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Past Events
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| Responsibility to the Future - Business, Peace, Sustainability |
| Date : 26 June 2008 |
| Organizer : Strategic Foresight Group and United Nations Global Compact |
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Strategic Foresight Group is pleased to convene an action initiative on business, peace and sustainability. The fi rst step is to convene an international conference on Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace, Sustainability in Mumbai, India, on 26-28 June 2008. It aims to bring together s... continue reading |
| 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution |
| Date : 18 June 2008 |
| Organizer : The National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR) et al |
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For more information, please visit the official website here. Victoria, British Columbia serves as the host city for the 2008 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution. |
| Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum - MEDIA IN PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION |
| Date : 1 June 2008 |
| Organizer : Deutsche Welle |
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Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 1 - 4 June 2008
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| Workshop on the Use of Technology in Peace Building |
| Date : 14 December 2007 |
| Organizer : National Academy of Engineering |
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Workshop on the Use of Technology in Peace Building |
| Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications / |
| Date : 10 December 2007 |
| Organizer : International Telecommunications Union (ITU) |
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Increasingly, natural disasters are causing considerable loss of life and disrupting national economies, severely weakening the affected countries. While neither natural nor man-made hazards can be entirely prevented,... continue reading |
| Meeting at the United Nations, New York on 15th November 2007 to launch the ICT4Peace initiative and introduce it to an international range of stakeholders |
| Date : 15 November 2007 |
| Organizer : ICT4P |
| ICT4Peace aims to enhance the performance of the international community in crisis management through the application of information and Communications Technology (ICT) – technologies that can facilitate effective and sustained communication between peoples, communities and stakeholders involved in crisis management. Crisis management is defined, f... continue reading |
| Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’ |
| Date : 22 October 2007 |
| Organizer : UN OCHA |
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Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’ will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 22 – 26 October 2007 at the Palais des Nat... continue reading |
| Advisory meeting for the establishment of new online communities of practice thematically focused on Disaster Prevention & Response, and Stabilization & Reconstruction |
| Date : 10 October 2007 |
| Organizer : Development Gateway Foundation (DGF) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |
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The the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC (CSIS) and the Development Gateway Foundation (DGF) have partnered to develop two new online portals: Stabilization and R... continue reading |
| International Geneva- Taking Stock of Peacebuilding Capacity |
| Date : 12 September 2007 |
| Organizer : Geneva Centre for Security Policy |
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The conference will offer an opportuity to receive the first presentation of our findings of the mapping project that is part of ‘The UN Peacebuilding Commission and International Geneva’ project. We will examine the makeup of the I... continue reading |
| The Geneva Security Forum |
| Date : 20 June 2007 |
| Organizer : Geneva Security Forum |
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Please visit here for more details on conference, registration... continue reading |
| ICT4Peace Search Engine on Google Co-op |
| Date : 27 October 2006 |
| Organizer : InfoShare |
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Using Google’s new Co-Op platform, Sanjana Hattotuwa created a custom search engine to map the development of the theory and practice of ICT4Peace today. Google Co-op is a platform that enables you to customize the web search experience for users of... continue reading |
| UN Assistant Secretary General Patricio Civili writes to ICT4Peace Foundation |
| Date : 26 October 2006 |
| Organizer : United Nations |
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UN Assistant Secretary General Patricio Civili in his letter to ICT4Peace Foundation on 26 October 2006 wrote: I am writing to follow up on our discussion in Geneva and to reiterate my full concurrence with the proposal you set out in your letter of 12 July to include the activities of The... continue reading |
| Projects Ideas on ICT for Peacebuilding |
| Date : 24 October 2006 |
| Organizer : Sanjana Hattotuwa |
| Please find a new and interesting page by Sanjana Hattotuwa on project ideas for peacebuilding . |
| The Informal Policy Advisory Board of the ICT4Peace Foundation established |
| Date : 10 October 2006 |
| Organizer : ICT4P |
| The Informal Policy Advisory Board of the ICT4Peace Foundation was established under the Chairmanship of President Martti Ahtisaari and comprises so far Maria Cattaui, Alain Modoux, Nitin Desai, Sundeep Waslekar, Stephen Brown, Sanjana Hattotuwa and Daniel Stauffacher. |
