New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

24. December 2024

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa’s article: “We are engaged in a world war of stories – a war between incompatible versions of reality – and we need to learn how to fight it.” Salman Rushdie, Knife

Article by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace for the The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

“We are engaged in a world war of stories – a war between incompatible versions of reality – and we need to learn how to fight it.” Salman Rushdie, Knife ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, IFRC, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

1. June 2024

Les “Techs” Civiques Francophones: Un acteur du Développement et de la Promotion des Droits Humains.

Event at HEID as part of WSIS+20 organised by the Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie and ICT4Peace on 30 Mai 2024 at 18:15

Highly relevant and successful “Techs” Civics Francophones presented their projects on 30 Mai 2024 at HEID Geneva, an event organised by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie OIF and ICT4peace. ...

Support to L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), La Francophonie (OIF), Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

17. November 2023

Two decades of humanitarian innovation: In conversation with Patrick Meier

Dr Patrick Meier invented the concept of using crisis mapping in humanitarian emergencies. He is currently Lead, Strategy & Engagement at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Institute of Technology). ...

ICT4Peace Podcasts, Activities, Policy Research ICT, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

6. May 2023

“World Press Freedom Day” – Africa’s contribution to the edifice of human rights”

By Alain MODOUX, former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace , and Vice-Chair Emeritus ICT4Peace Foundation

Alain MODOUX played a pivotal role in steering the process which led the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim 3 May “World Press Freedom Day”. See also article by UNESCO. ...

United Nations General Assembly, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

26. October 2022

Anne-Marie Buzatu participating in Geneva Peace Week High-Level Panel on How to leverage technology for human-centered peacebuilding

Beyond the digital: How to leverage technology for human-centered peacebuilding. Wednesday 2 November 2022 13:30 - 14:45

Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President of ICT4Peace will participate in the in-person High Level Panel on the track “Digital peace: The power and limits of innovation in peacebuilding”: Beyond the digital: How to ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding