Transcript reliefweb - a platform for NGO information partnerships

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 email 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...
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NGOs
UN & international orgs
governments
donors
media
think-tanks & academics
others
• who are our main providers?
tsunami disaster
• reliefweb coverage starts Dec 26th, 2004
• 318 info providers in 1st three weeks
• NGOs submit >50% of all docs
UN & Int'l
Organisations
13%
Academic &
Research
Institutions
Others
2%
2%
Government
20%
New s & Media
8%
NGOs
55%
niger crisis
• reliefweb coverage starts feb 2004
• 107 different information providers
• NGOs submit 43% of all docs
Type of sources
UN orgs
18%
Other
3%
NGOs
43%
Media
11%
Govt
25%
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
send information to:
• [email protected]
• [email protected]