Download - Open Humanitarian Initiative - 2013 Plan
Open Humanitarian InitiativeOpen Humanitarian Initiative
Bringing humanitarian responseto the information age
The ProblemThe Problem
Progress So Far…Progress So Far…
Next StepsNext Steps
The Main Pieces of the PuzzleThe Main Pieces of the Puzzle
Open Humanitarian InitiativeOpen 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
OHI Building BlocksOHI Building Blocks
OHI Task ForcesOHI Task Forces
Open Humanitarian AllianceOpen 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
Open Humanitarian FundOpen 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
Timeline – 12 monthsTimeline – 12 months
Open Humanitarian Incubator (Feb 2013-Dec 2013)
TASK FORCE DEFINITIONSTASK FORCE DEFINITIONSAppendix 1
OHI Project CommitteeOHI Project Committee
Knowledge Platform Task ForceKnowledge Platform Task Force
Interoperability Task ForceInteroperability Task Force
Innovation Team Task ForceInnovation Team Task Force
IM Training Task ForceIM Training Task Force
Big Data/Mobile Data Task ForceBig Data/Mobile Data Task Force
Community Response Task ForceCommunity Response Task Force
Decision Making Task ForceDecision Making Task Force