Led by the UN’s Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) and organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the 2015 Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) meeting was held on 8th and 9th June in New York. Representatives from OICT, OCHA, UNOCC, ICTD/DFS, UN Global Pulse, UNHCR, DPKO-DFS, UNDP, UNHCHR, UNOSAT, UNICEF, WFP, EOSG, UNDP and DPA participated along with, on the second day, representatives from the DataPop Alliance, Nethope, the Digital Humanitarian Network, World Bank, MapAction, Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and What3Words. Ambassador Per Thöresson, Sweden, ASG UN CITO Ms. Atefeh Riazi, Dr. David Nabarro, former UN Special Envoy on Ebola and UNMEER SRSG Peter Graaff also participated by video-conference in the workshop.
Download the full report of the workshop here, and the Conclusions and Recommendations (short report for senior management) here.
Photos from the CiMAG retreat can be viewed here.