Tool 6 – Establish the Scope and Scale of Assessment
Tool 6 helps establish the scale and scope of the risk assessment by prompting users to consider the conflict environment, security provisioning, governance, socio-economic and physical environmental conditions of a project in a particular country or region. In some instances a basic assessment may be all that is required and in other cases, a very thorough assessment will be necessary.
Step Guide
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Download the self-assessment worksheet 2.1 (p25)
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Consider each question in the left hand column
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As you answer the questions, deliberate current, recent, past and potential incidents
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Remember to examine information sources from Annex F (p87)
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Review the number of responses you answered “yes”
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If there are many, this may imply that a more detailed risk assessment is required. Any “yes” could be an indicator of sources of potential risk and should be thoroughly assessed
When to conduct a risk assessment?
In any project, in order to mitigate or completely avoid problems, risk assessments should be started as early as possible.
- When considering a project – A VPs risk assessment can help identify specific risks. It can be used alongside, or as part of a broader political or country risk assessment
- At the outset of a new project – project specific VPs risk assessment should be conducted as early as possible
- Alongside a major decision – mergers, acquisitions, expansions etc may all be appropriate times to conduct or renew a VPs risk assessment
- When a major external event has occurred or is about to occur – major changes in external circumstances such as a change in government, outbreak of conflict, an economic crisis, or a political or policy decision, may bring about the need for a VPs risk assessment
Community, Economics, Environment, Ethical Business, Management, Rehabilitation
Gaining necessary context to inform effective risk assessments
Obtaining background information to make informed decisions before entering a country