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La Red de InformacionHumanitaria (Redhum)

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Timeline and background

Redhum as network and the Website

Redhum from the launch to the future

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Timeline and background

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2005Study done on Humanitarian Information tools in the Region

Humanitarian Information Network in Panama

2006Agreement between OCHA and CEPREDENAC and SICA

Workshops within CEPREDENAC and CNEs from Central America

2007Reliefweb support and collaboration

The members of the Regional IASC – REDLAC approved

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2007 The selection of the Redhum Team

The Official Launch of the Website Redhum

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Redhum

as network and the website

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Redhum as Network

2007Redhum Team completed for Central America6 Information Assistants1 Editorial Manager1 Editorial Assistant

UNETEs, CNEs, IFRC, UN and NGOs Informed and increasing contributions

Dominican Republic and Ecuador with persons working with CNEs and UNDP

2008Expanding to South AmericaExpanding to the Caribbean

Expected more coverage and increase numbers of publications and partners

Panama

Guatemala

Costa Rica

El Salvador

NicaraguaHonduras

Ecuador

Domenican Rep.

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Redhum website

News Centre – news from the most important mediaVarious countries, several emergencies, daily updates

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Redhum website

Calendar of Activities Trainings, workshops, simulations, symposiums, …

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Redhum website

The latest maps with thematic or geografic information(by emergencies, by source, by themes, …)

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Redhum as website

Relevant Documents produced by Humanitarian Actors(Situation Reports, guide lines, standards, assessments,…)

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Redhum website

Alerts and Emergencies highlighted on the first page(One click and access to the emergency of interest)

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Redhum website

All Emergencies in one place (With the assistance of the search bar, find information about any emergency is easy and simple)

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Redhum website

Humanitarian Vacancies(Strengthening the Humanitarian network: organizations can have this extra space to publish their vacancies)

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Redhum website

Contact List and Links to Sources and Partners(Partners and sources can have their sites linked here or more specific integration can be done)

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Redhum website

3W – WhoWhatWhere with online search capability(Sharing your contact details with Redhum, we will be able to provide comprehensive and more complete directories)

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Redhum website

Visit the website and discover more…

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Redhum

from the launch

(and future expectations)

Statistics - First 3 Months

Only first 10 days

Page Loads

Returning Users

New Users

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High Demand on Emergencies

Page Loads

Returning Users

New Users

Week Before Mexico Floods Nov. 07

Week during Mexico Floods Nov.07

Week after Mexico Floods Nov. 07

Increased number of page loadsduring emergencies is a good indicator

of effectiveness

Page load numbers higher than prior tothe emergency is a good indication

of new Redhum frequent users

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Users from all over the world

•1200 documents posted from more than 200** different sources

(more than 450 are reports about the 15 Emergencies covered)

Note: Redhum attention for 2007 is Central America, but our team is trying (as much as possible) with the cooperation of several partners and UNETEs to cover other regions even without having a Redhum representative.

• 225 Maps (40% Geographic Information / 60% Thematic Information)

• 110 Activities posted in the Calendar

• 88 Vacancies from several organizations

• 141 fotos (90% related to emergencies published)

** Different country offices from same organization are considered different sources of information

What Redhum users can find?As of November 2007

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The future expectations

Decision makers encouraging the use of Redhum in countries:

• Asking PI Officers to contact Redhum Assistants and sign agreements• Submitting documents, maps, vacancies, events, etc… direct to our accounts• Asking other organizations and UNETEs to contribute to the Redhum network

More donors supporting Redhum:

• Redhum promotes available standards * as much as possible• Redhum is a central hub of humanitarian information and can minimize gaps• Redhum is a Regional initiative with a low cost because use national capacity

* Standards used by Sphere, Glide, ReliefWeb, Redlac and others are reflected in Redhum

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Organizations strengthening cooperation with Redhum:

• More integrations with other existent platforms or initiatives• Increased numbers of documents submitted and not searched by our team• National focal points for Redhum hired by interagency agreements/funds

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Humanitarian Information from All to All!

Participation is the key of the success!

Thanks for the attention!

For comments and suggestions

webmaster@redhum.org