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Blue Sky launches not-for-profit Foundation to work with national and international charities
17 DECEMBER 2003, UK. Blue Sky Group International, the first security and risk management company in the UK to establish an ethical oversight committee, today announced the launch of the Blue Sky Group Foundation.
WHITE PAPER: The Growing Threat to Charities Working Abroad
Charities, aid organisations and the media are fiercely independent, and as such have traditionally enjoyed a measure of respect and protection as they go about their work in hazardous environments. But that situation has now changed dramatically.

Ashley Truluck, Director of the Blue Sky Group Foundation, looks at a growing problem, and suggests a way forward.

  Case Studies & Articles
Working for peace in Aceh
Blue Sky was involved in the first ever successful 'outsourcing' of a peace-support operation, when we took on the task of helping to mediate and monitor the ceasefire in Indonesia's Aceh region.
Working for press and media safety
The International News Safety Institute has been founded to raise standards of safety for news gathering organisations operating in hazardous fields. Blue Sky is working with INSI to develop its security objectives and capability.
Creating a 'safe haven' in Afghanistan
Immediately following the 2002 hostilities in Afghanistan, many humanitarian organisations moved into the country to set up relief and reconstruction operations. To help them get operational more quickly, and more securely, Blue Sky set up a 'safe haven' for NGOs and media groups in Kabul.
Understanding the need to analyse and manage risk - a guide for international aid agencies
Aid agencies are often seen as a 'soft target' for theft and political groups throughout the world. Many aid agencies are now using professional risk analysis to help them assess the issues they may face in a particular country.

Article by Ashley Truluck, Director of the Blue Sky Group Foundation, first published in International Aid and Trade Review.

Secondment to United Nations- Afghanistan
As part of the wider Security Sector Reform (SSR) activities in Afghanistan, the Afghan New Beginnings Programme (ANBP) was created to deliver the political management, strategic assessment, operational planning, delivery and ongoing support of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme throughout Afghanistan.
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