INSO - International NGO Safety Organization

Organisation: Founded in 2011, INSO is an independent, international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. INSO serve as the safety coordination and advisory body to the NGO community and provide daily support to more than 1,000 registered organisations working in high-risk contexts. Alongside the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and the various local and international NGO platforms, we serve as an important pillar of the humanitarian coordination architecture.

Structure: INSO are a field focused organisation built around regional programming areas in West, Central and East Africa and the Middle East. More than 90% of the staff are from the country they work in and are guided and supported by small teams of international experts. HQ consists of mostly former field personnel and is overseen by an independent Board of Directors.