Learning from Kosovo: The Humanitarian Community Information Centre (HCIC)
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| Publisher(s) | Overseas Development Institute (2001) |
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| Author(s) | Paul Currion |
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Following the mass return of Albanian refugees to Kosovo in June 1999, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees was assigned responsibility for the Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs of the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo.
By mid-August, the HCIC was formally opened in the UNHCR building in Pristina. Its work included developing a contact list and sectoral matrix, and organising daily briefings for the humanitarian community. As well as office space, UNHCR agreed to provide administrative support for the Centre.
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http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2278Posted January 14th, 2008 by matslats
An evaluation of Humanitarian Information Centres
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| Publisher(s) | USAID & DFID (2004) |
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| Author(s) | Lewis Sida & Chris Szpak |
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There is a contested vision among stakeholders with regard to the role of HICs despite terms of reference which are currently being considered by the IASC for endorsement. Some see the HIC as solely an instrument for supporting coordination, whereas others view it as an agent for promulgating information management practices and standards. Such perceptions raise differing expectations and can cause confusion regarding the purpose of the HIC, both among users and staff.
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www.humanitarianinfo.org/hicstakeholder2007/HIC_evaluations/HIC_Evaluation_2004.pdfPosted December 11th, 2007 by matslats
NetHope Disaster Relief White Paper
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| Publisher(s) | NetHope (2006) |
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| Author(s) | Dipak Basu |
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A compendium of learnings from engagements in Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, Iran, Sudan, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Lebanon.
This document attempts to extract the do’s and dont’s from the NetHope consortium’s experience in addressing information and communication technology (ICT) deployments for its members during eight major disasters in ten countries during its five years of existence.
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http://www.ecbproject.org/publications/ECB4/NetHope%20Disaster%20Relief%20White%20Paper.pdfPosted December 11th, 2007 by matslats
Darfur Response
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| Publisher(s) | Emergency Capacity Building Project (2006) |
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| Author(s) | Paul Currion |
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ECB4’s first activity was an assessment intended to cover not just technology but the ways in which technology is used. Lasting from September 2005 to March 2006, the assessment included visits to all IWG members’ headquarters and to selected field sites to ensure that the field perspective is emphasized. The present report contains the findings of the second field visit, to Sudan. It will form part of the overall assessment report, which the IWG will use to decide how to improve information management and systems in emergency response.
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http://www.ecbproject.org/publications/ECB4/ECB4%20ITR%20Assessment%20Darfur%20MB%2028Aug06.pdfPosted December 11th, 2007 by matslats
ITR: Pakistan Earthquake Response
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| Publisher(s) | Emergency Capacity Building Project (2005) |
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| Author(s) | Paul Currion |
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The ECB ITR Initiative’s first activity was an assessment. It can be seen that the assessment was intended to cover not just technology but the ways in which technology is used. Lasting from 1 September 2005 – 31 March 2006, the assessment included visits to all IWG members’ headquarters and to selected field sites to ensure that the field perspective is emphasized. This report contains the findings of the first field visit, to Pakistan.
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http://www.ecbproject.org/publications/ECB4/ECB4%20ITR%20Assessment%20Pakistan%20MB%2028Aug06.pdfPosted December 11th, 2007 by matslats
Assessment report: Global Response
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| Publisher(s) | Emergency Capacity Building Project (2006) |
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| Author(s) | Paul Currion |
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This report presents the assessment findings at the global level, based on the headquarters visits and background research, and forms part of the final assessment package. This package, which also includes separate documents on the Pakistan and Sudan visits, was discussed at an ECB interagency workshop from April 24-25 2006.
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http://www.ecbproject.org/publications/ECB4/ECB4%20ITR%20Assessment%20Global%20MB%2028Aug06.pdfPosted December 11th, 2007 by matslats
The Role of ICT in preventing, responding, and recovering from conflict
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| Publisher(s) | United Nations ICT Task Force (2005) |
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| Author(s) | Daniel Stauffacher, William Drake, Paul Currion and Julia Steinberger |
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This document provides a very valuable and comprehensive overview of projects and organisations using ICT to build peace in ravaged societies in 2005. The project is ongoing and documented in this wiki
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http://www.ict4peace.org/articles/ict4peace_ebook1.pdfPosted October 22nd, 2007 by matslats
Introduction: what Brahimi did
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| Publisher(s) | humanitarian.info (2004) |
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| Author(s) | Paul Currion |
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Despite all this activity, it is hard to identify clear successes in the implementation of GIS in humanitarian work. GIS has certainly been embraced by the mine action sector[2] but, despite general enthusiasm for the technology, other humanitarian sectors have not been so quick to adopt the technology. This paper hopes to identify the reasons behind this, and to propose approaches that may help us to move forward.
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http://www.humanitarian.info/?page_id=35Posted October 19th, 2007 by matslats
Brahimi Report, Section V
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| Publisher(s) | United Nations (2000) |
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| Author(s) | Lakhdar Brahimi |
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When the United Nations deploys a mission into the field, it is critical that its elements be able to exchange data easily. All complex peace operations bring together many different actors: agencies, funds, and programmes from throughout the United Nations system, as well as the Departments of the Secretariat; mission recruits who are new to the United Nations system; on occasion, regional organizations; frequently, bilateral aid agencies; and always, dozens to hundreds of humanitarian and development NGOs.
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http://www.un.org/peace/reports/peace_operations/Posted October 18th, 2007 by matslats
Surviving “Droughts” and “Floods”: Stretching the Metaphor for Humanitarian Information Management
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| Publisher(s) | Public Entity Risk Institute (2003) |
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| Author(s) | Paul Currion |
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We are now starting to experience the problems thrown up by the IT revolution.
These problems cannot be separated from the benefits noted above – indeed, the drawbacks are in fact the benefits, seen from another angle. E-mail is probably the most obvious example; by facilitating communications more quickly and easily than ever before, it has lead to a proliferation of messages surging through organizations.
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http://www.riskinstitute.org/NR/rdonlyres/A8BB27CF-FCB6-4D88-B111-52E0DA0A69E8/0/DroughtsandFloodsPERISymposiumPaper.pdfPosted October 11th, 2007 by matslats
