The ICT4Peace Foundation was a partner in the organisation of the UN OCHA +5 Symposium (see presentation here), which has just released its Final Statement and Outcomes document.

As noted in OCHA Press Release on the occasion of the public release of these two... continue reading

ICT4Peace: “Strategic use of ICT for Crisis Management” - High-Level Working Lunch, 15th November 2007

The Permanent Representative of Switzerland hosted a High-Level working Lunch, on 15 November 2007. The event was sponsored by the ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of  UN DESA Global Alliance for ICT and Development.

The question of how best to move forward on pre-existing commitments was at the forefront of discussion at the High-Level Workin... continue reading

The Permanent Representative of Switzerland hosted a High-Level working Lunch, on 15 November 2007. The event was sponsored by the ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of UN DESA Global Alliance for ICT and Development.

High level participation and contributions at this meeting included Permanent Representatives to the UN from Tunisia, Brazil, South Africa, France, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Egypt, Mali, Pakistan, Canad... continue reading

Fortune Magazine published on 4th January 2008 an article on the ICT4Peace Foundation and it's work on ICT for peacebuilding.

"As 2008 gets underway we don't have peace. (Just look at this depressing list in Wikipedia of ongoing conflicts worldwide.) But Daniel Stauffacher doesn't get depressed. Instead he thinks technology can help. This entrepreneur... continue reading

An adaptation of the essay by Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa, ICT for disaster management in least developed countries and small islands in the Asia Pacific Region, that is published in the official Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book on behalf of the Commonwealth Secretariat.

The Book is the Secretariat’s primary communications tool to promote opportunity and potential within the 53 Commonwealth countries... continue reading

41st AMM
17 - 24 July 2008

Shangri-La, Singapore

Chairman’s Statement, 15th ASEAN Regional Forum, 24 July 2008, Singapore
          
    
1 The Fifteenth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was convened in Singapore on 24 July 2008. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore.

2 The Meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers and Representatives of all ARF participan... continue reading

Crisis Management Initiative has published a final report of a project aiming to improve the understanding of information sharing models and interoperability in national, cross-border and international crisis management.

The project’s four case studies have been chosen to reflect fo... continue reading