United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mar 2008
InterWorks conducted UNHCR eCentre’s standard Safety In the Field (SIF) workshop in Hua Hin, Thailand with support from the Royal Thai Army per their longstanding arrangement with the UNHCR eCentre. The workshop, held 9-14 March 2008, was modified to address the security concerns of journalists, rather than humanitarians, as well as to compare the two to some degree. The participants, from the Korea Press Foundation, were journalists, and all from Korea, except for two from China and one from Pakistan.
This workshop addressed basic elements of personal security for staff in the field, and highlighted security risk management tools and strategies for maintaining operations in complex security environments. The training included interactive classroom sessions, skills exercises, and the practical application of concepts in the field through realistic simulations.
Six days workshop has taught me the skills to keep myself alive in the line of duty to cover the story and not to become a story myself – thanks!
– Workshop participant