| Strong Angel III |
| Date : 25 August 2006 |
| Organizer : Strong Angel III |
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ICT4Peace Foundation participated at Strong Angel III in San Diego (20 - 25 August 2006). The main area of interest was how to improve ICT-based cooperation among all stakeholders in a post disaster response scenario. Please see the interview with Amb. Daniel Stauffacher by continue reading |
| UN DESA and ICT4Peace Foundation held informal consultations with member states and NGOs during ECOSOC (28 July) in Geneva |
| Date : 28 July 2006 |
| Organizer : ICT4P |
| At the joint invitation of UN DESA and the ICT4Peace Foundation informal consultations were held during a working lunch on the role of ICT4Peace and in particular on the role of ICT in postconflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. |
| GAID adoption of ICT4Peace |
| Date : 20 June 2006 |
| Organizer : UN Global Alliance for ICT for Development (GAID) |
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Based on a proposal of the ICT4Peace Foundation, the UN Global Alliance for ICT for Development (GAID) has adopted ICT4Peace as one of its focus area of work at its launching meeting in Kuala Lumpur, 19-20 June 2006. |
| Report on Information Technology and Requirements |
| Date : 1 March 2006 |
| Organizer : Emergency Capacity Building Project |
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Dear Colleagues, The Emergency Capacity Building Project is proud to announce the release of the final version of its Report on Information Technology and Requirements. This comprehensive five-part Report is the first in depth examination of information and technology issues for international NGOs in emergency response, the result of a... continue reading |
| IT for Crisis Management Conference |
| Date : 14 December 2005 |
| Organizer : ITCM |
| ICT4Peace held a side meeting at the IT for Crisis Management Conference in Nice. |
| Launch of ICT4Peace report |
| Date : 17 November 2005 |
| Organizer : ICT4P |
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Please join us for the launch of ICT4Peace report "Information and Communications Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict". The launch will be followed by a panel discussion. Location: Saint Augustin room in Palexpo Kram, Tunis Date and Time: Thurs. November 17 2005, 13:... continue reading |
| Panel discussion |
| Date : 17 November 2005 |
| Organizer : GKP – Global Knowledge Partnership / Cluster Media / Young Asia Television |
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Panel discussion |
| Paragraph 36 of the Tunis Commitment |
| Date : 1 November 2005 |
| Organizer : World Summit on the Information Society |
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Paragraph 36 of the Tunis Commitment of the 2005 phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in November 2005 states: "We value the potential of ICTs to promote peace and to prevent conflict which, inter alia, negatively affects achieving development goals. ICTs can be used for identifying conflict situations through early w... continue reading |
| Knowledge networking for peace: rhetoric or reality? |
| Date : 29 July 2005 |
| Organizer : Bellasap: SAP-International, Bellanet Asia and SAP-Falcha, Babarmahal, Nepal |
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See here . The workshop on "knowledge networking for peace: rhetoric or reality?" (July 27 to July 29) was organized by Bellasap: SAP-International, Bellanet Asia and SAP-Falcha, Babarmahal, Nepal. |
| Swiss push for peace through technology |
| Date : 26 February 2005 |
| Organizer : ICT4P |
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The Swiss government, along with a core network of organizations and individuals, has launched an initiative to use technology to prevent conflicts and promote peace, according to an article published Wednesday on an official website continue reading |
| Workshop seminar for field practitioners |
| Date : 1 January 2005 |
| Organizer : ICT4P |
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ICT4Peace jointly organized a workshop seminar for field practitioners with War-torn Societies Project International in Geneva . A workshop hosted by the Office of the Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the World Summit on the Information Society and organised by WSP In... continue reading |
| Workshop hosted by the Office of the Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the World Summit on the Information Society |
| Date : 12 December 2004 |
| Organizer : Office of the Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the World Summit on the Information Society |
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A workshop hosted by the Office of the Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the World Summit on the Information Society and organised by WSP International . The workshop was intended to address a number of needs with... continue reading |
| 6th International Security Forum in Montreux |
| Date : 6 October 2004 |
| Organizer : International Security Forum |
| ICT4Peace held a side meeting at the 6th International Security Forum in Montreux, Switzerland. |
| Proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum |
| Date : 6 October 2004 |
| Organizer : International relations and Security Network |
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The proceedings of the 6th International Security Forum have been published and can be downloaded as pdf from the International relations and Security Network website. Many articles are relevant to the ICT4Peace community, just to mention two: "Informatio... continue reading |
