Information Management tools of OCHA: ReliefWeb

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Information Management tools of OCHAReliefWeb
Presentation to EAPC/PfP Workshop IT in the
Service of IHL Geneva, Nov 6 2003 Craig
Duncan ReliefWeb Project Manager OCHA Geneva
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ReliefWeb
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ReliefWeb Mandate to strengthen the response
capacity of the humanitarian relief
community through the timely dissemination
of reliable information on response, preparedness
and disaster prevention
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• ReliefWeb Global Clearing house
• 1000 information sources
• 2500 Maps
• Financial Tracking
• Policy and Issues
• Professional Resources

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ReliefWeb today

• 24 hour coverage
• Over 250,000 documents on-line
• Information agreements with over 1000
  organizations
• Receives 1,000,000 hits per day

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ReliefWeb updates
Views The Latest,By Source, By Month, By Type.
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ReliefWeb updates

• Full text
• Email thisdocument

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Map Centre
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Financial Tracking
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Background links
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ReliefWeb Resources
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Vacancies
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Training Inventory

• Training coursesand materials

• Over 100 organisations

• Training links

• HATI discussion forum

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Contact Directory

• UN and NGOs

• Admin, Information, and Press contacts

• Sort by, Alpha,Country or Keyword

• Specialised views

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Virtual Library

• Full text referencedocuments

• Search and Abstracts

• Thematicclassification

• Specialised views

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ReliefWeb via Email

• Updates by Country

• Retrieval without Web access

• Email this document

• Maps via Email

• Vacancies via mail

• Training course updates

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Information Feeds
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2003 Redesign

• Facilitate User Tasks
• Policy and Issues in Context
• Portal to Professional Resources

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The Future

• Development of Communities of Practice
• Promotion of Humanitarian Principles
• Content Syndication
• Information Quality

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ReliefWeb and IHL

• Provide exposure for IHL issues
• Content Syndication
• Gateway to other IHL resources

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www.reliefweb.int