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| PeaceIT! (pdf) |
| Friday May 11 2007 at 21:33 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| Welcome to the first edition of Peace IT!, journal for conflict and crisis management professionals. The journal introduces how ICTs can be used effectively to prevent, manage and resolve crisis to the benefit of peace and security. |
| Untying the Gordian Knot: ICT for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (msword) |
| Monday Jun 11 2007 at 20:01 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| Information Communications Technology (ICT) in South Asia, as well as in the rest of the world, is an experiment in progress. Reading the wealth of literature on ICT, it is easy to forget that it is not a panacea for problems facing developing nations. Normative assumptions about ICT tend in most cases to outstrip knowledge of how technology is actually used . ICTs cannot magically liberate people, alleviate poverty, erase the ‘digital divide’ , and ensure prosperity. Much of the literature wr... |
| Daring to Dream: CSCW for Peacebuilding (PPT presentation) (pdf) |
| Monday Jun 11 2007 at 20:07 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
This study will examine research around the areas of Computer Supported Cooperative Frameworks (CSCW) and in particular, the Locale Framework, to examine the possible use and design of ICT systems that can strengthen efforts at conflict transformation. In doing so, the study will examine in particular Groove Virtual Office® (used by Info Share) using the locale framework as an example of a CSCW system in a peace process. The Role of Information Technology in Crisis Management (msword) |
| Thursday Jun 28 2007 at 22:48 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
The 14th EINIRAS Conference 30.9.-1.10. 2004
It is a pleasure to here in this 14th EINIRAS conference and I would like to thank the organisers for inviting me. My background organisation, Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) is a Helsinki–based non-governmental actor aiming to respo... |
| PeaceIT! - Second Edition (pdf) |
| Friday Jul 6 2007 at 01:38 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
Published by the Crisis Management Initiative, PeaceIT! aims to further the debate on how to advance the professionalism in preventing, managing and resolving crisis through the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). It also advocates the importance of the safety and security issues and information sharing in the field. For more info... |
| Towards a new cartography: Mapping a peace process using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) (pdf) |
| Sunday Sep 16 2007 at 00:41 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
Author: Sanjana Hattotuwa In exploring the possibilities of constructing a mapping process for peace in Sri Lanka, this monograph engages with the theoretical aspects of process mapping and then explores possible ways in which such mapping exercises can be conducted. The author’s research into the creation of Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) systems to support negotiations and peacebuilding has fed into this paper, along with his earlier work on systems des... |
| UN ICT Task Force Series 8: The World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past into the Future (pdf) |
| Monday Oct 1 2007 at 00:07 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
 Edited by Daniel Stauffacher and Wolfgang Kleinwächter, with and opening statement by Kofi Annan and preface by Yoshio Utsumi Any world summit is challenging to design and to organize: the World Summit on the Information Society exceptionally so. This book describes, through the voices of some of its major actors, essential parts of the compl... |
| Speech by USG John Holmes at UN OCHA +5 Symposium (pdf) |
| Saturday Nov 10 2007 at 18:06 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| The full speech of John Holmes, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs delivered at the United Nations OCHA +5 Symposium, of which the ICT4Peace Foundation was a partner. |
| An interview with Mike Pereira, director of Global Online Communities at the Development Gateway Foundation (video) |
| Sunday Nov 11 2007 at 19:11 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
| An interview with Mike Pereira, director of Global Online Communities at the Development Gateway Foundation. For related article, see here. |
| Global Symposium +5 'Information for Humanitarian Action' Final Statement (pdf) |
| Monday Dec 17 2007 at 18:32 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
As noted in OCHA Press Release on the occasion of the public release of these two documents: "It it my great pleasure to provide you with the Global Symposium +5 'Information for Humanitarian Action' Final Statement and its accompanying Outcomes document. |
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