that those pursuing further initiatives in NGO security training can build upon what we have done.

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