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26. February 2026

Julia-Silvana Hofstetter’s Work for ICT4Peace

Julia is a Senior Advisor of ICT4Peace and works on the intersection of cybersecurity, gender, human rights, and peacebuilding, with particular attention to how digital technologies impact conflict and human security.

Overview of Julia Hofstetter’s work as ICT4Peace Senior Advisor since 2021. Julia’s research and professional engagement focusses on the intersection of cybersecurity, gender, human rights, and peacebuilding, with particular attention to ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Team, Policy Research CS, Policy Research, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

24. August 2022

Launch of ‘A Decade Later: Reflecting on Disaster Relief 2.0’ by UN OCHA

ICT4peace is very pleased to see release of ‘A Decade Later: Reflecting on Disaster Relief 2.0‘ by UN OCHA, authored by Jennifer Chan and Jack Crowley. The report is a ...

UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

17. June 2022

UNIDIR Report – Exploring the Use of Technology for Remote Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification

By Sarah Grand-Clément, Researcher working in both the Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme and the Security and Technology Programme of UNIDIR

ICT4Peace is pleased to note Special Advisor Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa’s contributions to this important new UNIDIR report. The report can be found here. Executive summary Ceasefires play an important role ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

14. February 2022

Martin Dahinden: Digitization: Curse or Blessing for the Bottom Billion ?

Martin Dahinden is Vice-Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, a former Swiss Ambassador to the US and former Head of the Swiss Development Agency (SDC)

ICT4Peace is delighted to publish the paper: “Digitization: Curse or Blessing for the Bottom Billion” by Amb. (ret.) Martin Dahinden, Vice-Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation: Such issues unfortunately occupy little space in ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Foundation, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

13. December 2021 Paris

Anne-Marie Buzatu moderating High-Level Panel at Paris Peace Forum

Title of the Session: Keeping cyber attackers at bay: Improving international norms for a safer cyberspace

ICT4Peace is honoured that Anne-Marie Buzatu, Vice-President and COO of the ICT4Peace Foundation has been invited by the Paris Peace Forum to moderate the high-level Panel entitled: “Keeping cyber attackers ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. August 2021

Launch of “Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping”

The ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release and publication of the Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping. As noted by UN News, Throughout its 75-year history, the UN has ...

Advisory, Publications, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

11. May 2021

Digital Technologies, Peacebuilding and Civil Society by Julia Hofstetter, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace

Addressing Digital Conflict Drivers and Moving the Digital Peacebuilding Agenda Forward

ICT4Peace warmly recommends reading the excellent Report by Julia Hofstetter, Senior Advisor ICT4Peace, called: Digital Technologies, Peacebuilding and Civil Society – Addressing Digital Conflict Drivers and Moving the Digital Peacebuilding ...

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

26. October 2020

Celebrating the United Nations at 75

As a global custodian of technology in the pursuit of peace, the ICT4Peace Foundation congratulates the United Nations on its 75th anniversary. ICT4Peace was launched with the support of the ...

Activities, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

29. June 2020

Welcoming the UN Secretary General’s Data Strategy

In a series of tweets today, the Foundation welcomed the launch of the new data strategy by the UN Secretary General. As we noted on Twitter, the new data strategy ...

UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

21. June 2020

Post-pandemic peace operations

Cross-posted from the TechPops website, curated by Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Berlin, where Sanjana Hattotuwa – Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation – was one of just 100 ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Publications, Foundation, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

17. June 2020

Report of the UN Secretary General: Roadmap for Digital Cooperation

ICT4Peace welcomes the release of Report of the UN Secretary General: Roadmap for Digital Cooperation 2020. “Digital technology does not exist in a vacuum – it has enormous potential for ...

Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace proposal for an independent incident attribution mechanism

30. April 2020

Post-Coronavirus: Towards pandemic panopticons or something radically new?

On the invitation of Christina Goodness, Chief Information Management Officer at the Departments of Peacebuilding, Political and Peace Operations DPPA-DPO, the ICT4Peace Foundation’s Sanjana Hattotuwa gave a presentation titled ‘Beyond ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

14. April 2020

Peacebuilding in the time of a pandemic: What lies ahead?

A conversation with Helena Puig Larauri of Build Up and Sanjana Hattotuwa from ICT4Peace

On 14 April 2020, Sanjana Hattotuwa, an Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation had a conversation with Helena Puig Larauri, Co-founder and Director at Build Up over Skype, on issues anchored ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

5. October 2019

Input into Expert Dialogue on Technology and Peace Operations, Berlin

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited participate in and present at the ‘Expert Dialogue on Technology and Peace Operations’ organised by the Centre for International Peace Operations in Berlin, from 1-2 ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, 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

2. October 2019

ICT4Peace at GCSP on ICT for Peaceful Purposes, Cyber and HumanSecurity

On 2 October, Dr. Daniel Stauffacher President and Founder of ICT4Peace was invited to give a lecture at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) course “Meeting the Cyber Security ...

Activities, Capacity Building ICT, Capacity Building CS, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, 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. July 2019

ICT4Peace supports Geneva Consultations on the report of UN HLP on Digital Cooperation

On Monday 24 June 2019, Anne-Marie Buzatu Senior Advisor for ICT4Peace attended the event Unpacking the High-Level Panel’s Report: Contributions from Geneva hosted by the Geneva Internet Platform, in conjunction with ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory 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, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

12. February 2019

Implications of Social Media for Reformed Peace Operations: ICT4Peace Presentation to UN Leadership Group

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) to give a presentation on the impact of social media around political ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, 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

21. January 2019

High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation: Reflections and Recommendations from the ICT4Peace Foundation

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to present for the consideration of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation some insights, observations and recommendations based on over ten years of a close, ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN GGE Geneva, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Foundation, 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, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech Against Terrorism (TAT)

19. December 2018

ICT4Peace at the ICRC Symposium on Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict in London

Dr. Serge Droz and Daniel Stauffacher participated in the ICRC Symposium on Digital Risks in Situations of Armed Conflict on 11 & 12 December. The program, “Digital Risks in Situations of Armed ...

Capacity Building ICT, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, Capacity Building CS, 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, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

6. October 2018

Welcoming UN Secretary General’s strategy on new technologies

As noted on Twitter, the ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release of the report on new technologies by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The report outlines a bold new vision for the ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, 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

18. August 2018

Kofi Annan, a world leader and inspiration for many, will be missed

It is with great sorrow that we from ICT4Peace have learned today of the passing of Kofi Annan. Kofi Annan was a great statesman and a globally admired and highly ...

Activities, Publications, Reports, Foundation, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

10. July 2018

The Janus Effect: Social Media in Peace Mediation

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, presented at “Social Media and Mediation: the good, the bad and the ugly”, a workshop held in Geneva on 10 July 2018, ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research ICT, Advisory 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, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

6. March 2018

Workshop on Crisis Information Management at the United Nations

Download the 2017/2018 UN Crisis Information Management stock-taking report here. On 26 February 2018, the ICT4Peace Foundation facilitated a meeting with key UN agencies and departments at the UN Secretariat ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Reports, 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

30. September 2017

Cybersecurity and humanitarianism: Opportunities and challenges

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to attend Crisis Code: Humanitarian Protection in the Digital Age, a two-day conference exploring how crisis-affected populations can be safeguarded ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, 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, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

26. September 2017

ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa on Humanitarian Threats in the Age of Cyberwar at Swissnex San Francisco

Crisis Code: Humanitarian Protection in the Digital Age A two-day conference exploring how crisis-affected populations can be safeguarded from emerging threats in cyberspace. See here for more details. ICT4Peace’s Sanjana ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research, Advisory, 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

19. September 2017

ICT4Peace on jury of Resonant Voices hackathon

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to be of the panel of jurists at the Resonant Voices Hackathon, held in Durrës, Albania from 14-17 September 2017. ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Policy Research, Advisory, Foundation, 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

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 ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, 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

19. October 2016

New Media Course: Tools & Techniques for Civilian Crisis Management

The challenge for journalists and experts working in civilian crisis management is finding a way to filter the information and determine what is relevant with the overload of information, and ...

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 ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, 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 ...

27. February 2016

Operationalizing Peace Operations Reform: New Media and New Technologies

Clearing the Decks After a Year of Reviews: Operationalizing Peace Operations Reform, organised by ZIF, the Centre for International Peace Operations, was held from 25 – 26 February just outside ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

12. January 2016

Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Burundi: Launch of ICT4Peace Wiki

The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to publicly release its new wiki on the crisis in Burundi. Curated by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the Foundation, the wiki is meant to ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Big data, Wikis for crisis information management

5. December 2015

Second Protection Information Management (PIM) meeting, led by UNHCR

Having participated remotely in the first Protection Information Management (PIM) meeting held in May 2015, and subsequently given input to working documents that captured the discussions at the meeting, ICT4Peace ...

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

2. November 2015

ICT4Peace at UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 10 Year Review Consultations in New York

ICT4Peace at UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 10 Year Review Consultations in New York Former Canadian Ambassador Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation, kindly represented ICT4Peace at ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

30. October 2015

Hate speech, elections and social media: Presentation for MIMU in Yangon, Myanmar

At the invitation of the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), Sanjana Hattotuwa conducted an information presentation on hate and dangerous speech monitoring plus counter-speech strategies, as well as social media ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Reports, 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, 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

24. September 2015

ICT4Peace participates in UN Summit on Sustainable Development in New York

ICT4Peace is honoured to have been invited by the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft to participate in an interactive panel on “Building effective, accountable and inclusive ...

Activities, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

1. September 2015

Peacekeepers in the Sky: The Use of Unmanned Unarmed Aerial Vehicles for Peacekeeping

1 September 2015: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to release ‘Peacekeepers in the Sky: The Use of Unmanned Unarmed Aerial Vehicles for Peacekeeping‘, authored by Helena Puig Larrauri and Patrick ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net

1. July 2015

ICT4Peace on Strategic Communications in UN Peace Operations

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited by the US Institute for Peace and Folke Bernadotte Academy to participate in a Challenges Forum workshop on Strategic Communications in UN Peace Operations on ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

15. May 2015

Video: Digital Innovation and Peacekeeping

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, made a presentation on the future of technology and peacekeeping at re:publica15 in Berlin, on 7 May 2015. The video of the ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

13. May 2015

Promoting Peace, Trust and Security in Cyberspace at the United Nations

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 4 and 5 May 2015 to address the United Nations member states in Geneva, where he called again for the Use of Information and ...

Activities, Advisory ICT, Advisory CS, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

7. May 2015

Submission on future of peacekeeping and technology at re:publica 2015, Berlin

As noted on the website, re:publica is, “…one of the largest and most exciting conferences about digital culture in the world. Since its foundation in 2007, it has grown from ...

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

7. May 2015

Meeting with Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)

At the kind invitation of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) based in Berlin, Germany, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation met with researchers and other programme staff on ...

Advisory ICT, Activities, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

25. February 2015

Welcoming the timely release of UN’s Performance Peacekeeping Report

The ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release of the UN’s ‘Performance Peacekeeping’ Report, looking at the how technology in general and ICTs in particular can strengthen the mandate of the UN’s ...

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

22. January 2015

Annual consultations in Geneva around CiM, innovation and human rights

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, met with Chad Hendrix, Patrick Gordon, members of the UN Information Management Working Group (IMWG), the ICRC’s Tarun Sarwal and Gulheim Ravier and ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, 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, Big data

11. November 2014

UAV Experts Meeting at the United Nations

Co-sponsored by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the UAViators.org Experts Meeting on Humanitarian UAVs was held at the UN Secretariat in New York on Thursday, 6th November 2014. A full report by ...

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

20. October 2014

Supporting ICRC’s Global Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation

Photo courtesy ICRC Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation were invited to attend the inaugural Global Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact and Innovation conference held on October 16th ...

24. August 2014

Contributions to UN Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in Peace Operations

ICT4Peace contributes to the work of the UN Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in Peace Operations at ZIF, Berlin 22 – 22 August 2014. In June 2014, UN Under-Secretaries-General ...

20. July 2014

Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) 2014 Retreat

Led by the UN’s Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) and organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the 2014 Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) meeting was held on 23rd ...

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, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings

17. July 2014

Launch of OCHA’s new humanitarian data platform: Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)

The Foundation is pleased to note the launch of OCHA’s new humanitarian data platform, HDX. Shown a preview of it some weeks ago, the Foundation believes HDX – well beyond ...

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

2. June 2014

The future of ICTs in peacebuilding: Presentation at Build Peace conference 2014

ICT4Peace was an early advisor to and sponsor of this first of its kind conference ‘Peace Through Technology‘ at MIT, Cambridge in April 2014. The Conference explored how information and ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, 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 for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Support to Build Peace

26. May 2014

MONUSCO: Workshop on ICTs and new media for UN peacekeeping and peace-building

Improving Situational Awareness Workshop and Training at MONUSCO, Goma DRC, 13 – 16 May Improved situational awareness is critical to effective operations and informed decision-making to protect civilians, save lives ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research, 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 and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

2. May 2014

Humanitarian Logistics and Management course in Lugano

Since the first cohort of students over four years ago, the ICT4Peace Foundation has lectured at the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management at the University of Lugano. The Foundation’s ...

Capacity Building 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

17. April 2014

Humanitarian Drones: New magazine on FlipBoard

To complement the launch of the UAViators platform and network, the ICT4Peace Foundation started to curate a FlipBoard magazine on the use of UAVs and drones for non-lethal purposes, with ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, 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, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data

17. April 2014

UAViators: Exploring the use of UAVs for non-lethal purposes

Photo credit: Pia Zaragoza, via UNICEF In March 2014, Patrick Meier invited the ICT4Peace Foundation to give input into what at the time was a draft note around creating a global ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, 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, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net, Big data

16. April 2014

Innovation in UN peacekeeping: Discussing the state-of-the-art and the future

On April 7th a high-level panel with the two UN Under-Secretaries for Peace-Keeping, Ameerah Haq and Hervé Ladsous was organized at IPI in New York focusing on advances in technologies ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Advisory ICT, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, 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, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

12. April 2014

Crisis Management: Understanding the Real Impact of ICTs, Social Media and Crisis Mapping

The idea of trying to better understand the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in promoting and building peace emerged, at a policy level, in the context of the ...

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23. March 2014

Report: ENTRi course on new media in crisis information management

From 17 to 21 March at the European Academy Grunewald in Berlin, Germany, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation led the training of a new and unique ENTRi ...

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14. March 2014

Lecture at ETH Zurich: Big Data, ICTs and New Media in Times of Crisis

ICT4Peace’s Sanjana Hattotuwa has been invited to give a lecture on 27 March 2014 at the International Security Network (ISN) of ETH Zurich on “Big Data, ICTs and New Media ...

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14. January 2014

Video: What’s so Big about Big Data?

Recorded at the 5th Annual International Conference of Crisis Mappers, Nairobi, Kenya, 18-22 November 2013 Host: ICT4Peace Foundation Moderated by Sanjana Hattotuwa [ICT4Peace Foundation] Key presentation by Jon Gosier [D8A ...

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21. November 2013

Updates from Day 1, ICCM 2013, Nairobi

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, tweeted over 80 times on @ict4peace during the course of the first day of the International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) held ...

19. November 2013

Presentation on innovation at ICCM 2013 Nairobi Training Day

Photo by Heather Leson Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, delivered a short presentation as part of a panel at the International Conference on Crisis Mappers (ICCM) 2013 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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17. May 2013

Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) Retreat 2013

Led by the UN’s Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) and organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the 2013 Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) meeting was held on 2nd ...

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27. April 2013

Consultation on “Protection in violent situations – standards for managing sensitive information”

Dutch Red Cross worker Meike Groen, working for the ICRC in Haiti, helps people use the satellite phone to reassure relatives that they are alive, via Flickr. © ICRC / Marko Kokic / ...

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16. April 2013

Lecture at ZIF: Web based social media and peacekeeping

Image courtesy UN Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited to deliver a presentation at Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) in Berlin, Germany, on 15 April ...

15. April 2013

‘Humanitarianism in the Network Age’ by OCHA highlights shared interests and work

The ICT4Peace Foundation recognises UN OCHA’s new publication Humanitarianism in the Network Age as a significant contribution to our understanding of how new technologies including new web based social media, are ...

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4. April 2013

Public Talk: Big data and social media for crisis management

Sanjana Hattotuwa will give a public talk at Zurich’s world renowned ETH on big data and social media for crisis management on 16th April, from 17:00 – 19:00hrs. Those interested ...

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9. March 2013

Training in Nairobi on Social Media as a Means of Crisis Information Management – A Kenyan Case Study

by Christopher Radler After having been rather illiterate in the field of Social Media and the huge potential it offers, and only being able to receive a first glimpse through ...

15. December 2012

Navigate a new paradigm: Crisis Information Management Training Course

Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze (ZIF) and ICT4Peace Foundation announce the new Crisis Information Management Training Course at the International Peace Support Training Center (IPSTC), Nairobi from 23 ...

10. December 2012

ICT4Peace: Sustainable and resilient Internet a prerequisite to protect human dignity and save lives in crisis

Image courtesy TechChange ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher participated in a Symposium at Harvard University (6-8 December 2012) on “Internet-Driven Developments: Structural Changes and Tipping Points”, co-hosted by the Harvard Berkman Center ...

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19. November 2012

New Technologies and Human Rights Monitoring: Workshop Summary

Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law together with the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and Google.org, convened a two-day workshop to advance ...

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27. August 2012

Protection in violent situations: Standards for managing sensitive information

On 23 August 2012, Simone Eymann on behalf of the ICT4Peace Foundation participated in a one-day consultation, co-organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and InterAction, on ...

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23. July 2012

High-Level Meeting on Crisis Information Management High Level Dialogue, 10 July 2012

Swiss Mission to the United Nations New York, 10 July 2012 Report on High-Level Dialogue with UN Member States on the status of the UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CiMS) ...

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7. July 2012

Report of the Crisis Information Management CiMAG Retreat, 10–12 June 2012

The report of the Crisis Information Management CiMAG Retreat, held from 10–12 June 2012 at Dolce Palisades, New York is now available. Please download a copy of it here. Big ...

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11. June 2012

UN Crisis Information Management – Tools and Thoughts

Presentation delivered by Sanjana Hattotuwa at the Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) retreat, 11 – 12 June 2012, in New York, under the leadership of UN ASG and CITO, ...

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11. May 2012

ICT for post-conflict reconstruction: WSIS High Level Panel

The ICT4Peace Foundation, infoDev, a global partnership of the World Bank, and ITU are organising a High-Level Dialogue and Thematic Workshop focusing on “ICT for post-conflict reconstruction” during the forthcoming ...

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1. March 2012

Information and Intelligence Cooperation in Multifunctional International Operations

Representing the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa participated and lectured in Information and Intelligence Cooperation in Multifunctional International Operations, a course run by the Folke Bernadotte Academy in Sandö – Stockholm. ...

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25. February 2012

Crisis Information Management Platform (CIM Platform)

During the high-level debate on ‘ICTs for Disaster Management’ and the workshop on ‘Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs’ at the World Summit on ...

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22. February 2012

ICT4Peace Foundation’s verification plugin for Ushahidi used in Egypt

The Ushahidi blog features a guest post by Alex Mayyasi, a graduate of Stanford University’s International Relations program, class of 2011, living in Cairo, Egypt on the use of the ...

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18. January 2012

MoU with Folke Bernadotte Academy: Information management for peace support operations

The ICT4Peace Foundation is proud to announce the signing of an MOU with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) of Sweden. The parties have agreed to cooperate in the furtherance of ...

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25. November 2011

Keynote Address by Delilah Al-Khudhairy: 3rd International Conference of Crisis Mappers

Keynote Address by Delilah Al-Khudhairy on behalf of the European Commission’s inhouse science service at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Good Afternoon Dear Colleagues, It is also my pleasure to ...

10. November 2011

Welcome Address at VALgEO 2011: Validation of geo-information products for crisis management

Delilah H.A. Al Khudhairy B.Sc (Eng), PhD from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre delivered this keynote at VALgEO 2011, held from 18 – 19 October 2011. Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman ...

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22. October 2011

Monitoring Tunisia’s first election: ICT4Peace Foundation & Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Elections

In support of the first elections since the revolution in Tunisia on 23 October 2011, the Tunisian “Higher Independent Election Committee” or “Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Elections” (ISIE) has ...

Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Publications, Reports, 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, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In

20. October 2011

Second Masters level course in Humanitarian logistics and management

The ICT4Peace Foundation once again taught at the first of its kind Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM) at the University of Lugano, Switzerland. ...

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11. October 2011

From the UN Chronicle: Strengthening Crisis Information Management

Daniel Stauffacher, former Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Nations and Co-Founder and Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation writes for the UN Chronicle on Crisis Information Management. He notes that, ...

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4. October 2011

Training in Crisis Information Management for African Peacekeeping and Peace-building Missions using ICTs and New Media

The ICT4Peace Foundation and its partners conduct a first of its kind training course on Crisis Information Management for African Peacekeeping and Peace-building Missions using ICTs and New Media (Cairo ...

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8. September 2011

MoU with Zentrum für Internationalen Friedensdienst (ZIF)

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce, that the Zentrum für Internationalen Friedensdienst (ZIF) in Berlin and the ICT4 have signed an MoU, that will provide a framework for cooperation in the ...

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24. August 2011

Successful deployment of Ushahidi – ICT4Peace information validation tool (The Matrix) during Egyptian election

In 2010, the ICT4Peace Foundation mandated Ushahidi to develop a plugin for Ushahidi’s existing web based platform to validate information generated from the ground. This plugin, called the Matrix, was ...

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18. August 2011

Enhancing Information and Communication: Issues for Policymakers, Ambassadors, and Commanders

Sanjana Hattotuwa, on behalf of the ICT4Peace Foundation, delivered a presentation at “Enhancing Information and Communication: Issues for Policymakers, Ambassadors, and Commanders” organised by National Defence University, Fort Lesley J. ...

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13. August 2011

ICT4Peace supports the UN Humanitarian Response | Creating a Common Operational Dataset Registry

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Swiss Government supported OCHA to build The Humanitarian Response – Common and Operational Datasets Registry to make critical information during a humanitarian crisis available to ...

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26. July 2011

Participation at UN OCHA wash-up meeting on Libya including ICT4Peace Wiki

On 15th June 2011, the Foundation was invited to an OCHA sponsored washup meeting to reflect on the lessons identified and learnt as part of the unprecedented collaboration between the ...

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18. June 2011

Crisismappers.net Webinar 2011: Going beyond Crisis Mapping

On 8 March 2011, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, delivered a webinar analysing the state of the field in crisis mapping, and asked some critical questions around ...

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8. June 2011

Enhanced ICT4Peace Crisis Information Management Platform Demonstrator (CIMD)

Ushahidi and the ICT4Peace Foundation have agreed to jointly develop an enhanced ICT4Peace Crisis Information Management Platform Demonstrator (CIMD), based on Ushahidi’s existing platform and as deployed e.g. in Libya ...

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29. May 2011

Report on global mapping of technology for transparency and accountability

The Transparency Accountability Initiative recently released the final report on a Global mapping of technology for transparency and accountability. As the launch press release avers, As internet and mobile phone ...

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7. May 2011

3rd International Conference of Crisis Mappers: Mainstreaming Crisis Mapping?

The ICT4Peace Foundation, the Swiss Confederation and the European Commission’s Joint Research Center are pleased to announce and invite you to participate at the 3rd International Conference of Crisis Mappers ...

10. January 2011

Peacebuilding in the Information Age: Sifting Hype from Reality

11.1.11, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation, in collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and GeorgiaTech, is pleased to release, on the occasion of the anniversary ...

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14. December 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation at 16th Annual Conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers

The ICT4Peace Foundation presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers which took place in Dacca, Bangladesh from 27 November to 3 December. The ...

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21. November 2010

InterAmerican Development Bank Webinar on Mobile Technology

Dag Nielsen, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace was 4 November invited to be keynote speaker on Mobile Technology at a web seminar organized by the InterAmerican Development Bank. Nowadays almost every single ...

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4. November 2010

Early Warning for Protection – Technologies and practice for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate in the Early warning for protection – Technologies and practice for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes conference in Phnom Penh to explore how ...

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3. November 2010

ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes

An ICT4Peace Publication by Caroline Hargreaves and Sanjana Hattotuwa

What is being done to support the prevention of mass atrocity crimes as well as reconciliation, healing and justice with a particular emphasis on the use of Information and Communications ...

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19. October 2010

Video of UN CITO’s speech to crisismapping community

CrisisMappers has posted in two parts the speech delivered by Dr. Choi Soon-hong, the UN Secretariat’s Chief Information Technology Office (CITO) at the CrisisMapping conference held in Boston earlier this ...

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14. October 2010

Connecting Crisismapping to the United Nations

(Hattotuwa and Stauffacher October 2010) Cross-fertilisation of UN Common Operational Datasets and Crisismapping At the retreat of the UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) on 5 October 2010 at ...

13. October 2010

UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group meeting

The UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group meeting (CiMAG) meeting convened by the UN’s Chief Information Technology Officer Dr. Dr. Soon-Hong Choi took place on 4 October 2010 at the ...

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30. September 2010

Course on cooperation and coordination in multifunctional peace operations

The Folke Bernadotteakademin / Folke Bernadotte Academy is organising a course on Coordination and Cooperation in Multifunctional Peace Operations at the Academy’s campus at Sandö between the 27th of September ...

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26. September 2010

Learning from Haiti & 2010 Crises: A roundtable discussion

ICCM 2010: Learning from Haiti This roundtable will review the lessons learned and best practices from the disaster response to Haiti. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently noted in ...

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21. September 2010

A cyber-house divided, via the Economist

Published in the Economist, 2 September 2010. Online as much as in the real world, people bunch together in mutually suspicious groups—and in both realms, peacemaking is an uphill struggle ...

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1. September 2010

African Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa

The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate at the African Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa (Cairo 26 – 28 August 2010). Under the ...

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16. August 2010

Pakistan flooding crisis information wiki launched

16 August 2010: The ICT4Peace Foundation launched its latest crisis information wiki on the Pakistan floods today. This unique curated wiki already links to over one hundred vital data points ...

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11. August 2010

Ushahidi launches Crowdmap

The ICT4Peace Foundation congratulated Ushahidi via email today on the launch of Crowdmap. The Foundation expressed its confidence that the launch of this new platform, based on Ushahidi’s proven utility ...

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25. July 2010

Pakistan Floods

Executive summary of Pakistan Floods wiki The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 after record heavy monsoon rains. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was worst affected. At least ...

16. July 2010

Training and curricula development for ICT and Peace-keeping

The Foundation develops and carries out training courses in Crisis Information Management (CiM) for multi-dimensional and multi-stakeholders missions in peacekeeping and peacebuilding. The content is anchored to new dimensions in ...

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14. July 2010

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ.net): “Eure Seite rettet Menschenleben”

Instrument kommender Friedensmissionen „In der Geschichte des Einsatzes von Internettechnologie zu humanitären Zwecken war Haiti ein Meilenstein“, sagt Daniel Stauffacher. Er ist Direktor der in Genf ansässigen Stiftung ICT4Peace (Informations- ...

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14. July 2010

Finding space for crowd-sourcing in humanitarian response

“Crowd-sourcing” is a new buzzword in the world of humanitarian information. The combined power of mobile phones, mapping technology and social networking can enable citizens in crisis to seek help, facilitate aid deliveries, bear witness to abuses and hold governments and aid agencies more accountable, advocates say.

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14. July 2010

ICT4Peace Interview on crisis information management at IDRC Global Risk Forum

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, was part of a panel looking at ICTs and risk management at the IDRC Global Risk Forum held recently in Davos, Switzerland.

9. July 2010

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): “Schwarm-Intelligenz und Rudel-Blödsinn”

Articles that appeared on NZZ in print and online, featuring an interview with the President of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Daniel Stauffacher: «Technologie rettet Leben» and an Article by Eric Gujer, ...

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9. July 2010

Eric Gujer of NZZ on ICT4Peace and New Social Media in Crisis Management: “Schwarm-Intelligenz and Rudel-Blödsinn”

Article by Eric Gujer, Editor in Chief of NZZ on the role of social media in Crisis Management: Schwarm-Intelligenz und Rudel-Blödsinn.

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8. July 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation featured in NZZ Online

The ICT4Peace Foundation features in an article and interview in one of the leading German language newspapers, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), on the role of new Information and communication technologies ...

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21. June 2010

Crisis in Kyrgyzstan 2010 | Crisis Information Wiki

The ICT4Peace Foundation’s latest crisis information wiki focuses on the emergency in Kyrgyzstan. This unique curated wiki already includes vital information from the UN system in Kyrgyzstan, NGOs, the World ...

15. June 2010

Report on Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs session at WSIS 2010

The ICT4Peace Foundation organised a panel discussion at the WSIS 2010 event in Geneva on 13 May anchored to the topic Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype ...

12. June 2010

Crisis in Kyrgyzstan

Executive summary of Crisis in Kyrgyzstan wiki The 2010 south Kyrgyzstan riots are ongoing clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, primarily in the cities of Osh and ...

11. June 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation endorses 2010 Global Peace Index

The Global Peace Index, which has just released its 2010 rankings. See them at http://www.visionofhumanity.org. As noted on the website, 149 nations of the world have been ranked by their peacefulness and ...

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6. June 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation enters into new agreement with Ushahidi to develop Crisis Information Management Demonstrator (CIMD)

25 May 2010, Geneva, Switzerland: During the high-level debate on ‘ICTs for Disaster Management’ and the workshop on ‘Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs’ ...

6. June 2010

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation selected as 2010 TEDGlobal Fellow

27 May 2010, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is very pleased to announce that Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation has been selected as a 2010 TEDGlobal Fellow for his ...

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27. May 2010

Peace IT – September 2009

Download : PeaceIT September 2009.pdf September 2009 issue of Peace IT!, produced by the ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland in cooperation with Crisis Management Institute, Finland. In this edition contributors highlight the ...

16. May 2010

Recording of Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs at WSIS 2010

Click here to access the recording of Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs, a panel discussion held on 13 May 2010, organised by the ICT4Peace Foundation held ...

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16. May 2010

Recording of ICTs for Disaster Management High Level Panel discussion at WSIS 2010

Click here to access the recording of ICTs for Disaster Management, a high level panel discussion at WSIS 2010 on 12 May 2010. The Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Daniel Stauffacher, was ...

15. May 2010

Recording of Live seminar on “ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology Enhance Humanitarian Action?”

Click here to access an MP3 recording of Sanjana Hattotuwa’s submission to the web seminar ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology Enhance Humanitarian Action?, organised by the Humanitarian ...

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15. May 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation conducts post-Haiti assessment roundtable discussion

The ICT4Peace Foundation organised and facilitated a closed door roundtable meeting in Geneva, on 13 May 2010, to discuss the Crisis Information Management (CiM) strategy in general and how the ...

13. May 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation enters into new agreement with Ushahidi to develop Crisis Information Management Demonstrator (CIMD)

On the occasion of the high-level debate on ICTs for Disaster Management and the workshop on Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs at the ...

10. May 2010

ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology Enhance Humanitarian Action?

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, will be part of a august panel looking at ICTs and humanitarian aid. Titled ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology ...

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5. May 2010

WSIS Forum 2010: Cumbre Mundial De Las Naciones Unidas Sobre La Sociedad De La Informacion

4 de Mayo 2010: Tengo el agrado de anunciar que, durante la Cumbre Mundialde la Sociedad de la Información (WSIS) FORO 2010, la Fundación ICT4Peace serála anfitriona de un taller ...

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5. May 2010

Haiti and Beyond: Getting it Right in Crisis Information Management

The event The massive earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 shattered the foundations of the entire country. By 23 January, a little less than a fortnight after the ...

5. May 2010

Critical information on Chile earthquake: ICT4Peace Foundation sets up crisis information wiki page

As noted on the OpenStreetMap wiki, the 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), ...

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5. May 2010

ICT4Peace Workshop and High-Level Debate, WSIS FORUM 2010, 12-13 May, Geneva

WSIS FORUM 2010, UN WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY, 12-13 May 2010, Geneva The ICT4Peace Foundation will host a workshop during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ...

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4. May 2010

Haiti and beyond: Getting it right in Crisis Information Management

(Hattotuwa and Stauffacher, March 2010) The ICT4Peace Foundation released Haiti and beyond: Getting it right in Crisis Information Management in April 2010 – the first critique of a number of ...

3. May 2010

Asociación con el Programa de la Maestría de Estudios Avanzados en Logística y Gestión Humanitaria (MAS HLM), de la Universidad de Lugano

Mayo 2010: La Fundación se asocia con el Programa de la Maestría de Estudios Avanzados en Logística y Gestión Humanitaria (MAS HLM) de la Universidad de Lugano, Suiza, a fin ...

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2. May 2010

Partnership with Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM), University of Lugano

The ICT4Peace Foundation entered into a partnership with the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management Programme (MAS HLM) of the University of Lugano, Switzerland to develop and ...

20. April 2010

ICT4Peace Wiki on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Executive Summary of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill wiki Photo credit: Deepwater Horizon Response The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also called the BP Oil Spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil ...

11. April 2010

HCI for Peace

The Foundation was pleased to know about the HCI for Peace initiative , which promotes and widens aspects of research, advocacy and work the Foundation has pioneered. As noted on the ...

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5. April 2010

Haiti and Beyond: Getting it Right in Crisis Information Management

Download the full report as a PDF here. The massive earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 shattered the foundations of the entire country. By 23 January, a little less ...

24. March 2010

ReliefWeb Survey

Ahead of planned improvements this year, ReliefWeb is conducting a short survey to ensure that its future service is informed by the requirements of those engaged in humanitarian action worldwide. ...

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10. March 2010

Critical information on Chile earthquake: ICT4Peace Foundation sets up crisis information wiki page

As noted on the OpenStreetMap wiki, the 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), ...

28. February 2010

Earthquake in Chile

Executive Summary of Chilean earthquake wiki The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), ...

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25. February 2010

ICT4Peace at 9th Forum on New Technologies of Information & Communication Applied to Conflict

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, will participate in the 9th Forum on New Technologies of Information & Communication applied to Conflict, from 2 − 3 June 2010 ...

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18. February 2010

Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Chilean Joint Peacekeeping Operations Centre and the ICT for Peace Foundation in Santiago de Chile

18 February 2010: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce that The Chilean Joint Peacekeeping Operations Centre (CECOPAC), located in Santiago de Chile and the ICT4Peace Foundation, Geneva have signed ...

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Training and Curricula Development

9. February 2010

What is ICT4Peace?: Article written for Strategic Foresight Group

“ICT4Peace is the belief, supported by a growing body of practitioners globally, that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) including mobile phones help in all aspects of peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Much ...

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22. January 2010

ICT4State-Building: African Experiences and Opportunities

View full report here by Crisis Management Initiative. ### The use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is becoming more and more commonplace around the world and the spread of ...

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22. January 2010

ICT4Peace Foundation featured in IRIN podcast on use of technology in January 2010 Haiti earthquake aid effort

UN OCHA’s IRIN news service has a podcast up that features key observations by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation on the use of technology / ICTs in ...

18. January 2010

Haiti Earthquake 2010: Critical information updates to ICT4Peace Foundation wiki – 18 January 2010

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Its shocking aftermath once again demonstrates the need for timely, accurate information to strengthen aid, response and recovery after a ...

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18. January 2010

Haiti Earthquake 2010: Critical information updates to ICT4Peace Foundation wiki – 17 January 2010

18. January 2010

Haiti Earthquake 2010: Critical information updates to ICT4Peace Foundation wiki – 15 January 2010

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Its shocking aftermath, the scale of which is only now coming to light, once again demonstrates the need for timely, ...

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14. January 2010

Urgent information on Haiti: ICT4Peace Foundation sets up wiki page

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Its shocking aftermath, the scale of which is only now coming to light, once again demonstrates the need for timely, ...

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13. January 2010

Useful web resources for Haiti earthquake information and help

Twitter feeds http://twitter.com/cnnbrk/haiti (from CNN / requires manual refresh) Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake (refresh often for more updates and edits) Google social media updates http://www.google.com/search?q=Haiti+earthquake&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&tbs=rltm:1&tbo=u&ei=zfJNS67oAtP0_Ab29byfDg&sa=X&oi=realtime_result_group_more_results_link&ct=title&resnum=9&ved=0CCYQ5QUwCA (this is updated every second automatically) News ...

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12. January 2010

First ever Wiki: Haiti Earthquake

Executive summary of wiki on Haitian earthquake Photo credit: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. This wiki now features a curated list of key ...

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5. January 2010

ICT4Peace Presentation at Lunch Seminar of Swiss Mission to UN in New York on ICT as tools for peace building, crisis management and disaster recovery

At a Lunch hosted by the Swiss Ambassador to the UN in New York, Sanjana Hattotuwa made the following presentation on: ICTs for humanitarian aid: Some enduring challenges in crisis such ...

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5. January 2010

Presentation at Lunch Seminar on ICT as tools for peace building, crisis management and disaster recovery

Lunch Seminar Security Arena: ICT4Peace – ICT as tools for peace building, crisis management and disaster recovery Date: December 8, 11.30 – 12.30, Lindholmen Science Park – Security Arena Location: ...

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14. December 2009

ICT4Peace calls for better disaster preparedness and crisis management at the Copenhagen Climate Summit

ICT4Peace calls for better disaster preparedness and crisis management at the Copenhagen Climate Summit 14 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark: The ICT4Peace Foundation actively engages at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, invited ...

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10. December 2009

The Role of Communications Technology During Natural Disasters and Conflicts

As natural disasters and civil conflicts increase worldwide, so too does access to new and lower cost technologies. The United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership’s latest report, New ...

4. December 2009

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher at Internet Governance Forum 2009 (IGF)

The Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher is interviewed by Egypt’s Nile TV at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in November 2009. Dr. Stauffacher talks about ICT for ...

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2. December 2009

3rd high-level luncheon on Crisis Information Management (CiM) at the United Nations in New York

24 November 2009: Held at the office of the Swiss Mission in New York, the 3rd high-level luncheon on Crisis Information Management (CiM) was co-organised by the Office of Information ...

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2. December 2009

ICT4Peace Foundation accompanies UN CITO on mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH)

3 – 6 November 2009: Dr. Daniel Stauffacher and Mr. Sanjana Hattotuwa from the ICT4Peace Foundation were invited to participate in a field mission to Haiti by Dr. Soon-Hong Choi, ...

24. September 2009

Launch of Peace IT! September 2009

The September 2009 issue of Peace IT!, produced by the ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland in cooperation with Crisis Management Initiative, Finland, is available for immediate download here. In this edition contributors ...

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13. August 2009

Ushahidi’s Goma release incorporates features from ICT4Peace Foundation’s crisis information management prototype

Ushahidi’s launched a major new update to their platform called Goma. The ICT4Peace Foundation is very pleased to see key features in Ushahidi’s Goma release that had evolved directly from ...

23. July 2009

MoU between L’Ecole de Maintien de la Paix (EMP) and ICT4Peace Foundation

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the L’Ecole de Maintien de la Paix (EMP) based in Bamako, Mali on 13th July 2009. The full text ...

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23. July 2009

Presentation on new media and crisis information management at UN ECOSOC

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, gave a presentation on new media and crisis information management at the General Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council meetings (ECOSOC) ...

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23. July 2009

Presentation of Crisis Information Management at UN ECOSOC

Crisis Information Management Strategy Discussion by The Office of Information Communications Technology / UN Secretariat in collaboration with The ICT4Peace Foundation Over the past two years alone, powerful examples of ...

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25. June 2009

New Media and Humanitarian Aid – Presentation at Kofi Annan Global Humanitarian Forum, 2009

At this year’s Kofi Annan Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher was invited to make a presentation on New Media and Humanitarian Aid on ...

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7. June 2009

Good practices in participatory mapping – Review by IFAD

An excellent new report from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) looks at GIS and participatory mapping techniques that in places like Ghana have been used for conflict resolution as ...

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7. June 2009

Keynote Speech by Dr. Choi Soon-Hong, Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer at the United Nations to Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

Keynote Speech Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, 3 June 2009, Bonn, Germany Choi Soon-Hong, PhD, Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer, The United Nations Mr. Bettermann, Excellencies, distinguished guests, ...

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5. June 2009

ICT4Peace Chairman Daniel Stauffacher on Ushahidi and crowdsourcing crisis information management

A brief soundbite from the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Daniel Stauffacher on Ushahidi and crowdsourcing crisis information management. The soundbite was recorded at the second DW Global Media Forum ...

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20. April 2009

Update 1: Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid

Download the report here.

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20. April 2009

Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid

Download the report here. Download the update to the report here. Cyclone Nargis was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of ...

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5. March 2009

Ushahidi and ICT4Peace Foundation collaborate to develop of Crisis Information Management Demonstrator (CIMD)

The ICT4Peace Foundation, Geneva has mandated Ushahidi to develop an ICT4Peace Crisis Information Management Platform Demonstrator (CIMD), based on Ushahidi’s existing platform with the following features and functionality. A product ...

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28. February 2009

Recommendations and ideas to strengthen best practices of Crisis Information Management at the United Nations, New York

This is an excerpt from Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities that can be downloaded in full from here. Recommendations and ideas to strengthen best practices of ...

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28. February 2009

Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities

Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities Authors: Sanjana Hattotuwa and Daniel Stauffacher Download the full report as a PDF from here. From October 2007 to February 2008, ...

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25. February 2009

Working Session on Crisis Information Management Systems

ICT4Peace co-organized High Level Retreat with the United Nations, New York and the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) The two-day working session will take place on 26 and ...

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1. January 2009

ICT4Peace Foundation leads UN GAID Community of Expertise on Information and Communication Technologies for Peace

ICT4Peace Foundation was asked by the United Nations DESA to lead the UN GAID Community of Expertise, which will address the fundamental question how ICTs can be best used for ...

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14. December 2008

Nobel Lecture by Martti Ahtisaari, Oslo, 10 December 2008

President Martti Ahtisaari is the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation Policy Advisory Board and an ardent champion of the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for peacebuilding and conflict transformation. The following ...

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12. December 2008

Gen. Martin L. Agwai, Force Commander of UNAMID with ICT4Peace Foundation and CCCPA in Cairo, Egypt

From L-R:Juan Pekmez (ICT4Peace Foundation), Amb. Daniel Stauffacher (Chairman, ICT4Peace Foundation), Gen. Martin L. Agwai (Force Commander, UNAMID), Amb. Soad Shalaby (CCCPA), Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar (United Service Institution of India, ...

12. November 2008

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari on ICT4Peace

Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2008 delivered at High-level meeting to discuss Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities, held on ...

12. October 2008

Call for papers: Improving ICT use in Crisis Management and Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) for ISCRAM 2009

Call for papers: Improving ICT use in Crisis Management and Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) for ISCRAM 2009 Inter-operability, and the meaningful use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in all aspects of ...

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10. September 2008

ICT4Peace enters into MoU with Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC)

The ICT4Peace Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. The MoU recognises, inter alia, the need to strengthen the role of African States ...

26. August 2008

Information Sharing Models and Interoperability in National, Cross Border and International Crisis Management

Crisis Management Initiative has published a final report of a project aiming to improve the understanding of information sharing models and interoperability in national, cross-border and international crisis management. Download ...

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5. August 2008

Information and Communication Technology and Peacebuilding: Summary of a Workshop (2008)

Information and Communication Technology and Peacebuilding: Summary of a Workshop, July 2008 Carol Arenberg and Greg Pearson, Editors NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES On December 14, 2007, the ...

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26. July 2008

Conference report of ‘Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace, Sustainability’ event released

Strategic Foresight Group is pleased to convene an action initiative on business, peace and sustainability. The fi rst step is to convene an international conference on Responsibility to the Future: ...

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25. July 2008

15th ASEAN Regional Forum emphasises crisis management and civilian military cooperation

41st AMM 17 – 24 July 2008 Shangri-La, Singapore Chairman’s Statement, 15th ASEAN Regional Forum, 24 July 2008, Singapore 1 The Fifteenth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was ...

29. June 2008

Training for Peace: The Governments of Egypt, Japan and UNDP launch a project to develop the leading peacekeeping and conflict resolution centre in Cairo

Cairo, Wednesday 18 June 2008 – Today, the Cairo Regional Centre for Conflict Resolution and Peace-keeping in Africa (CCCPA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Japan and ...

18. June 2008

Roundtable on ICT Technologies for Peace-building and Crisis Management at Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace and Sustainability

The ICT4Peace Foundation will conduct a Roundtable on ICT Technologies for Peace-building and Crisis Management on Friday, June 27, 2008, 11:30-13:00, Nehru Centre, Mumbai as part of the Responsibility to ...

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2. June 2008

ICT for disaster management in least developed countries and small islands in the Asia Pacific Region

Authors: Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa Originally written for UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) Disaster management is an imperfect science. It is impossible to accurately predict ...

1. June 2008

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum – MEDIA IN PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION

Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum MEDIA IN PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION 1 – 4 June 2008 The modern approach to creating independent media organisations was largely developed during the Cold ...

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2. May 2008

Final Report on the Global Symposium +5 on Information for Humanitarian Action

Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to share with you an advance electronic copy of the Final Report on the Global Symposium +5 on Information for Humanitarian Action, held last ...

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3. April 2008

The Text message – an important transmitter of information in times of crisis

Media – The use of information and communication technologies in order to promote peace in the world. This is the challenge of the ICT4Peace foundation, based in Geneva. Interview with ...

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24. March 2008

« Le SMS, un vecteur important d’information en temps de crise. Un interview avec Daniel Stauffacher, Président de la Fondation ICT4Peace »

Utiliser les technologies d'information et communication pour favoriser la paix dans le monde, c'est le pari de la fondation Ict4Peace, basée à Genève.

Interview par Caroline Stevan Le Temps Genève, Jeudi 20 mars 2008 Le Sommet mondial sur la société de l’information (SMSI), dont la première phase s’est déroulée en 2003 à Genève, ...

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10. March 2008

ICT4Peace Foundation enters into partnership with 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution

The ICT4Peace Foundation today entered into a partnership to strengthen the 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution. Victoria, British Columbia serves as the host city for the ODR Forum ...

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5. January 2008

Technology and Peace – What’s the Connection?

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5. January 2008

Interview with Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of Ict4Peace Foundation on ICT4Peace by David Kirkpatrick from Fortune Magazine

Fortune Magazine published on 4th January 2008 an article on the ICT4Peace Foundation and it’s work on ICT for peacebuilding. “As 2008 gets underway we don’t have peace. (Just look ...

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23. December 2007

ICT4Peace Launch Event at the United Nations, New York – Participants, Report, President Martti Ahtisaari’s speech and Concept Note

The Permanent Representative of Switzerland hosted a High-Level working Lunch, on 15 November 2007. The event was sponsored by the ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of UN DESA Global Alliance ...

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21. December 2007

ICT4Peace: An International Process for Conflict Management featured in PeaceIT!

The latest issue of Peace IT!, a journal for conflict and crisis management professionals published by the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) is out and can be downloaded here. The journal ...

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20. December 2007

Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland at ICT4Peace launch, United Nations, New York

ICT4Peace: STRATEGIC USE OF ICTS IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT New York, 15 November 2007 Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland I am a strong believer in the UN system ...

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20. December 2007

Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland at ICT4Peace launch, United Nations, New York

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10. December 2007

Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications

Daniel Stauffacher, the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation has been invited to participate at the Global forum on Emergency Telecommunications – 10-12 Dec 2007. Background Increasingly, natural disasters are causing considerable ...

14. November 2007

ICT4Peace Foundation invited to participate at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications – 10-12 Dec 2007

14. November 2007

Prevention Web: a new tool to increase knowledge on disaster risk reduction

The UN/ISDR secretariat is launching PreventionWeb.net, a new website for increasing knowledge sharing on disaster risk reduction (DRR) issues, for both the general public – including media and teachers – ...

26. October 2007

UN OCHA +5 Symposium presentation by Sanjana Hattotuwa

Watch the presentation by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation made at the UN OCHA +5 Symposium here.

22. October 2007

Launched by ICT4Peace: An International Process for Crisis Management Through ICT at United Nations, New York

The ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of UN DESA Global Alliance for ICT and Development organised a high -level lunch on 15 November 2007 at the UN New York, to ...

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22. October 2007

Sanjana Hattotuwa at the Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’, October 2007

The Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 22 – 26 October 2007 at the Palais des Nations. Watch the presentation by Sanjana Hattotuwa, ...

11. October 2007

ICT4Peace Concept Note for United Nations, New York meeting

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10. October 2007

Advisory meeting for the establishment of new online communities of practice thematically focused on Disaster Prevention & Response, and Stabilization & Reconstruction

The the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC (CSIS) and the Development Gateway Foundation (DGF) have partnered to develop two new online portals: Stabilization and Reconstruction and ...

4. October 2007

The limits of the web and Internet to engender democracy?

From the New York Times comes an interesting news story on how the junta in Myanmar thwarted the use of the web and Internet by pro-democracy activists. It was about ...

1. October 2007

Partnership between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

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1. October 2007

Partnership between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

1st October 2007, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce the new partnership between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ...

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28. June 2007

Our Common Humanity in the Information Age: Principles and Values for Development

A speech late last year by President Martti Ahtisaari , Chairman of the Board at Crisis Management Initiative, and Chairman of the ICT4Peace International Advisory Board, titled Our Common Humanity ...

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28. June 2007

The Role of Information Technology in Crisis Management

This is a foundational lecture by Kristiina Rinkineva, Programme Director, Crisis Management Initiative, on the Role of Information Technology in Crisis Management at the 14th EINIRAS Conference 30.9.-1.10. 2004. Ms. Rinkineva ...

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24. June 2007

ICT Foresight – consultation and campaigning in the age of participatory media

This is the second in a series of Third Sector Foresight reports on the emerging relationship between voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) and information and communication technology (ICT). ICTs have ...

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23. June 2007

My Digital Dream: A disaster mitigation program strengthened by the use of ICT

My Digital Dream: A disaster mitigation program strengthened by the use of ICT “Having a disaster mitigation program strengthened by the use of ICT would not only save lives in ...

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22. June 2007

Peace and ICT Research Project

The Peace and ICT Research Project website contains some interesting information on the possible uses of ICT for peacebuilding. As noted on the website, the aim of the project was ...

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22. June 2007

ICT as a Tool for Environmental Education, Peace, and Reconciliation

In this paper we describe a project that emanates from a conception of environmental education as peace education and utilizes ICT as a tool for bringing communities together and enriching ...

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22. June 2007

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Idea Book: Integrating Digital Tools Into Your Projects

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22. June 2007

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training of Trainers: Computer and Internet Use For Development

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11. June 2007

Humanlink : Connecting those who help others

From Paul Currion’s blog comes news of a new organisation to design ICT solutions for humanitarian field work called. The Humanlink Mission As veteran aid workers, we have experienced the ...

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11. June 2007

Daring to Dream: CSCW for Peacebuilding (PPT presentation)

Download this paper, and others on ICT4Peace by Sanjana Hattotuwa, here.

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7. June 2007

An Award, An Event, A Community: The Stockholm Challenge 2008

The Stockholm Challenge 2008 programme features six category awards for ICT for development projects and a chance to win the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Trophies. The prize ceremony in the City ...

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30. May 2007

Humanitarian IT with Open Source: A Case Study on Disaster Management

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30. May 2007

Launch of the Global Information Society Watch 2007 Report

The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report – the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at ...

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29. May 2007

Open Source, interoperable web identity systems through Microsoft

Ars Technica has an article on Microsoft’s recent moves to secure and strengthen interoperability in web identity management frameworks. As the article avers: The concept of web identity involves three ...

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17. May 2007

Daring to Dream: Computer Supported Cooperative Frameworks (CSCW) for Peacebuilding

ICT4Peace, ODR and ICT for crisis management Thoughts on the use of technology for peacebuilding, conflict transformation and reconciliation. Download this paper, and others on ICT4Peace by Sanjana Hattotuwa, here.

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17. May 2007

Appropriating the Internet for Social Change

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17. May 2007

Technologies and Social Change: The Contribution of Social Informatics

Social informatics is the body of research that examines the design, uses, and consequences of information and communication technologies in ways that take into account their interaction with in- stitutional ...

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14. May 2007

Swissinfo.ch on ICT4Peace: Swiss push for peace through technology

Read the article in full here. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-push-for-peace-through-technology/4374744

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14. May 2007

Improving NATO-NGO Relations in Crisis Response Operations

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14. May 2007

We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information

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11. May 2007

An Evaluation of Humanitarian Information Centers (Sida/Szpak, 2004)

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11. May 2007

PeaceIT!

Download and read the full issue here.

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11. May 2007

Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies

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11. May 2007

Designing a Peacebuilding Infrastructure: Taking a Systems Approach to the Prevention Deadly Conflict

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11. May 2007

Evaluation of IT humanitarian platforms and their possible utilisation as co-ordination instrument

Evaluation of IT humanitarian platforms and their possible utilisation as co-ordination instrument Marcel Hummelink, Amsterdam, September 2002 Conclusions, recommendations and questions regarding the present and future role of information technology in ...

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11. May 2007

Untying the Gordian Knot: ICT for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

ICT4Peace, ODR and ICT for crisis management Thoughts on the use of technology for peacebuilding, conflict transformation and reconciliation. Download the article here.

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11. May 2007

Welcome statement from Daniel Stauffacher, Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation and former Swiss Ambassador to the WSIS

Dear Colleagues, Since 2005, the Swiss government has funded a project called “ICT4Peace” that focuses on the application of information and communication technology (ICT) to support activities promoting peace in ...

26. October 2006

UN Assistant Secretary General Patricio Civili writes to ICT4Peace Foundation

UN Assistant Secretary General Patricio Civili in his letter to ICT4Peace Foundation on 26 October 2006 wrote: Dear Mr. Stauffacher, I am writing to follow up on our discussion in ...

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28. June 2006

UN DESA and ICT4Peace Foundation held informal consultations with member states and NGOs during ECOSOC (28 July) in Geneva

During the Humanitarian Segment of the ECOSOC Session UN DESA and the ICT4Peace Foundation held informal consultations on 28 July 2006 with member States and NGOS on the implementation on ...

20. June 2006

GAID adopted ICT4Peace as Focus Area in Kuala Lumpur June 2006

Based on a proposal of the ICT4Peace Foundation, the UN Global Alliance for ICT for Development (GAID) has adopted ICT4Peace as one of its focus area of work at its ...

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2. March 2006

Paul Currion on Report on Information Technology and Requirements for Emergency Capacity Building

Dear Colleagues, The Emergency Capacity Building Project is proud to announce the release of the final version of its Report on Information Technology and Requirements. This comprehensive five-part Report is ...

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14. December 2005

IT for Crisis Management Conference

ICT4Peace held a side meeting at the IT for Crisis Management Conference in Nice, hosted by President Martti Ahtisaari.

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17. November 2005

Launch of ICT4Peace Paper on “Information and Communications Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict at WSIS in Tunis

Please join us for the launch of ICT4Peace groundbreaking paper: “Information and Communications Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict“. The launch ...

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11. November 2005

Information and Communication Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict (Stauffacher, Drake, Currion, Steinberger 2005)

The ICT4Peace project was launched in 2004 with the publication of a book by the UN ICT Task Force on the practice and theory of ICT in the conflict cycle ...

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12. December 2004

Workshop hosted by Daniel Stauffacher Ambassador for the World Summit on the Information Society on ICT4Peace

A workshop hosted by the Office of the Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the World Summit on the Information Society and co-organised with WSP International . The workshop was intended ...

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6. October 2004

6th International Security Forum in Montreux

ICT4Peace held a side meeting at the 6th International Security Forum in Montreux, Switzerland. The report on the Forum can be found here. The International Security Forum (ISF) was launched as ...

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