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Survey Report

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Publisher(s) Pennsylvania State University (2008)
Author(s) Dr. Andrea Tapia
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During the symposium questionaires were handed out questioning participants around four general themes: their employment, their relationships, support, and barriers to coordination.
These are the results

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http://cohort2.ist.psu.edu/content/Publications/2007OCHA_final_report.pdf

Posted May 7th, 2008 by matslats

Strengthening Humanitarian Information Management: A Status Report

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Publisher(s) UN/OCHA (2007)
Author(s) Lynnette Larsen
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This report presents a snapshot of the status of information management in the Cluster/Sector approach approximately one year after the issue was first raised in July of 2006, in front of the 65th IASC Working Group.

At present, there still appears to be significant gaps in the understanding of ‘who is doing what where’ and in the expectations of who will do what where in respect to information management in emergencies.

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http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EMAE-79NN48/$FILE/OCHA_Status Report_2007.pdf?OpenElement

Posted December 10th, 2007 by matslats

An analytical Review of Selected Data Sets on Natural Disasters and Impacts

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Publisher(s) Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (2006)
Author(s) Liz Tschoegl
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In preparation for the ProVention Consortium’s Global Risk Identification Program (GRIP) Workshop on the Compilation of Reliable Data on Natural Disaster Occurrence and Impact, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) have undertaken an analytical review of existing available historical disaster databases.

International databases
CRED
Munich RE: NatCat
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http://www.em-dat.net/documents/publication/tschoegldatasetsreview.pdf

Posted November 14th, 2007 by matslats

IRIN

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http://www.irinnews.org

Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) is the United Nations News service which concentrates on sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Based in Nairobi, it has several more local offices.

Since 1995, when OCHA founded it, partly in response to the role of the media in Rwanda, the service has grown to include produce radio and film and photo archives, there is an AIDS network.

IRIN supplies about half of the news to a comparable service, Reuters Alertnet.

Posted October 31st, 2007 by matslats

ReliefWeb

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http://www/reliefweb.int

Arguably the oldest and largest most successful information management project, ReliefWeb was set up by UN/OCHA in 1997 as a centralised Situation Report database. The idea expanded and it now offers maps and country profiles and jobs, but the idea of information being submitted from the field and being made public immediately is the same.

It is built in Lotus Notes, the predominant framework favoured by the UN at the time.

Posted October 25th, 2007 by matslats

EM-DAT

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http://www.em-dat.net/

This is the sector's definitive disaster database, maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), part of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

By keeping a record of diasters, even small ones, and their impacts we are better able to profile, understand, fund and prepare for disaster responses. The following information is stored:

  • GLIDE number
  • Country(ies)
  • Date
  • Killed
  • Injured
  • Homeless
  • Affected
Posted October 19th, 2007 by matslats

Brahimi Report, Section V

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Publisher(s) United Nations (2000)
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

Tampere Convention

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Publisher(s) International Telecommunications Union (1999)
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Until this convention came into force on 8 January 2005, the trans-border use of telecommunication equipment by humanitarian organizations was often impeded by regulatory barriers that make it extremely difficult to import and rapidly deploy telecommunications equipment for emergency without prior consent of the local authorities. The treaty simplifies the use of life-saving telecommunication equipment.

As of October 2007, it has been ratified by 36 countries

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http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/tampere/icet98-e.htm

Posted October 18th, 2007 by matslats

Humanitarian Information Network Quarterly E-Newsletter Issue #3 - Jul 2003

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Publisher(s) ReliefWeb (2003)
Editor(s) Kevin Kennedy
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Information management has assumed an increasingly important position in humanitarian response. As the articles below highlight, there is a wide range of services and products being offered to assist aid workers and managers.