UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS)

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

Digital Development Debates published by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH features this week a short essay from the Foundation looking at the use of ICTs in crisis  ...

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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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Using citizen journalism to bear witness to violence: TED Talk

Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, Sanjana Hattotuwa delivered his TED Talk at TED 2011 in Long Beach, California.

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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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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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UN Crisis Information Management Advisory Group (CiMAG) Meeting, 19 May 2011

ICT is a huge enabler and source of empowerment, allowing individuals to take some, albeit limited, control of their own destiny within the chaotic framework of a crisis, natural disaster  ...

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