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1. December 2016

Fake news in Myanmar: Social Media verification workshop

An informal workshop on verifying news and information spread across social media was held recently at Phandeeyar in Yangon, Burma, led by the Foundation’s Special Advisor, Sanjana Hattotuwa. Amongst the ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

27. September 2016

ICCM 2016, Manila, Philippines: Video message from ICT4Peace Foundation

The International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) is the leading humanitarian technology event of the year, bringing together the most important humanitarian, human rights, development and media organizations with the ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

8. August 2016

Build Peace 2016 at ETH Zurich: Towards Transformation

Excerpt from the Build Peace 2016 website. The conference will take place at ETH Zurich on September 9 – 11, 2016 in Zürich, Switzerland. Check out details here. If you are thinking of ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Support to Build Peace

31. May 2016

Study on countering violent extremism and terrorism online, freedom of expression and the right to privacy

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate in a validation meeting around a study, led by UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Geneva Academy ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

6. May 2016

ICT4Peace in support of UN Crisis Information Management Strategy

The UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CiMS) is based on the recognition that governments, the UN, IFIs, non-governmental organisations, business and media have significant experience in crisis response. Yet, no ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, Reports, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

4. April 2016

Welcoming HXL Version 1.0: A breakthrough in humanitarian information exchange

The ICT4Peace Foundation congratulates OCHA on releasing the first version of the Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL). The Foundation worked closely with CJ Hendrix and Andrej Verity, both visionaries who were ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations