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 single agency, department or actor has the capacity or sole mandate to address these crises. This makes it vital that everyone involved in disaster prevention and response harmonise the use tools and systems to produce, disseminate and archive information in a manner that can be scaled up or rapidly focused to deal with any type of crisis.
The CiM strategy will help all actors, including the UN’s member states and agencies, to deal with all stages of a crisis lifecycle more efficiently and effectively.
Key events and output: 2016
- ICT4Peace on Peace and Security in the cyberspace at Science for Peace Conference, Malaysia
- Welcoming HXL Version 1.0: A breakthrough in humanitarian information exchange
Key events and output: 2015
- Annual consultations in Geneva around CiM, innovation and human rights
- UN General Assembly and UN Secretary General take important steps to improve Crisis Information Management
- UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) retreat looks at Ebola response
- ICT4Peace at UN General Assembly interactive hearing on WSIS
- Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) 2015 Retreat
- ICT4Peace on Strategic Communications in UN Peace Operations
- Peacekeepers in the Sky: The Use of Unmanned Unarmed Aerial Vehicles for Peacekeeping
- ICT4Peace on Strategic Communications in UN Peace Operations
Key events and output: 2014
- Video: What’s so Big about Big Data?
- Lecture at ETH Zurich: Big Data, ICTs and New Media in Times of Crisis
- Report: ENTRi course on new media in crisis information management
- Presentation at The Crisis Management Centre (KMZ) of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Humanitarian Drones: New magazine on FlipBoard
- UAViators: Exploring the use of UAVs for non-lethal purposes
- The future of ICTs in peacebuilding: Presentation at Build Peace conference 2014
- ICTs and new media for UN peacekeeping and peace-building
- How to innovate responsibly in a digital world?
- n=all: Presentation on big data for United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA)
- High Level Meeting of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) reaffirms the potential of ICT4Peace
- Contributions to UN Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in Peace Operations
- Innovations in peacebuilding: How technology is changing the way we see the world and respond to violent conflict
- Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) 2014 Retreat
- Improving Information Management in Myanmar: Workshop with MIMU
Key events and output: 2013
- COD/FOD Registry Status: October 2013
- Report of Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) Retreat 2013
- Guidance for Collaboration with Formal Humanitarian Organizations: Interview with Sanjana Hattotuwa, ICT For Peace Foundation, conducted by UN OCHA
- UN OCHA thanks ICT4Peace Foundation
- Presentation at OpenGov Hub on Big Data
- Guidance for Collaborating with Formal Humanitarian Organizations in addition to what we have already on this topic
- What’s so Big about Big Data? | Panel at ICCM 2013, Nairobi, Kenya
- Presentation on innovation at ICCM 2013 Nairobi Training Day
- Crisis Information Management Training in Berlin
Key events and output: 2012
- Potential of Open Government Data for Crisis Information Management and Aid Efficiency
- Information and Intelligence Cooperation in Multifunctional International Operations
- Report on Crisis Information Management High Level Dialogue, 10 July 2012
- The potential and challenges of open data for crisis information management and aid efficiency: A preliminary assessment
- Presentation at “Information and Communication Technology – Sustainable Solutions”
- ICT4Peace meets with US Federal Telecommunications Commission (FCC) during WSIS 2012 in Geneva
- Notes from WSIS High Level Panel on ICTs for post-conflict reconstruction
- Crisis Information Management – Tools and Thoughts
- Risk and Crisis Communication and the new social media: Opportunities for international cooperation
- Information Management: Strengthening Information in Humanitarian Response
- Report of the Crisis Information Management CiMAG Retreat, 10–12 June 2012
- Report on Crisis Information Management High Level Dialogue, 10 July 2012
Key events and output: 2011
- Peacebuilding in the Information Age: Sifting Hype from Reality
- Comprehensive resource list on 2011 Libyan Uprising
- Thematic Workshop at WSIS Forum 2011: Mainstreaming Crisis Mappers and Social Media in Crisis, 16 May
- UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) Meeting, 19 May 2011
- Participation at UN OCHA wash-up meeting on Libya, 15 June
- Enhanced ICT4Peace Crisis Information Management Platform Demonstrator (CIMD)
- ICT4Peace Foundation, Georgia Tech and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society on future of ICTs in peacebuilding and crisis response
- Crisis Management: Understanding the Real Impact of ICTs, Social Media and Crisis Mapping
- Crisismappers.net Webinar 2011: Going beyond Crisis Mapping
- Keynote address at International Network of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) 2011
Key events and output: 2010
- UN World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) panel discussion on ICTs and crisis information management, Managing the accelerating complexity of humanitarian response
- UN Common Operational Datasets plus crowdsourced information map
- ICTs for Risk and Crisis Management, Presentation at Davos
- Haiti and beyond: Getting it right in Crisis Information Management
- ICTs for humanitarian aid: Some enduring challenges
- UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group meeting
- Crisismapping and the United Nations
- United Nations core ICT strategy incorporates crisis information management
- Report of the UN Secretary General underscores crisis information management strategy
- United Nations OCHA congratulates ICT4Peace Foundation for the creation of the ICT4Peace Crisis Information Wikis
Key events and output: 2009
- Draft Report of Working Session on Crisis Information Management Systems, 26-27 February 2009, Tarrytown Estates, New York
- UN Crisis Information Management (CIM) Strategy: Points arising from Breakout Groups 1 and 2 from Day 1 at Tarrytown Estate retreat
- Report on mission to Haiti, 3 – 6 November 2009
Key events and output: 2008
- Interim Report: Stocktaking of UN Crisis Information Management Capabilities
- Notes from 8th July 2008 meeting on draft UN stocktaking report on crisis information management capacities and best practices
- Notes from 7th November 2008 planning group discussion on taking forward Crisis Information Management development at the UN
Key events and output: 2007
- ICT4Peace: An International Process for Crisis Management
- OCHA +5 Symposium partnership with UN OCHA
- Statement of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, ICT4Peace: STRATEGIC USE OF ICTS IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT, 15 November 2007, New York
- ICT4Peace: “Strategic use of ICT for Crisis Management”, Report on High-Level Working Lunch, 15th November 2007