Serving the information needs of the disaster reduction community Pre-conference event: SADKN Craig Duncan, Senior Coordinator Sarah Wade Hutman, Managing Editor UNISDR, Information Management Unit 9 May 2011
makes it easier to: connect and collaborate in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action find and share disaster risk reduction information with partners & practitioners discover whos doing what where and harmonize efforts share what youre doing in DRR Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
provides access to: information sources HFA policy guidance and all progress reports – regional, national and local Daily updates on DRR thematic areas 60,000 unique users per month 25,000 repeat visitors per week Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
Tools for Countries for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action & supporting platforms HFA reports & policy Access to HFA Monitor National Platform guidance Private online workspaces Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
Information by country or region, hazard or theme on implementing the Hyogo Framework and strengthening communities of practice Documents, events, news, policy, and more Educational and training materials & academic programmes Promotion of networks & communities of practice Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
Share and find experience in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action HFA Regional and National reports – local coming soon Compilation reports by HFA priority for action, 1 – 5 Related thematic resources by HFA priority for action, 1 – 5 Guidance documents on implementing the HFA ISDR system support projects Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
HFA Monitor: measuring progress HFA Monitor: Country reports 106 published as of 9 May 11 National focal points log in via country page Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
alerts and RSS feeds Get daily or weekly, regional or thematic updates of new Documents & publications Educational materials & academic programmes Training & events News & announcements Job vacancies
Private online workspaces Continue your collaboration in establishing National Platforms discussion groups Archived messaging Shared files and resources Easy to participate
Promote, join or start a network or community of practice discussion groups Archived messaging Shared files and resources Easy to participate
Search All DRR websites Easily find information and refine your searches by targeting disaster risk reduction websites Over 400 validated sources Refine by region, country, theme or hazard Share content to include your organizations content
Syndication This is an example of a live data feed from PreventionWeb to the UN Brussels website >
Sample PHP feed: Disaster Stats (1) PreventionWeb publishes disaster statistics supplied by OFDA/CRED International (Em-Dat) as a series of PHP files> Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
Sample PHP feed: Disaster Stats (2) PreventionWeb feeds these statistics into ReliefWeb – where visitors can look up disaster stats for particular countries> Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
Sample Widget: PW Events Calendar PreventionWeb Events Calendar featured on the Safer Schools website> Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
Using Widgets: PW content on your site What if the outputs of your implementing partners shared via PreventionWeb were also promoted on your websites ? … or your content on PreventionWeb? Global Platform for DRR – 9 May 2011
Thank you for your participation in this process. We look forward to strengthening the distributed knowledge network. Pre-conference event: SADKN Sarah Wade Hutman, Managing Editor wadehutman[at]un[dot]org Craig Duncan, Senior Coordinator duncanc [at]un[dot]org