These are the slides for the talk to accompany the paper presented at TIEMS USA 2014..

1. Disaster Management Systems
Building Capacity for Developing Countries
and the Most Vulnerable Among Us
by Connie White
University of Southern MS, USA
TIEMS USA
Hattiesburg, MS 2014

2. Information and Communication Disaster Management Capacity
Building Developing

3. Leveling the Playing Field
Internet Penetration
Mobile Devices
Social Media

4. Taking humanitarians & organizations online
Supporting virtual communities
Disseminating Information
2 Way Communication
Media Rich
Social Media's Impact

5. http://worlddisastersreport.org/en/
http://youtu.be/mICgg3h43_k

7. Target 13: Address the special needs of the Least Developed
Countries (includes tariff and quota-free access for Least
Developed Countries, exports, enhanced program of debt
relief for heavily indebted poor countries [HIPCs] and
cancellation of official bilateral debt, and more generous
official development assistance for countries committed to
poverty reduction)
Target 18: In cooperation with the private sector, make
available the benefits of new technologies, especially
information and communication technolgie.
(http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/goals/gti.htm#goal8)

8. The United Nations Development Program
defines capacity building as
– a long-term continual process of development
that involves all stakeholders; including
ministries, local authorities, non-governmental
organizations, professionals, community
members, academics and more.

9. For UNDP, developing sustainable DRR capacities at national
and local level is based on the following assumptions:
• Locally generated, owned and sustained capacity is essential to the success of
any DRR
enterprise.
• The development of DRR capacity is the concern of an entire society, rather
than of any single agency, professional discipline, or stakeholder group.
• The development of technical capacities associated with professional
disciplines or functions—such as environmental management or land-use
management—needs to be combined with other types of capacity development
that include the promotion of leadership and other managerial capacities and
performance-enhancing measures.
• An enabling environment—i.e. strong political ownership and commitment at
the highest levels of authority, extensive participation, transparency and clear
public accountability—is essential for translating capacity into performance.
http://www.us.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/crisis%20prevention/disaster/5Disaster%20Risk%20Reduction%20-%20Capacity%20Development.pdf

10. Levels of Capacity Building
● Individual: refers to the process of changing attitudes and
behaviours-imparting knowledge and developing skills while
maximizing the benefits of participation, knowledge exchange and
ownership.
● Institutional: focuses on the overall organizational performance
and functioning capabilities, as well as the ability of an organization
to adapt to change.
● Systemic: emphasizes the overall policy framework in which
individuals and organizations operate and interact with the external
environment. Also known as 'enabling environment' or 'society'
http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/The_Capacity_Building_Concept

11. Sahana Software Foundation:Capacity Building on All Levels
Individual
Hackathons
Workshops
SahanaCamps
Webinars
F2f Training on location
Organizational
Developing Software
Raising Funds
Publishing
Developing Training Manuals
Creating Standards
Conferences
Seamless Integration
Enabling Environment
Web2py
HFOSS
Fb
Twitter
Google Hangouts

18. Building Capacity, Building Communities, Techniques
Information Gathering Fast
Standby Task Force – Crisis Mappers
Real-time solution
Crowd Sourcing Disaster App
Challenges
Workshops Hackathons
Solving a series of problems while
Educating individuals
Building Community
Exposing Software Solutions
Networking
Normally Free & Techy
Training organizations to use,
Building Skill Sets for
Detailed technical requirements,
Can last longer and be more
Focused for training needs.
Specific Solutions Sought -
A type of crowd sourcing, can be open to all or restricted.
With a minimal reward, great ideas and solutions can be generated.
Can stimulate individuals to learn and develop skill set.

24. ICDMC TECHNOLOGY TOOLS,
COMMUMITIES AND METHODS BUILDING ICDMC
Web2py
(html, python, MySQL)
hFOSS
Sahana Software
Foundation
(facilitators, directors)
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
NATIONAL
INDIVIDUAL
ORGANIZATIONAL
SahanaCamp
Training & Education
(volunteers, participants)
LOCAL
The Philippines
Sahana
Disaster
Management
System
International
Federation
Of the Red Cross
INSTITUTIONAL
ORGANIZATION REAL-WORLD RESULT

28. Free Technology
Crowd Sourcing Disaster App
OpenStreetMap
OpenOffice
Google
Workshops Hackathons
Challenges
RapidSMS
Sahana
Ushahidi
InSTEDD
Facebook
Frontline SMS
OpenMRS
Linux
Apache
Twitter
eMail
PHP
IRC
texting
Python MySQL
ProjectLibre
QQ
Instagram
hFOSS Communities
Leveraging Low Cost Solutions for Building Capacity

32. ICDMC aligned with the HFA
HFA PRIORITY 2:
Identify, assess and
monitor disaster risks
and early warning
● Disasters can be
monitored by using
DMIS;
● layers of data provide
common operating
picture for decision
support;
● information
dissemination
● More accurate, timely
information

33. ICDMC aligned with the HFA
HFA PRIORITY 3:
Use knowledge,
innovation and
education to build a
culture of safety and
resilience at all levels
● Online Communities
exist for each
software solution
● Workshops
● Hackathons
● Challenges
● Webinars
● Conferences
● university classes.

34. ICDMC aligned with the HFA
HFA Priority 4:
Reduce the
underlying risk factors
● Integrate all systems
into training exercises
with emergency
management officials
and locals
● Establish policies and
implement technology
for best warning
systems

35. ICDMC aligned with the HFA
HFA Priority 5:
Strengthen disaster
preparedness for
effective response at
all levels.
● Use systems for
organization
integration on
information sharing,
requirements,
decision support,
information
dissemination,
incident reports,
logistics, tracking,
training, building
community of practice

36. Fran Boon
Presents

37. Future Steps? Suggestions?
What can be done to take this forward?
More concerted effort?
Ways to measure success?