Report on resolution 5:
– Date: 11.07.2019
– Country: Denmark
– Type of entity: National Society
– What measures did your National Society take to strengthen the safety and security of your volunteers? Please check what applies below:
– training on Fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
– safety and security training e.g. Safer Access Framework, Stay Safe, Staying Alive and others
– protective equipment
– psychological support
– insurance
– What measures did your National Society take to identify and or review potential threats to the volunteers? Please check what applies:
– ensuring that their plans and programmes include measures to reduce and mitigate these risks
– using for example Safer Access Framework and Stay Safe as tools to guide decision making process
– What activities has your National Society undertaken to ensure safety and security of volunteers, in cooperation with:
All DRC volunteers (34,000 +) receive training and on-boarding matching the activities they undertake. All volunteers are insured against accidents, and are offered counselling/psychological support in the event of traumatic events.
Volunteers going on international mission are subject to security briefings/training/set-up similar to that of DRC delegates/staff.
DRC is active in the IFRC volunteering alliance, including the Volunteering in Dangerous Situations technical team. DRC has also undertaken a study on ’urban volunteering, protection and care in Africa’ in collaboration with Kenya RC, Madagascar RC and Guinea RC, to map challenges, potentials and methods to increase the protection of volunteers. The study suggests that a number of underlying factors relating to volunteer wellbeing and protection relate to deep-rooted organisational structures, cultures and attitudes towards volunteering, and demonstrates the importance of strong National Society practices. The study has been disseminated to the IFRC membership through the “Volunteer Alliance” and other channels. It also feeds into DRC’s collaboration with other National Societies, as volunteer management and NS development more generally is an integrated component in the majority of DRC’s partnerships.
– Does your National Society ensure that volunteers have adequate insurance or equivalent “safety net” assistance with regard to death, injury, sickness or trauma they may endure while carrying out their duties? In case of absence of insurance or equivalent “safety net”, is your National Society aware of the functioning of the French Fund Maurice de Madre (FFMM) or others? Please check the appropriate box:
Yes
– How can the RCRC Movement better support you to enhance the safety and security of your volunteers?
No support needed
– What support did you provide to other National Societies for increasing safety and security of volunteers? Please check appropriate box:
– Dissemination of this resolution and commitments
– Advocacy
– Insurance system
– Training
– Support to drafting policy on volunteering
– Provision of protective equipment
– What activities have you undertaken to facilitate partnerships towards strengthening the safety and security of volunteers?
DRC has collaborated with the ICRC, as part of a broader strategic partnership, in supporting a number of National Societies to develop a system that supports effective, coherent and sustainable development of branches and in identified branches create volunteer-based humanitarian services. The Safer Access Framework (SAF), which centers around acceptance, security and access, has informed this initiative.
– What measures did you take to ensure that volunteers have adequate insurance or equivalent “safety net” assistance with regard to death, injury, sickness or trauma they may endure while carrying out their duties?
Danish Red Cross generally promotes the issue of volunteer protection with its partners, but it can sometimes be a challenges as Danish Red Cross is careful not to introduce higher standards for volunteers who happen to be active in projects funded by another NS compared to volunteers who are supporting the NS’s own “core activities”, but is also very aware and concerned of its “duty of care”.
– Country: Denmark
– Type of entity: National Society
– What measures did your National Society take to strengthen the safety and security of your volunteers? Please check what applies below:
– training on Fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
– safety and security training e.g. Safer Access Framework, Stay Safe, Staying Alive and others
– protective equipment
– psychological support
– insurance
– What measures did your National Society take to identify and or review potential threats to the volunteers? Please check what applies:
– ensuring that their plans and programmes include measures to reduce and mitigate these risks
– using for example Safer Access Framework and Stay Safe as tools to guide decision making process
– What activities has your National Society undertaken to ensure safety and security of volunteers, in cooperation with:
All DRC volunteers (34,000 +) receive training and on-boarding matching the activities they undertake. All volunteers are insured against accidents, and are offered counselling/psychological support in the event of traumatic events.
Volunteers going on international mission are subject to security briefings/training/set-up similar to that of DRC delegates/staff.
DRC is active in the IFRC volunteering alliance, including the Volunteering in Dangerous Situations technical team. DRC has also undertaken a study on ’urban volunteering, protection and care in Africa’ in collaboration with Kenya RC, Madagascar RC and Guinea RC, to map challenges, potentials and methods to increase the protection of volunteers. The study suggests that a number of underlying factors relating to volunteer wellbeing and protection relate to deep-rooted organisational structures, cultures and attitudes towards volunteering, and demonstrates the importance of strong National Society practices. The study has been disseminated to the IFRC membership through the “Volunteer Alliance” and other channels. It also feeds into DRC’s collaboration with other National Societies, as volunteer management and NS development more generally is an integrated component in the majority of DRC’s partnerships.
– Does your National Society ensure that volunteers have adequate insurance or equivalent “safety net” assistance with regard to death, injury, sickness or trauma they may endure while carrying out their duties? In case of absence of insurance or equivalent “safety net”, is your National Society aware of the functioning of the French Fund Maurice de Madre (FFMM) or others? Please check the appropriate box:
Yes
– How can the RCRC Movement better support you to enhance the safety and security of your volunteers?
No support needed
– What support did you provide to other National Societies for increasing safety and security of volunteers? Please check appropriate box:
– Dissemination of this resolution and commitments
– Advocacy
– Insurance system
– Training
– Support to drafting policy on volunteering
– Provision of protective equipment
– What activities have you undertaken to facilitate partnerships towards strengthening the safety and security of volunteers?
DRC has collaborated with the ICRC, as part of a broader strategic partnership, in supporting a number of National Societies to develop a system that supports effective, coherent and sustainable development of branches and in identified branches create volunteer-based humanitarian services. The Safer Access Framework (SAF), which centers around acceptance, security and access, has informed this initiative.
– What measures did you take to ensure that volunteers have adequate insurance or equivalent “safety net” assistance with regard to death, injury, sickness or trauma they may endure while carrying out their duties?
Danish Red Cross generally promotes the issue of volunteer protection with its partners, but it can sometimes be a challenges as Danish Red Cross is careful not to introduce higher standards for volunteers who happen to be active in projects funded by another NS compared to volunteers who are supporting the NS’s own “core activities”, but is also very aware and concerned of its “duty of care”.
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