UN Global Pulse: Technology builds

Sara-Jayne Farmer.

Relief11, August 2011

GP Tech Deliverables

To o ls e t

•H unc hwork s•S m a ll tools (re a l-tim e m onitoring e tc )•Toolba g

C o l la b o r a t io n p la t f o r m

•Fe de ra te d p la tform ne twork•Us e r m a na g e m e nt•D a ta a nd tool re pos itorie s

In n o v a t io n la b s ( t e c h n o lo g y )

•Te c hnolog y loc a lis a tion•Te c h innov a tions•Te c hnolog is t’s c ook book

C o m m u n it ie s

•L oc a l te c h c om m unitie s•Innov a tions c om m unity m a na g e m e nt

P r o o f o f c o n c e p t :

O liv e r:•look up da ta s ourc e s•look up a nd us e tools•c onne c t to a na ly s ts in Ne w York a nd Ug a nda la bs•look up tools a nd da ta s ourc e s in the c ris is toolk it

H unc hwork s :•na v ig a te the H unc hWork s inte rfa c e , a nd s e e ex a m ple “hunc he s ” in it•a dd hunc he s to H unc hWork s •Add c om m e nts to hunc he s•S ha re e v ide nc e with hunc he s

Toolba g : •Not th is tim e .

GP Tech Timeline

Ju ly 2 0 1 1•S om e c le a n UN da ta s e ts•H unc hwork s 1 bu ild•O liv e r2 bu ild•We bs ite bu ild

A u g u s t 2 0 1 1•O liv e r2 bu ild

S e p t 2 0 1 1•D e m o to G A: H unc hwork s a nd O liv e r

O c t 2 0 1 1•S la c k

N o v 2 0 1 1

•D e m o to G 2 0 : no te c h c onte nt ne e de d

•C onte s t a nnounc e m e nt

D e c 2 0 1 1•R hok 4 .0

Ja n 2 0 1 2

•S la c k

F e b 2 0 1 2

•C onte s t g o-liv e

•Priv a te s e c tor da ta a v a ila b le

2 0 1 2

•S ta rt B lue H a c k s

•S ta rt p la tform bu ild

when vulnerable populations are being impacted by global shocks

coping strategies – both positive and negative – that affected communities are adopting

hypotheses, alerts and key information with regional partners

with better policy interventions sooner than possible today

Analysis: close the vulnerability information gap

standards, open APIs, open source

data and tool repositories

Collaborate with team, share hunches with social network

Integrate with existing tools for data aggregation, analysis, visualization, mapping, alerting…

Oliver: collaboration platform

Establish ground truth quickly when crises unfold

Leverage global network of field staff

Add capacity: engage and extend external networks of experts

Share knowledge: porous membranes within/beyond the UN

Combine local knowledge, wider analytical expertise

Coherent picture from fragmented evidence, distributed teams

Hunchworks: hypothesis collaboration tool

Shunt: toolkit

Data preparation

Big data

Statistics and modelling

Visualisation

Innovations management

Portfolios of needs

Lifecycles for ideas

Blue Hacks: open source community

Hire bright local team

Identify local gaps and opportunities

Design, develop and test solutions

Train team to drive innovation

Mainstream their approaches

PulseLabs: Country-level innovation labs

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