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

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20. July 2014

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 23^rd and 24^th June in Glen Cove, New York. Representatives from OICT, OCHA, UNOCC, ICTD/DFS, UN Global Pulse, UNHCR, DPKO-DFS UNDP/BCPR, UNICEF/ITSS, UNICEF/Innovation Unit, WFP, EOSG, UNDP/BCPR (Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery) and DPA/EO/IMT participated along with, on the second day, representatives from Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Amnesty International USA, The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative, NYU and Storyful. UNHCHR and UNOSAT, who took part in the CiMAG retreat in 2013, sent regrets on their inability to participate on account of scheduling conflicts.

The agenda and list of participants are attached to the end of this report, which can be downloaded here.