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