Critical information on Chile earthquake: ICT4Peace Foundation sets up crisis...
As noted on the OpenStreetMap wiki, the 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), rating a magnitude of 8.8 on...
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Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, will be part of a august panel looking at ICTs and humanitarian aid. Titled ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication...
View ArticleICT4Peace Foundation enters into new agreement with Ushahidi to develop...
On the occasion of the high-level debate on ICTs for Disaster Management and the workshop on Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs at the World Summit on the Information...
View ArticleRecording of Live seminar on “ICT and Protection: Can Information and...
Click here to access an MP3 recording of Sanjana Hattotuwa’s submission to the web seminar ICT and Protection: Can Information and Communication Technology Enhance Humanitarian Action?, organised by...
View ArticleRecording of ICTs for Disaster Management High Level Panel discussion at WSIS...
Click here to access the recording of ICTs for Disaster Management, a high level panel discussion at WSIS 2010 on 12 May 2010. The Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Daniel Stauffacher, was a member...
View ArticleICT4Peace Foundation enters into new agreement with Ushahidi to develop...
25 May 2010, Geneva, Switzerland: During the high-level debate on ‘ICTs for Disaster Management’ and the workshop on ‘Getting it Right in Crisis Management: Going beyond the hype on ICTs’ at the World...
View ArticleCrisis in Kyrgyzstan 2010 | Crisis Information Wiki
The ICT4Peace Foundation’s latest crisis information wiki focuses on the emergency in Kyrgyzstan. This unique curated wiki already includes vital information from the UN system in Kyrgyzstan, NGOs, the...
View ArticleAfrican Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and...
The ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to participate at the African Union (AU) High‐Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa (Cairo 26 – 28 August 2010). Under the...
View ArticleCourse on cooperation and coordination in multifunctional peace operations
The Folke Bernadotteakademin / Folke Bernadotte Academy is organising a course on Coordination and Cooperation in Multifunctional Peace Operations at the Academy’s campus at Sandö between the 27th of...
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UN CITO Dr. Choi Soon-hong at Crisismappers meeting 2010
UN CITO Dr. Choi Soon-hong at Crisismappers meeting 2010 delivered a keynote address at the Crisismappers conference in Boston, held on 1st October. Dr. Choi said he “wished more lives had been saved...
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Pakistan Crisis Information Management Wiki on Google
The crisis information management wiki set up by the Foundation to respond to the Pakistan flooding, is now indexed on Google’s Crisis Response page for Pakistan.
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The Matrix plugin for Ushahidi platform
October 2010: In view of the increasing need to qualify and verify crowdsourced information, the ICT4Peace Foundation helped the development of the Matrix plugin for the Ushahidi platform. Used in the...
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United Nations OCHA congratulates ICT4Peace Foundation for the creation of...
In a letter dated 11 October 2010 to the Chairman of the ICT4Peace Foundation, Pat Banks, Chief Communication and Services Branch, OCHA congratulated the ICT4Peace Foundation for the creation of the...
View ArticleInterAmerican Development Bank Webinar on Mobile Technology
Dag Nielsen, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace was 4 November invited to be keynote speaker on Mobile Technology at a web seminar organized by the InterAmerican Development Bank. Nowadays almost every single...
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ICT4Peace Foundation at 16th Annual Conference of the International...
The ICT4Peace Foundation presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers which took place in Dacca, Bangladesh from 27 November to 3 December....
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United Nations core ICT strategy incorporates crisis information management
As noted in the Foreword by Dr. Choi Soon-hong, Assistant Secretary-General & Chief Information Technology Officer, The goal of the ICT strategy, described in this publication, is to maximize the...
View ArticleReport on the work of the ICT4Peace Foundation in 2010
The tragic events in Haiti, Chile, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan etc, the breakthrough and high visibility of new ICTs and social media as tools in crisis management, which the Foundation has predicted and...
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Crisis Information Management for African Peacekeeping and Peace-building...
The ICT4Peace Foundation and its partners conduct a first of its kind training course on Crisis Information Management for African Peacekeeping and Peace-building Missions using ICTs and New Media...
View ArticleMoU with Folke Bernadotte Academy: Information management for peace support...
The ICT4Peace Foundation is proud to announce the signing of an MOU with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) of Sweden. The parties have agreed to cooperate in the furtherance of training and capacity...
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Op-ed in Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ): Disarmament Negotiations for the...
Daniel Stauffacher, President of ICT4Peace and Ambassador Paul Meyer have published an Op-ed on 23 July in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung called “Disarmament Negotiations for the Cyberspace are needed”. The...
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