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Crisiscamp Ireland Opening presentation
Crisis Commons is a global network of volunteers who use technology to help communities during crises. They organize CrisisCamps where volunteers come together to develop and improve crisis response tools. Crisis Commons was founded in 2009 and helped respond to crises like the 2010 Haiti earthquake by coordinating volunteers through various technologies and tools. CrisisCamp Ireland aims to establish volunteers in Ireland to help with crisis response and preparedness.
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- 1. Using technology incrisis management and disaster relief www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 2. Crisis Commons CrisisCommons is a global network of volunteers who use creative problem solving and open technologies to help people and communities in times and places of crisis. Crisis Commons members organize response events called CrisisCamps. www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 3. How it started…Crisis Commons was founded in June 2009 in Washington DC by a group of technologists and communications professionals who wanted to use their skills to help prepare for and react to crisis situations – both at home and around the world www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 4. Evolution 1995 Kobeearthquake – limited communications 2001 9/11 – Listserv activity 2004 – Indian Ocean Tsunami – Blogs, Sahana 2004 - OpenStreetMap 2005 – Hurricane Katrina –People Finder, Wiki 2008 – Hurricane Gustav – Mapping, 500 ppl in 48 hrs 2008 – Ushahidi 2009 – CrisisCommons created www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
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- 6. Haiti Earthquake InJanuary 2010 the Haiti earthquake provoked a massive volunteer movement and Crisiscamps were founded around the world www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 7. January 23 rd, 2010 – 1 st CrisisCamp attended by approx 140 volunteers (one of the largest camps) Feb 13 during - 2 nd Boston CrisisCamp approx 40 volunteers continued working on existing projects Projects: Haiti Voice Needs, Open Tweet Feed, Tweak the Tweet, UN RSS Feed and Aggregator, Ushahidi Automation Tools www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
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- 10. www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.orgWorldwide CrisisCamps
- 11. What does CrisisCamp do? Provides people, skills & time to improve existing (technological tools) used in crisis and development scenarios This supports: Organisations who are already in the field (international NGOs, local organisations) Organisations who already operate in the space (mapping, telecomms etc) www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 12. Who volunteers? Technical - Software developers, web developers, web designers, user experience/user interface experts, geocoders, geo mappers, GIS experts, technologists, beta testers New Media - Bloggers, videographers, podcasters, photographers, social media trainers, social media users, collaborators, crowdsourcers Organizational - Organizers, open source community planners, project managers, emergency response planners, crisis communicators Other - Researchers, lawyers, trainers, teachers, librarians, technical writers, event planners, translators, innovators, entrepreneurs, anyone with a laptop What do they do? Code, test tools, translate, map, communicate, collaborate, brainstorm, research, analyze, report, create content, and document process www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 13. Crisiscamp London www.crisiscampireland.com#ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 14. Building Partnerships www.crisiscampireland.com#ccireland www.crisiscommons.org Governmental Non-Governmental Organizations Crisis Response Organizations Volunteer Technical Communities Private Sector Academic Craig Fugate, Administrator FEMA CrisisCongress, July 2010
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- 18. “ We sawthe ability of digital natives and the networked world, using lightweight and easily iterated tools, to do something rapidly that a big organization or government would find difficult, if not impossible, to do. The question is: Can we get that same magic to happen when people aren’t dying?” Richard Boly Director of eDiplomacy, US State Department www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 19. Other Volunteer TechnicalCommunities (VTCs) Ushahidi, Swift River and Crowdmap Sahana Foundation OpenStreetMap Frontline SMS Crisismappers Random Hacks of Kindness Humanity Road Geeks without Bounds And many more www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 20. Types of TasksCode and test tools. Translate. Map. Communicate, collaborate, brainstorm. Research, analyze, report. Create content, and document process. www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 21. Lesson #1 Thereis a vast army of useful, intelligent, and motivated people who can now be mobilized through internet technology... www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 22. What Crisis Camphas helped with Crisis responses: Quakes in Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, China, US Oil Spill, and floods in Pakistan. Crisis tools: Ushahidi, Open Street Map, Sahana, People Finder, Tweak the Tweet, translation and 50 other projects Crisis information: UNOCHA, CDAC www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 23. Worldwide CrisisCamps… www.crisiscampireland.com#ccireland www.crisiscommons.org Iceland Paris Bogota Argentina Austin Brooklyn Calgary Boston Chicago Istanbul Boulder/Denver Los Angeles Northern California Miami New York City New Orleans Pittsburgh Portland Toronto Seattle Silicon Valley Washington DC Santa Barbara Rochester London *Virtual working Cambridge Peru
- 24. www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.orgWhere does Fit in all this?
- 25. Charitable trust foundedin response to Haiti Earthquake Initial aim was to build “open” wifi networks for use by disaster response workers, NGO, medical personal etc. First team deployed to Haiti in April 2010 Has since shipped networking & IT equipment to an est. value of $280.000 to Haiti. Since expanded into providing internet access & IT equipment to hospitals, schools, clinics etc. Also provides IT consultancy & support to other NGO’s working in Haiti. Now expanding into other areas & services. Operations run from Ireland by 3 trustees (with volunteers on the ground). www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
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- 32. What we’ve learnedTechnology is an invaluable tool in disaster preparedness & response. Information/Data is king. Information/Data is available but not accessible. Civilian volunteers can make huge contributions & have positive impact. www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 33. What CrisisCamp Irelandhopes to achieve Get people interested: strength is in numbers! Stimulate grey matter: come up with new ideas & approaches. Establish a core of volunteers to work on projects and assist in disaster response situation. www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 34. Comms & coordinationSkype Twitter (#ccireland. #crisiscamp, #smem) IRC: irc://freenode/crisiscommons & irc://freenode/crisiscamp www.crisiscampireland.com www.crisiscommons.org http://wiki.crisiscommons.org Email: [email_address] Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/crisiscommons www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
- 35. Resources http://www.CrisisMappers.net/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ http://www.ushahidi.com/ http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/ http://www.theextraordinaries.org/ http://www.crisiswiki.org/ http://www.rhok.org http://www.aidinformationchallenge.org/ http://cdac-haiti.org/en/ http://reliefweb.org/ www.crisiscampireland.com #ccireland www.crisiscommons.org
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