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Crisis Information Management Sanjana Hattotuwa Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation

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Crisis Information Management

Sanjana Hattotuwa

Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation

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Firstcitizenjournalist? •  AbrahamZapruder

•  Bell&Howellcamera

•  Lessthan30seconds

•  SoldtoLifeMagazineforUS$150,0003dayslater

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LondonBombings

•  7July2005(7/7)

•  Within24hours,theBBChadreceived1,000stillsandvideos,3,000textsand20,000e‐mails.

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UNCIMStocktakingProcess

•  CrisisInformationManagementcapabilitiesandcapacitiesintheUNSecretariat,NYandkeyUNagencies

•  Stocktakingconductedover2008withDPKO,DSS,UNICEF,variousarmsoftheUNDP,OCHA

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Keyaindings •  Intraagency“pointsolutions”thathaveemergedinresponsetoparticulareventsorneeds

•  ManyofthesesolutionshaveproducedexcellentresultsandcouldbeleveragedacrosstheUNsystemintimesofcrisis.

•  However,atpresentmanytools,solutionsandprocessesremainunknownandisolatedfromoneanother.

•  Sustainabilityofpointsolutions?

•  Agencylearning/widerinstitutionallearningofpointsolutions?

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Keyaindings

•  Stafftransience

•  Interoperabilitynon‐existentorpoorwithinandbetweenagencieslearningtoinformationsilos,dataloss,duplicationetc

•  Poorpoliciesandpracticesinformationmanagement

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Keyaindings •  Inwardlooking–beneaiciariesandpublicareoutside,untrustworthy

•  NewmediaandICTswereoftenseenasbandwidthhogsandserioussecuritythreats

•  Parallelcommunications–UNmandated/needsdrivenresponsesbystaff

•  InfrastructureissuesattheUNSecretariat

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Keyaindings •  Novitalrecordsarchivalprogrammeacrosstheinstitution.Dataintegrityandlong‐termstoragewasleftuptoindividualagencies.

•  Agencyledcategorisationofinformationdidnotsometimesmakessensetootheractors

•  Informationoverload

•  Seniormanagementnotinterested

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Crisis Information Management Systems: New directions, old

challenges?

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8ICTsforsharedsituationalawareness

1.  Twitter(micro‐blogging)(e.g.http://spy.appspot.com)

2.  RSS(e.g.GoogleNewsReader)

3.  Wiki(e.g.CCCPAwiki)

4.  Mobiles(SMS)

5.  GPS(realtimelocationdata)

6.  Mapping(GIS–GoogleMaps/GoogleEarth)

7.  VoIP(e.g.Skype)

8.  Socialnetworking

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Informationbreakdown

Newmedia

Mainstreammedia

UNintelligence

• Twitter• Flickr• Blogs• SMS/MMS/Mobiles• Socialnetworks

• CNN/BBC/AlJazeera• Local/NationalTVandradio• Printmedia(mainstream/regional)• Alternativeprintmedia

• Sitreps• HumanitarianInformationCentres• Agencydatabases/emaillists• Personalcontacts/relationships

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GoogleEarth|CrisisinDarfur

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EasytouseGPS

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Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com

•  FirstreportsofChineseearthquakeinMay2008werefromTwitter

•  MexicoCityearthquakein2007

•  MinneapolisBridgecollapsein2007

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Mumbaibombblasts26thand27thNovember2008

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Spyhttp://spy.appspot.com

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Flickr|Vinuhttp://www.alickr.com/photos/vinu/sets/

72157610144709049/

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Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

26_November_2008_Mumbai_attacks

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Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

26_November_2008_Mumbai_attacks •  400+edits/updates

•  100+authors

•  Lessthan24hoursafterairstattack

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SocialNetworking

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“RevolutionFacebookStyle”NewYorkTimes,22ndJanuary2009

•  InmostcountriesintheArabworld,Facebookisnowoneofthe10most‐visitedWebsites,andinEgyptitranksthird,afterGoogleandYahoo.

•  AboutoneinnineEgyptianshasInternetaccess,andaround9percentofthatgroupareonFacebook—atotalofalmost800,000members.

•  April6YouthMovement,agroupof70,000mostlyyoungandeducatedEgyptians,mostofwhomhadneverbeeninvolvedwithpoliticsbeforejoiningthegroup.

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Gazaaid •  TheAustraliansenatehasapproved$10millionUSDaidtothePalestinianpeopleintheGazaStrip.StimulatedbyagroupofactivistsonFacebookwhocalledthemselves"ThePro­PalestinianLobbyonFacebook."

•  Thegroup,whichwasformedshortlyafterthewaronGazastarted,consistsofanumberofnetworksthattogetheramounttonearlyonemillionpeople,includingPalestinians,andinternationalsfromdifferentpartsoftheworld.

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Broadcasting|Ustream.tv

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Bambuserhttp://bambuser.com/

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Somekeydifferences•  SystemswithinUN•  Agencyfocusedandagencyowned

•  Inwardlooking•  Generallyveriaied/agencyproducedortrustedsource

•  Setupfordissemination•  Proprietarydataformatsandsystems

•  Littleornointeroperability

•  Hardtolearn

•  SystemsoutsideUN •  Crowdsourcedinformation/outwardin

•  Veriaiabilityoptionalandhard

•  Designedforscalability•  Opensource/Opendatastandards

•  Potentialofinteroperabilityhigh/Informationexchangedpoor

•  Easytolearn