Advanced Security in the Field Course and ISECT procedure

[ICTP info point]

To all persons traveling to countries where security phase I or higher 
is in force.

Dear all,

NEW MANDATORY SECURITY TRAINING COURSE
In 2005 was introduced by UN that persons traveling on a mission would 
need to complete the course Basic Security in the Field. Now, a new 
course entitled "Advanced Security in the Field" (ASITF) is introduced 
by the Department of Safety and Security (DSS), in conjunction with a 
working group from the Inter-Agency Security Management Network.

The new course is mandatory for all UN system staff members, 
consultants and associated personnel who travel to a country designated 
as Security Phase I or higher.

The course is designed to educate UN personnel on how to best avoid or 
minimize potential threats and risks, and indicate what they can do if 
they find themselves faced with conditions of insecurity.

The course can be taken from UNESCO's intranet site (PC required), or 
via the web from the UN-DSS website http://dss.un.org.
The connection to the UN website and the access to the course is 
possible from both PCs and MACs but is anyhow rather slow. Please use 
Microsoft Internet Explorer to connect: the software Shockwave is 
required and will be downloaded automatically if not already installed.
ASITF is available in all six official UN languages.

For registration please connect to the DSS web portal at 
http://dss.un.org and insert your data as requested indicating your 
UNESCO e-mail address (for example r.torre at unesco.org)
When the registration procedure has been completed, the verification 
code must be requested through DSS helpdesk.
On the first connection after registration, the user will have to login 
with his/her UNESCO  e-mail address, password and verification code.
The latter will not be requested after the first login.
In case of problems in the registration process or with any other 
technical issues, please contact dsshelp at un.org for assistance.
After having  successfully completed the ASITF learning course, you 
should send a copy of the certificate to Personnel at ICTP.

SECURITY CLEARANCE SYSTEM
Please also note that the UN Department of Safety and Security has 
introduced a new, web-based  Integrated Security Clearance and Tracking 
System (ISECT)  for Latin America, the Caribbean, Pakistan, Ethiopia, 
Sudan, Egypt and the Philippines.
All security clearance  requests for travel to those countries will be  
managed  exclusively by ISECT. Requests sent by fax or e-mail will no 
longer be accepted.

The person traveling is responsible for requesting and obtaining a 
security clearance, the request should be made not later than one week 
before the travel. You may yourself request the security clearance via 
ISECT, and inform about this on the travel request form. Or, you may 
ask Operations and Travel to obtain the clearance for you.
It is recalled that a person traveling to a country in which a security 
phase is in force, without having obtained the security clearance and 
without having taken the mandatory courses, may find himself without 
the insurance coverage of UNESCO for accidents.

In order to use ISECT, you need to register via the DSS web portal: 
click the ISECT registration box, and your will be registered in the 
ISECT system when registering for the ASITF course.

Should you need assistance to get your security clearance through ISECT 
procedure and for any query about basic and advanced security learning 
courses  please contact Ms. R.Torre ext 531.

Thank you for your attention.

Dag Harald Johannessen