The Open Humanitarian Initiative is a 5-year public-private partnership aimed at making humanitarian response more data-driven. It includes multiple task forces working on areas like interoperability, innovation, and big data. The Open Humanitarian Alliance governs the initiative and is made up of humanitarian organizations, governments, donors, private sector, and academia. The Open Humanitarian Fund provides $15-20 million over 5 years to support projects improving data-driven humanitarian response.
6. Open Humanitarian Initiative
• Five year initiative focused on making
humanitarian response more data driven
• Broad and ambitious public-private
partnership effort
• Participant driven effort, split into multiple
task forces
• Funded through Open Humanitarian Fund
• Governed by Open Humanitarian Alliance
9. Open Humanitarian Alliance
• Alliance of organizations from:
– Humanitarian organizations
• UN Agencies & International Organizations
• NGOs
– Governments
– Donors
• Multi-lateral
• Bi-lateral
• Foundations
– Private Sector
– Academia
• Objective of the alliance is to help drive forward data driven humanitarian
response
• Main role is to act as the governance mechanism for the Open
Humanitarian Initiative
• NetHope acts as the secretariat for alliance
10. Open Humanitarian Fund
• Multi-partner trust fund, focused on
improving data driven humanitarian response
• A funding committee made up from donors
and Open Humanitarian Alliance members
determines funding priorities for Open
Humanitarian Initiative projects
• Estimated funding requirement over the five
year period is $15M-$20M
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Knowledge Platform Task Force Inter-operability Task Force Innovation Team Task Force Information Management Training Task Force Big Data / Mobile Data Task Force Technology Enabled Community Response Task Force Technology Enabled Decision Making Task Force
Knowledge Platform Task Force Inter-operability Task Force Innovation Team Task Force Information Management Training Task Force Big Data / Mobile Data Task Force Technology Enabled Community Response Task Force Technology Enabled Decision Making Task Force
Knowledge Platform Task Force Inter-operability Task Force Innovation Team Task Force Information Management Training Task Force Big Data / Mobile Data Task Force Technology Enabled Community Response Task Force Technology Enabled Decision Making Task Force
Knowledge Platform Task Force Inter-operability Task Force Innovation Team Task Force Information Management Training Task Force Big Data / Mobile Data Task Force Technology Enabled Community Response Task Force Technology Enabled Decision Making Task Force
Knowledge Platform Task Force Inter-operability Task Force Innovation Team Task Force Information Management Training Task Force Big Data / Mobile Data Task Force Technology Enabled Community Response Task Force Technology Enabled Decision Making Task Force
Knowledge Platform Task Force Inter-operability Task Force Innovation Team Task Force Information Management Training Task Force Big Data / Mobile Data Task Force Technology Enabled Community Response Task Force Technology Enabled Decision Making Task Force
Knowledge Platform Task Force Inter-operability Task Force Innovation Team Task Force Information Management Training Task Force Big Data / Mobile Data Task Force Technology Enabled Community Response Task Force Technology Enabled Decision Making Task Force