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Safety-related project planning and deployment of employees to Africa

Dates: March 21 & 28, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. via MS Teams.
African Association of German Business event

Invitation to the two-part online seminar

March 21 & 28, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. via MS Teams

Part 1 – March 21, 2025
Security situation & changes; requirements and challenges for planners & dispatchers

Part 2 – March 28, 2025
Travel Risk Management

This series of seminars provides current and practice-relevant content in the area of economic activity of companies in Africa.

Contents
The two-part seminar provides current and practice-relevant content in the field of the security situation in Africa and basic knowledge of safety-conscious project planning and employee deployment to Africa.
Based on this information, you will improve your ability to understand and design requirements for security concepts and modern travel risk management, while also fulfilling the legal duty of care of the project manager and/or sending company. You will also expand your knowledge of marketable options for foreign/travel risk management "instruments".

Security situation and changes in Africa:
• Description of the status quo
• Background of the status quo and developments towards it
• Security actors in Africa
• Common phenomena with safety implications
• Potential consequences for companies; including “side issues” supply chains & compliance
• “Forecast” of developments

Challenges for planners and dispatchers:
• Basic requirements of the duty of care on the part of the planners/senders
• Requirements from third parties (e.g. financiers)
• Role of professional service providers in security design
• ISO 31030 Travel Risk Management as a new “technical standard”

Travel risk management:
• “Instruments” of travel risk management (according to ISO 31030): hotline, apps, travel(ler) tracking, etc.
• Role of governance in the company: e.g. the travel policy
• Typical internal company challenges when implementing travel risk management

Speakers:  Result Group has been cooperating with the German-African Business Association for a long time. We have been advising and supporting companies with security concepts, foreign projects and travel risk management since 1996. Our security experts share their experience and many years of expertise for this region.

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Organizer: African Association of German Business (German–African Business Association)

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