UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS)

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  ...

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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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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  ...

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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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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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