Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

Publication information:

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. 2011. Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

Abstract

This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and recommends a four-part framework to improve coordination between these two groups in future emergencies. The report was researched and written by a team at HHI, in partnership with Vodafone Foundation, United Nations Foundation, and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).