reliefweb - a platform for NGO information partnerships humaninet/NTEN webinar series wednesday, 22 february 2006 sebastian naidoo, managing editor, reliefweb new York

reliefweb history set up 1996 as lessons learnt from great lakes crisis GA mandate 1997: to strengthen global response capacity through info sharing info needs rise dramatically over last 10 years budget doubles to over US$2m for 2006

3 offices - 18 staff - 24 hours

reliefweb snapshot 150+ documents/maps posted every day from 2,500 sources 400k individual users per month 100k-300k page views daily 80k subscribers, RSS feeds 300k+ documents and maps dating back to 1981

reliefweb and FIS in OCHA

info management in OCHA 2006 is year of action on humanitarian reform 3 areas: cluster approach, HC system, funding Info mngt = cross cutting 2 key tools = reliefweb and FIS

reliefweb and FIS response to south asia earthquake

providers / users... NGOs UN & international orgs governments donors media think-tanks & academics others who are our main providers?

tsunami disaster reliefweb coverage starts Dec 26 th, info providers in 1 st three weeks NGOs submit >50% of all docs

niger crisis reliefweb coverage starts feb different information providers NGOs submit 43% of all docs

what reliefweb offers you… platform to share and view humanitarian response and policy documents direct exposure to donors and media “who is working where?” - an archive by emergency of your doc-sharing activity and contact details

what to share with RW reports on humanitarian response reports on political, social and economic issues affecting delivery of humanitarian assistance job vacancies contact updates training events policy documents/lessons learned early warning information

HIN africa scheduled for May/June 2006 inputs welcome! reliefweb.int/hin

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