Conflict and disaster management in a hyperconnected world
Cooperative. Collaborative. Real-time.
Stephen Collins, APCMCOERSLS, 19 May 2011
February 17...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/5511933316/
“We requested the SBTF to help with collection of Who’s-
doing-What-Where (3W) information and baseline
indicators values.”Andrej Verity, UN OCHA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/5630684228/
March 5...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/5480086394/
100 reports
48 hours
in Philippines4 weeks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/4244867964/
in Haiti2 weeks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/4304387151/
in Pakistan2 weeks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdmission/5097218556/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/security/video-crisis-mappers-mobile-technology-helps-disaster-victims-worldwide/9325/
http://blog.standbytaskforce.com/?p=404
Match needsand response
http://www.unocha.org/media-resources/photo-gallery
“The publicis a resource not a liability.”Craig Fugate
FEMA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimgreenhill/4119563981/
Connectedcommunities
Trained volunteers
Standby Task Force
CrisisCommons
New tools
http://blog.standbytaskforce.com/?p=480
Networkeffects
Problem?
Low familiarity
Resistance
Can we change?
“We saw the ability of digital natives and the networked world, using lightweight and easily iterated tools, to do something rapidly that a big organization or government would find difficult, if not impossible, to do. The question is: Can we get that same magic to happen when people aren’t dying?”
Richard BolyDirector of eDiplomacy,
US State Department
http://www.flickr.com/photos/volcanojw/4300273817/
Engage with VTCs
Train civil-military personnel
http://crisiscommons.org/
Integrateinto exercises
http://www.flickr.com/photos/civmilcoe/5040906818/
Further information
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