The Open Briefing team have had a busy summer developing work plans and budgets. We have also been completing some major projects, including an intelligence briefing on the hostile use of drones by non-state actors against British targets, and developing some exciting new initiatives for the next 12 months, including a unique new Open Briefing security division to provide risk assessments, training and security for aid workers and human rights defenders. Big things are happening at Open Briefing.
Category: Insights and updates
Fundraising update #2
I am delighted to let you know that we have now raised £13,070 towards our fundraising target of £14,000! It has been truly heartwarming to learn just how valued Open Briefing is. But we now have just 19 days to raise the remaining £930 and secure Open Briefing's future. So if you haven't done so already, please consider making a donation to help us continue our vital work to promote alternatives to armed conflict and protect human rights.
Fundraising update
We have raised just under £7,000 in only two weeks after we launched an urgent appeal to raise the £14,000 we need to keep the doors open at Open Briefing and implement a new fundraising programme. But we still need your support. Please consider making a donation to help us continue our work to promote alternatives to armed conflict and protect human rights.
Journalists, subscribe to our new press list
In addition to our regular briefings and articles, Open Briefing issues occasional press releases to mark particularly newsworthy publications. To receive future press releases by email, journalists can now sign up to our new press list.
A message from our founder
Open Briefing is the world’s first civil society intelligence agency. We are a unique nonprofit social enterprise providing groundbreaking intelligence and research services to aid agencies, human rights groups, civil society organisations and concerned citizens. We are an international collaboration of intelligence, military, law enforcement and government professionals striving to make a difference. We are challenging the status quo. We are your intelligence agency. But we need your help.
Thoughts on the recent Egypt Economic Development Conference
Open Briefing attended the Egyptian government’s recent high-level economic conference. The Egypt Economic Development Conference was designed to support President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s intention to strengthen Egypt’s troubled economy. It generated clear optimism, but caution and scepticism prevail among many Western diplomats in the aftermath of the conference.
Interview: Scott Hickie discusses health corruption
Open Briefing senior analyst Scott Hickie was recently interviewed for the International Affairs Forum, published by the Center for International Relations in Washington DC. In the interview, Scott discusses some of the findings of our July 2013 report into corruption within the pharmaceutical supply chain to the developing world.
Terrorist use of drones presents major potential threat to key sites and personnel in West
The recent crash-landing of a small drone in the White House grounds has highlighted the risk posed by terrorists operating unmanned aerial vehicles fitted with remotely-control explosive devices. Such platforms could be used to target nuclear power plants, government or military infrastructure, tourist sites and high-value targets, such as politicians.