"Hi Thania, Peace One Day did some work with dancing for peace last year: http://peaceoneday.org/ they could be worth contacting and also there is http://movethisworld.org/, which may have been the organisation working with Peace One Day, not…"
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ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowdmap
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Meharg Nov 29, 2011. 12 Replies 4 Likes
ICT is being used in many ways to help with disaster & conflict early-warning, management & resolution and for peacebuilding; this map offers a resource of who is doing what worldwide. It…Continue
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Laura Morris liked Craig Zelizer's discussion Advice to Future PhDs from 2 Unusual Graduating PhDs, The Blog is the New CV & Twitter the New Business Card (A Must read for anyone doing or considering a PhD)Laura Morris liked Amanda Munroe's blog post 'Haiti is Freedom,' My Friend Told Me. That Was News To Me. - Cross Posted from usip.orgLaura Morris commented on Craig Zelizer's blog post Guide to Key ICT/Software Resources for Peace and Development Professionals"Thanks Craig! Also want to highlight my own collaborative project which is a crowdmap of how ICT is being used in many ways to help with disaster & conflict early-warning, management & resolution and for peacebuilding; this map offers…"
Laura Morris replied to Rene Teijgeler's discussion Prediction of a conflict"Dear Rene,
The WFP recently produced this interesting paper: http://www.wfp.org/content/occasional-paper-24-food-insecurity-and-violent-conflict-causes-consequences-and-addressing- . It discusses their analysis of the underlying…"
John Meharg replied to Laura Morris's discussion ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowdmap"Hi Laura,
Christine,
I just signed up one of our companies projects to your map, thanks for this tool.
I’m curious to learn if your both interested in related ICT projects? We have two such projects highlighted on our websites…"
Laura Morris replied to Laura Morris's discussion ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowdmap"Look forward to seeing your organisation on the map! Thanks for the feedback."
Johnnie Special One Jackson replied to Laura Morris's discussion ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowdmap"Love it"
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Mujidang Sitdang replied to Laura Morris's discussion ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowdmap"Great concept for our digital age;I like the idea of sharing best practices and challenges for a peaceful world. Congrats guys.
My organization has projects and programmes in peace building across Plateau State. I will soon send my organizational…"
Laura Morris replied to Laura Morris's discussion ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowdmap"No closing date...it is an evolving map, that will continue to grow and change indefinitely. You can add an entry whenever you want by submitting an online form available from the site. https://ict4peace.crowdmap.com/reports/submit. If…"
Ekpah Daniel replied to Laura Morris's discussion ICT in Conflict & Disaster Response and Peacebuilding Crowdmap"When is the closing date for the write up"
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- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- I am currently engaged in research into the ways in which individuals and organisations communicate in crisis situations where telecommunications paths are restricited or disabled by authoritarian regimes.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
- Middle East
Various
- What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
- Italy
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Volunteer
- How many years professional experience do you have ?
- 3-5
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.communicationcrisis.net
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
- Civil Society, Development, Dialogue
- Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
- Capacity Building, Communication, Program Administration, Program Implemenation, Research
- What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- -ICT and conflict
-The relationship between modern communications, citizenship, effective governance and food security (in particular moving from passive information access to active citizen participation).
-ICT for networking, information sharing & consolidation and resource pooling in the rural development sector (including the role and responsibilities of civil society organisations, national and international NGOs, states and multilateral organisations in colloborating, sharing information, ideas and best practice in order to facilitate a more structured, efficient and financially viable & responsible development industry).
-Mainstreaming ICT4D through education systems and existing civil society institutions in developing countries.
-Inhibitors to state funded roll out of telecommunications infrastructure in the developing world.
-Development for tomorrow: reflecting and projecting.
Laura Morris's Blog
Communication Crisis
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:30pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
I am currently running a blog site called Communication Crisis. The blog is running alongside ethnographic research into the ways in which people and organisations in political crisis situations are effected by limitations in communication and the ways and modes in which people bypass these limitations: This might be because various forms of telecommunications are not present/are limited generally and/or it might be because…
Continue Would you like to join the debate on India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Policy?
Posted on April 2, 2010 at 10:35am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Would you like to join the debate on India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Policy?
IBSA is a trilateral, developmental initiative between India, Brazil and South Africa to strengthen South-South cooperation and policy dialogue & coordination among these major emerging countries.
Do you have any thoughts and ideas about the following?:
- What is the role of the emerging countries in shaping world politics?
- How can India,…
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 10:42am on October 11, 2011,
Sohail Mahmood said… Hello laura
How are you doing?
Nice meeting u here again
Take care
- At 10:42am on April 3, 2010, ckvishwanath said…
- dear alura,
About your indian experiences.
warmest,
Vishwanath
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