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HuCo 2015 Vienna – Modul 5: What’s App: Innovation and New Technologies Improving the Effectiveness

What’s App: Innovation and New Technologies Improving the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Action – Myth or Fact? Keynote Speech:Paul Conneally Head of Communication, International Telecommunication UnionModerator:Julia Herrnböck Journalist, NZZPanel members:Paul Conneally Head of Communication, International Telecommunication UnionPeter Hulsroj European Space and Policy Centre, DirectorArkadiusz Kwasny Technology Consultant / CEO, SelleoRobbert Mica Entrepreneur, Outernet Inc´Innovation´ and ´new […]

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Disaster Response: DEWN – Dialog’s Disaster and Emergency Warning Network

On December 26th 2014, the tenth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Sri Lankan Mobile Network Operator Dialog unveiled version 2 of is Disaster and Emergency Warning Network; DEWN v2. Developed in the aftermath of the 2004 disaster, DEWN v1 utilised the growing mobile penetration rates in the country and built a system to fully

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Mobile Application Marketing Toolkit: Best Practices & Guidelines

This purpose of this marketing guide is to help you to promote the app in your country in order to spread the word about its availability and to encourage users to install it in order to empower millions to save lives with preparedness for first aid and natural hazard emergencies. This training guide aims to support your national society

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Focus on: the First Aid app of the Hellenic Red Cross

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“With the app we feel closer to the people!” As part of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is a resource center that promotes innovation in disaster preparedness and supports learning and knowledge sharing amongst disaster preparedness practitioners worldwide. One key aspect of the GDPC’s work is

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State of the Use of Mobile Technologies for Disaster Preparedness in South East Asia

This report summarizes the study conducted by Nanyang Technology University (NTU) in collaboration with the Global Disaster Preparedness Center with support from the USAID-Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to better understand how new communication and information sharing technologies can enhance risk reduction and preparedness measures.  Unlike post-disaster response and recovery, where humans passively adapt to

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Connecting Grassroots to Government for Disaster Management: Workshop Summary

The growing availability and use of social media and other mass collaboration technologies present new opportunities and challenges for disaster management. Platforms now exist that permit collection of data from broad constituencies and rapid communication with endangered communities, but this new interface between the informality of “the crowd” and the formality of policy frameworks raises

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The role of information and communication technologies in post conflict reconstruction

This report is concerned with the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and postconflict reconstruction, especially with ways in which ICTs can be used by governments and donors to support the transition from violence to stability. © 2014 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank

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