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La Red de Informacion Humanitaria (Redhum)
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Timeline and background Redhum as network and
the Website Redhum from the launch to the future
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Timeline and background
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2005 Study done on Humanitarian Information tools
in the Region Humanitarian Information Network in
Panama
2006 Agreement between OCHA and CEPREDENAC and
SICA Workshops within CEPREDENAC and CNEs from
Central America
2007 Reliefweb support and collaboration The
members of the Regional IASC REDLAC approved
The selection of the Redhum Team The Official
Launch of the Website Redhum
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Redhum as network and the website
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Redhum as Network
2007 Redhum Team completed for Central America 6
Information Assistants 1 Editorial Manager 1
Editorial Assistant UNETEs, CNEs, IFRC, UN and
NGOs Informed and increasing contributions Domin
ican Republic and Ecuador with persons working
with CNEs and UNDP
Guatemala
Domenican Rep.
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Costa Rica
Ecuador
2008 Expanding to South America Expanding to the
Caribbean Expected more coverage and increase
numbers of publications and partners
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Redhum website
News Centre news from the most important
media Various countries, several emergencies,
daily updates
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Redhum website
Calendar of Activities Trainings, workshops,
simulations, symposiums,
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Redhum website
The latest maps with thematic or geografic
information (by emergencies, by source, by
themes, )
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Redhum as website
Relevant Documents produced by Humanitarian
Actors (Situation Reports, guide lines,
standards, assessments,)
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Redhum website
Alerts and Emergencies highlighted on the first
page (One click and access to the emergency of
interest)
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Redhum website
All Emergencies in one place (With the
assistance of the search bar, find information
about any emergency is easy and simple)
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Redhum website
Humanitarian Vacancies (Strengthening the
Humanitarian network organizations can have this
extra space to publish their vacancies)
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Redhum website
Contact List and Links to Sources and
Partners (Partners and sources can have their
sites linked here or more specific integration
can be done)
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Redhum website
3W WhoWhatWhere with online search
capability (Sharing your contact details with
Redhum, we will be able to provide comprehensive
and more complete directories)
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Redhum website
Visit the website and discover more
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Redhum from the launch (and future expectations)
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Statistics - First 3 Months
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Only first 10 days
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High Demand on Emergencies
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What Redhum users can find? As of November 2007
Users from all over the world

• 1200 documents posted from more than 200
  different sources
• (more than 450 are reports about the 15
  Emergencies covered)
• Note Redhum attention for 2007 is Central
  America, but our team is trying (as much as
  possible) with the cooperation of several
  partners and UNETEs to cover other regions even
  without having a Redhum representative.
• 225 Maps (40 Geographic Information / 60
  Thematic Information)
• 110 Activities posted in the Calendar
• 88 Vacancies from several organizations
• 141 fotos (90 related to emergencies published)
• Different country offices from same
  organization are considered different sources of
  information

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The future expectations

• Decision makers encouraging the use of Redhum in
  countries
• Asking PI Officers to contact Redhum Assistants
  and sign agreements
• Submitting documents, maps, vacancies, events,
  etc direct to our accounts
• Asking other organizations and UNETEs to
  contribute to the Redhum network

• More donors supporting Redhum
• Redhum promotes available standards as much as
  possible
• Redhum is a central hub of humanitarian
  information and can minimize gaps
• Redhum is a Regional initiative with a low cost
  because use national capacity
• Standards used by Sphere, Glide, ReliefWeb,
  Redlac and others are reflected in Redhum

• Organizations strengthening cooperation with
  Redhum
• More integrations with other existent platforms
  or initiatives
• Increased numbers of documents submitted and not
  searched by our team
• National focal points for Redhum hired by
  interagency agreements/funds

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Humanitarian Information from All to
All! Participation is the key of the
success! Thanks for the attention!
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