GeoApp: Security Context

About the course

This course will introduce you with the Security Context GeoApp which is a GIS-based tool designed to track, map, and analyze security incidents in our missions and projects. 

Learners will discover how to input, visualize, and manage geolocated incident data on an interactive map. The course also covers how to use and analyse the dashboard that provide actionable insights through data analysis, helping users identify security trends, assess risks, and support decision-making in complex environments.

Target audience

The target audience for this course is :

  • Responsible of Security at Mission Level (Head of Mission), Project Level (Project Coordinator) or Contributor to Mission Security Management (Logistics Coordinator)
  • Staff identified to report and edit the incidents list or logbook (e.g. Assistant Head of Mission or PC, Logistician....)

Validation

This course is supported by the GIS working group and thus validated by all OCs (OCA, OCBA, OCB, OCG, OCP, WACA)

Duration

This course duration is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes

Learning objectives

By the end of this elearning, you will be able to :

  • Manipulate and interpret security-related data in your context using the Dashboard

  • Add of modify security events in the Editing Application

List of contents

This course is divided in 3 parts : Introduction, The Dashboard and the Editing App

Methodology

Course Content, Video, Exercise on sandbox, Quiz

Evaluation

A quiz in the dashboard part aims to evaluate the learners capacity to use the dashboard and conduct security analysis. 

Certification

A badge will be delivered once the course is completed

Requirements/Prerequisites 

Minimal ICT litteracy is required.

No mandatory requirements or prerequisits but we strongly recommend that before attending this elearning, you do follow the "Introduction to GIS" module to finetune your knowledge about GIS application usage and tools within MSF. If you want to go further you can follow directly the "GIS Essentials".

Enrolment 

Self-enrolment course with no key

Release and update

31 January 2025

Technical considerations 

This course is only accessible through computer for better experience and won't be available via the Tembo app for smartphone