[FoME] Wtrlt: The situation in Syria and Mali: Two new crisis information wikis from ICT4Peace Foundation

[Sofie Jannusch]

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The situation in Syria and Mali today: Two new crisis information wikis from ICT4Peace Foundation



16 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland: A collection of unique and widely acclaimed wikis created by the ICT4Peace Foundation are geared towards the humanitarian aid community as well as media and policy makers. They feature vital information from government, the UN system in the disaster / crisis stricken area, other NGOs, comprehensive situation reports, mapping information and GIS data, photos, video, who/what/where information and links to domestic and international media coverage.

We are pleased to release two new crisis information management wikis, dealing with the current situation in Mali and the on-going violence in Syria. Access the wiki on Mali here. and access the one on Syria here. Other Crisis Information wikis and research by ICT4Peace Foundation since 2008, which have been commended by, inter alia, UN OCHA, include,

2010 Pakistan Floods  
Crisis in Kyrgyzstan 2010 
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - April 2010 
Haiti earthquake 2010 
Haiti and Beyond: Getting it Right in Crisis Information Management 
Chile earthquake 2010 
Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid 
Cyclone Nargis: Lessons and implications for ICTs in Humanitarian Aid
 (Update to original report) 
2011 Libyan Uprising 
2012 Crisis in Syria  
Click on our wiki homepage for more details and access to each of these wikis. 


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Download a report on the use of Information and Communications Technologies for peacebuilding (ICT4Peace), with a Preface by Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations here. 

An updated version of this report, with critical analysis on current policies and practices of ICTs in peacebuilding and crises was published in early 2011. Published in collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and GeorgiaTech, Peacebuilding in the Information Age: Sifting Hype from Reality can be read here. 

ICT4Peace took root with pioneering research on the role of ICTs in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict in 2003 and lead to the adoption of Paragraph 36 by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis in 2005 which recognises “...the potential of ICTs to promote peace and to prevent conflict which, inter alia, negatively affects achieving development goals. ICTs can be used for identifying conflict situations through early-warning systems preventing conflicts, promoting their peaceful resolution, supporting humanitarian action, including protection of civilians in armed conflicts, facilitating peacekeeping missions, and assisting post conflict peace-building and reconstruction".

The ICT4Peace Foundation works to promote the practical realisation of Paragraph 36 and looks at the role of ICT in crisis management, covering aspects of early warning and conflict prevention, peace mediation, peacekeeping, peace-building as well as natural disaster management and humanitarian operations. 


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