Travel Safety

Travel Safety

Swiss TPH staff extensively travels to various countries, including fragile regions and conflict areas. Swiss TPH takes safety and security of its staff very seriously and has developed processes and tools which all staff must respect and use for a shared understanding of safety and security management.

Students who will travel abroad as part of their research project must adhere to the Swiss TPH travel safety and security regulations which can be found on the Swiss TPH intranet (www.intranet.swisstph.ch/en/aoc/health-safety-and-security/swiss-tph-travel-safety-security-concept). Should you for any reason not have access to the Swiss TPH intranet please request the material provided there through alexander.knup@swisstph.ch.

Swiss TPH key principles in safety and security

• Principle of precaution: Take a preventive and proactive approach. Identify the risks and develop a plan to mitigate them. • Primacy of life and personal well-being: safety and security always comes first. Your valuables are not worth your life or those of your colleagues. Likewise, pressure of work must never override safety and security. • The right to withdraw: you have the right to decline if you think the risks are too high.

General travel requirements

1. Make yourself familiar with the Swiss TPH values and regulations by reading the Manual for Employees and the Code of Conduct. 2. Prior to leave for your first business trip abroad (out of Switzerland), you must complete the online security awareness training BSAFE : www.training.dss.un.org/ (send the certificates to hr@ swisstph.ch). Without this you are not eligible for business trips nor any reimbursements of any related travel costs. 3. Attend the Swiss TPH travel clinic for a pre-departure health check. A first medical check is paid by Swiss TPH. 4. Your private home emergency contact details need to be available and kept updated in your dossier at Swiss TPH Human Resources (hr@swisstph.ch) 5. Register yourself on GardaWorld Travel Security website for travel insurance (www.travelsecurity.garda.com/home) 6. Attend the two-day course on Swiss TPH safety & security risk management.

-> Travel recommendations during Covid-19: https://intranet.swisstph.ch/en/coronavirus/travelling/

Before each trip

1. Fill in the Travel Safety Form (take a copy with you and send one to your HQ and local contact) 2. Register your trip on GardaWorld Travel Security (mandatory for travel insurance cover). 3. Set up a communication protocol according to the security needs of the country.