Policy Research ICT

ICT for crisis management and peacebuilding

21. November 2013

Telcos in emergencies: Using the mobile network to locate customers in distress

Duty of care argument for telcos? If customer in radius of emergency situation (via GSM), alert first responders, possibly family? #iccm Tweeted by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

2. November 2013

What’s so Big about Big Data? Panel at 5th Annual International Conference of Crisis Mappers

2 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland: After months of preparation, the ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce and invite you to join a panel on Big Data at the 5th Annual International Conference ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM

6. August 2013

UN OCHA thanks ICT4Peace Foundation

In late July 2013, Mark Dalton, the Chief of UN OCHA’s Information Services Branch officially wrote to the ICT4Peace Foundation to thank the Foundation’s support and intellectual input, over many ...

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

29. July 2013

Guidance for Collaborating with Formal Humanitarian Organizations

As noted by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), This guidance is intended for Volunteer and Technical Communities (V&TCs) and tech groups that have a ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

1. June 2013

Presentation at OpenGov Hub on Big Data

Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to deliver a brown-bag presentation at the OpenGov Hub in Washington DC in late April. His presentation was on Big Data and ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

23. May 2013

ICT4Peace, Big Data and Crisismapping magazines on Flipboard

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce three new curated magazines on the visually compelling Flipboard, dealing with Big Data, crisismapping and ICTs for peacebuilding. Flipboard is one of the most ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data, Support to crisis mapping and ICCM