We are happy to announce the new coordinators for the Digital Humanitarian Network.  The below coordinators stepped into this role effective May 1, 2013.

• Cat Graham, Humanity Road
• Kate Chapman, Humanitarian Open-Street-Map Team
• Luis Capelo a volunteer member of the …

2012 has proven to be quite an amazing and eventful year for the Digital Humanitarian Network (DHNetwork) especially given that all work has been on individuals’ volunteer time! From launch to membership expansion to guidance material to Ignite talks to integration with traditional entities to four activations, the network has been quite active advancing the integration of volunteer efforts with those of the traditional humanitarian community.

Having come a long way from…

By Kate Chapman for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Last month I participated in a training for OSOCC & HIC Support Staff at the Crisis Management Centre in Kuopio, Finland. I was attending as a representative of the Digital Humanitarian Network. This training was intended serve as a pilot training for those supporting On-Site Operations Coordination Centres (OSOCC) and Humanitarian…

Activation Requested (14-Dec-2012 at 06:40 GMT)

Deployment Start/End (15-Dec-2012 at 23:00 GMT)

Solution Team Activated: Humanity Road and Standby Task Force (with GISCorps on standby)…

Activation Requested (5-Dec-2012 at 3PM CEST)

Deployment Start/End (6-Dec-2012 at 5AM CEST)

Solution Team Activated: Humanity Road and Standby Volunteer Task Force…

The DNNetwork will be involved at the ICCM in three different ways:

1. An Ignite Talk given by Luis Capelo,
2. A self organized session to have an open discussion with anyone interested to help guide the future of the network, and
3. A "simulation"-like event on Sunday, 14-Oct.

When the DHNetwork was established in April, it was very clear that the network would take an adaptive approach. After two…

In the past couple of months, the DHNetwork has welcomed two new members: Statistics Without Borders (SWB) and Humanity Road. We are quite excited to be able to continue to expand the network and explore ways that the V&TCs can collaborate together and work with the traditional humanitarian community. The addition…

It is with great pleasure that the Digital Humanitarian Network (DHNetwork) announces three new members: DataKind, ESRI’s Disaster Response Program, and Geeks Without Bounds. Each of these entities reached out the DHNetwork and expressed their interest in…

Simply put, the Digital Humanitarian Network (DHNetwork) is a network-of-network concept where the network nodes are either entities who are volunteer-based and provide direct services or are entities who provide volunteers directly to a requesting humanitarian entity. The purpose of the DHNetwork is to leverage digital networks in support of 21st century humanitarian response. More specifically, the aim of this network-of-networks is to provide an interface between formal, professional…