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

Stephen Collinsstephen.collins@civmilcoe.gov.au

@trib+61 410 680722Canberra, Australia

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