# New foundation launched by Blue Sky Group International

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/01/21/new-foundation-launched-blue-sky-group-international/
- Published: 2004-01-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Security and risk management company Blue Sky Group International has launched
a foundation to assist national and international charities delivering humanitarian
assistance in hostile environments.**

Blue Sky Group International (BSGI) was the first security and risk management company
in the UK to have an ethical oversight committee, and has already operated in Aceh,
Indonesia where they were the first private company to run an international peacekeeping
operation. Blue Sky provided the overall security planning and operational infrastructure
for cease-fire monitoring activities in 2002 and 2003.

Robert Partridge, commercial director at Blue Sky Group International, explained:“
Establishing the Foundation is a logical next step for a company like ours. When
we established the company three years ago we decided that our founding principles
should incorporate an ethical oversight committee that would look at all the work
we undertake and ensure that they comply with our strict codes of practice. For 
this reason we invited Martin Bell, former journalist and UN special envoy, and 
Sir Rupert Smith, former UN commander, to sit on the committee which they gladly
accepted.

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“We are already in discussions with a number of humanitarian aid agencies, including
the UN, to identify the best way in which we can help them assess and manage risk
to deliver aid more efficiently.”

The Blue Sky Group Foundation is able to draw on the experience of the whole Blue
Sky Group, which has worked in a range of environments conducting risk assessments
and security assistance. These include Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Uganda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Angola, Thailand, Turkey and the West Bank.

The Foundation does not accept grant applications, but instead provides its services
to voluntary organisations on a non-profit basis.

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