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, for the purposes of this process, as civilian and/or military intervention in a crisis that may be a violent or non-violent with the intention of pr... continue reading

A conversation between Colin Rule (Director of ODR at eBay/PayPal) and Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS can be found here.

Ken's FrontlineSMS programme allows for new ways through which sensitive information can be disseminated in a timely manner in support of processes as wide ranging as health pandemics to election monitoring and ceasefire monitoring. 

This podcast covers the uses that mobile phone equipped only with basic SMS technology can be util... continue reading

From the New York Times comes an interesting news story on how the junta in Myanmar thwarted the use of the web and Internet by pro-democracy activists. 

It was about as simple and uncomplicated as shooting demonstrators in the streets. Embarrassed by smuggled video and photographs that showed their people rising up against them, the generals who run Myanmar simply switched off the Internet.Until Friday television screens and newspapers abroad were flooded with scenes of tens of thousa... continue reading

The Foundation is pleased to welcome Nigel Snoad and Dag Nielson to its Advisory Board. Between them, Nigel and Dag bring to the Foundation a wealth of technical knowledge and applied field experience of great value in helping shape the Foundation's understanding of and approach to ICT4Peace, as articulated in our Mission Statement. 

For more details of Nigel and Dag, please click here.  

1st October 2007, Geneva, Switzerland: The ICT4Peace Foundation is pleased to announce the new partnership between the ICT4Peace Foundation and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), through the Global Symposium +5 ‘Information for Humanitarian Action’ event and the ICT4Peace: An International Process for Crisis Management process. The ICT4Peace process and Global Symposium +5 share the common objective of mobilising the international community within... continue reading

ICT4Peace (Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour la paix) a pour objectif de relever le niveau de performance de la communauté internationale dans la gestion de crise en s’appuyant sur l’utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC). Celles-ci peuvent, en effet, contribuer à rendre plus efficace, dans la durée, la communication entre individus, communautés et autres acteurs impliqués dans la gestion de crise, l’assistance humanitaire et le réta... continue reading

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 design for early warning, conflict prevention and the... continue reading

The ICT4Peace Foundation has opened a Facebook group to raise awareness and share information on its ICT4Peace process . Please join the ICT4Peace Facebook group here - you'll need a free Facebook account, that you can create here.

Two posts from Sri Lanka examine the role of SMS in alerting populations at risk in coastal areas of a tsunami. One, from the Editor of the country's first SMS based news service JNW, speaks of his experience during a couple of hours on 12 September 2007 , when an earthquake off Indonesia triggered tsunami warnings across much of South - East Asia and South Asia.

The other, by Sanjana Hattotuwa (Senior Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation) asks pertinent questions on the real significanc... continue reading

"Do you believe that the better use of technology can strengthen peace processes to the extent that there will be more peace 5 years hence than today?Yes indeed. ICTs and in particular web 2.0 will create even more transparency and efficient tools for actors in the field of conflict prevention, mediation, conflict resolution and peace building." Daniel Stauffacher, in conversation with Sanjana Hattotuwa , explores vital tenets of ICT4Peace. From ideas to action, Daniel Stauffacher explains th... continue reading