Knowing the political, social and cultural layout of a country or area and assessing the risks involved is vital to effective operations, whether as an aid worker; an observer or a reporter.
The Foundation maintains a very high level of expertise in both situation analysis, and deeper cultural and political analysis. This enables us to provide a clear picture of any part of the world which is current, up-to-date and reliable as the basis of planning.
The team's extensive qualitative and quantitative research and analysis skills have been used, for instance, to evaluate post-war recovery in Sri Lanka, report to the EU on recovery issues in Bosnia and provide risk management assessment to several multinational companies operating in Africa.
Country briefings are available at short notice; or we can undertake long-term projects to ensure that situations don't change - unnoticed - and place people in jeopardy without their knowledge.
Gender issues, political and ethnic nuances and religious topographies are all among the myriad of factors affecting many of our clients' operations.
Our experience in mapping, analysing and negotiating these cultural landscapes is invaluable to many of our clients.
Based on these research activities and our in-depth knowledge of security issues, we can prepare the essential risk analysis upon which the successful deployment and operation of overseas development activities rely.
Such an analysis is part of the duty of care to those employees involved in the operation. It also helps reduce insurance and operating costs and avoids damage to the operating authority's reputation and service delivery.
Similarly, the risk analysis forms the basis for the detailed planning of the operation.
Good planning is a pre-requisite of any well run and safe operation, but there are a myriad of factors to take into consideration. We have extensive experience of campaign and operational planning and can help in this process.
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