Your agency’s Head of Operations has asked you to update her on the current operational status of current crisis situations. This is so that the Head of Ops can be adequately prepared for a meeting she will have to attend with the Head of Agency who has requested information on the following situations:
Group I: Haiti Earthquake
Group II: Sahel Crisis (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger (the), Nigeria, Senegal)
Group III: Yemen Humanitarian Crisis
Using the course sessions as a guide, now utilize internet based technology and technical links so that you can be adequately prepared to present a concise and well researched update (5 minutes)on the disaster(s) assigned to you. Emphasis should be on elements of existing or potential humanitarian coordination. The Head of Operations also wants an update on where UNDAC is currently deployed and knowledge as to any IFRC FACT or ERU deployments as applicable.
Pay particular attention to the role of the wider humanitarian community including possible non-traditional actors. You may use maps, Sitreps and other information collected for background purposes.
Main Information Sources:
UN:
OCHA –
Ushasidi --
Relief Web –
GDACS –
UNOSAT –
Virtual OSSOCC –
Red Cross:
IFRC –
DMIS –
ICRC –
Other Information Sources:
Academic and Research Institutions
Dartmouth Flood Observatory
Decimal Degree Data Converter
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Global Volcanism Program
Map Projections Guide
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Tropical Storm Risk
Tropical Storms, Worldwide (U of Hawaii)
Governments and Intergovernmental Organisations
CIA- World Listing and Map
CIA- World Map Factbook
EuroGeographics
FEWS - Africa Interactive Imagery Gallery
Geographical Survey Institute
Geoscience Australia
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
KFOR-Multimedia Gallery
Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division
NIMA- Geospatial Engine
United States Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Center
USGS-Earthquake Bulletin
USGS EROS Data Center-DAAC
News and Media
AlertNet
Global Earthquake Response Center
National Geographic-Map Machine
Non-Governmental Organizations
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
Open GIS Consortium
RESPOND
Other
Africa Data Dissemination Service-Data Holdings
Africa Data Dissemination Service -Reference Maps
Asia GIMS 5 Satellite Images
Ask Asia Map Library
Atlapedia Political and Physical maps
Coordinadora Nacional para la Reduccion de Desastres
Currency Converter
Demis - World Maps
Drought monitoring and crop yield forecasting for Africa and Europe, Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (EARS)
Encarta Maps&Reference
ESRI - Recent World Earthquake Map
Geography Network
Global Gazetteer
Globe Explorer - satellite image with locator
Horn of Africa Dynamic Mapping Site
ImageSat International
InfoPlease.com World Political Maps
Lonely Planet
Map Blast - Maps Locations
Map Quest - Maps and Directions
MapQuest-World Atlas
Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
MultiMap.com Location Finder
National Geographic Political Map
Quick Maps of the World
Rand McNally - Place Finder
Systran-Online Translation Service
World Gazetteer
World Weather Forcast
UN Agencies and International Organizations
Data Exchange Platform for the Horn of Africa
FAO-GEOWEB World Coverage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Humanitarian Information Centre Darfur
Humanitarian Information Centre for Lebanon
Humanitarian Information Centre for Niger
Humanitarian Information Centre for Sumatra
Humanitarian Information Centre Sri Lanka
Kosovo HCIC-GIS/Map Centre
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
Southern Africa Humanitarian Information Management Network
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNEP.net Environment Network
UNEP/GRID- CIS and Eastern Europe Maps
UNEP/GRID Arendal Maps
UNEP/USG Data Centre
United Nations Cartographic Section
Zimbabwe Office of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator