US-East Africa Workshop on Humanitarian Relief Research & Education; Nairobi, Kenya, March 2006

Haselkorn 0535879该奖项支持2006年3月在肯尼亚内罗毕举行的研讨会，以规划在国际应急工作中使用最先进的信息系统的研究议程。每年有数百万人受到人道主义紧急情况的影响，从突发的自然灾害到缓慢发生的复杂政治紧急情况，这些紧急情况对整个区域的福祉和稳定构成长期威胁。 印度洋海啸发生后，世界各地的救援工作纷至沓来。 然而，由于缺乏支持协调与合作努力的人力和技术基础设施，这些努力中有许多没有成效。本次研讨会将讨论的问题包括理论基础和实际适用的操作模型，过程标准，信息管理框架和技术平台。研讨会的参与者将包括由华盛顿大学人道主义救济跨学科项目领导的美国研究人员和研究生，该项目是一个由26个活跃在应急准备和反应领域的区域非政府组织组成的联盟，由莫伊大学教师和美国国际开发署代表领导的来自非洲的专家。在人道主义救援的复杂环境中研究这些信息系统将帮助我们了解在政府、非营利组织和商业部门的相关领域有效使用类似系统。此外，将先进系统应用于人道主义救济将意味着更有效地利用用于这些努力的大量资金。

Haselkorn 0535879This award supports a March 2006 workshop in Nairobi, Kenya to plan a research agenda on the use of state-of-the-art information systems in international emergency response efforts. Each year millions of people are affected by humanitarian emergencies ranging from sudden natural disasters to slow-onset and complex political emergencies that present long-term threats to the welfare and stability of entire regions. After the Indian Ocean tsunami, relief efforts poured in from around the world. Yet many of these efforts were ineffective, due to the lack of human and technological infrastructure in support of coordination and cooperative effort. The issues to be addressed in this workshop include theoretically based and practically applicable operational models, process standards, information management frameworks, and technology platforms. Workshop participants will include U.S. researchers and graduate students led by the University of Washington's Interdisciplinary Program in Humanitarian Relief, a consortium of 26 regional NGOs active in emergency preparedness and response, experts from Africa led by faculty at Moi University and representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development.Research on these information systems within the complex environment of humanitarian relief will help us understand the effective use of similar systems in related areas of government, non-profit and commercial sectors. In addition, the application of advanced systems to humanitarian relief will mean a more effective use of the considerable funding directed towards these efforts.