The Safer Access to Essential Public Services Programme - Executive Summary

The Safer Access to Essential Public Services Programme was developed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with the aim of mitigating the consequences of armed violence for professionals and the people they serve, by strengthening public institutions' capacity for context analysis in relation to armed violence, risk management, crisis management and stress management.

These actions aim to promote behavioural in professionals and managers, to strengthen their resilience when faced with the risks and impacts of armed violence, and to reduce the consequences of violence for the provision of and access to services.