2017 ICT4D Conference

One of the biggest challenges faced by humanitarian agencies is the ability to share beneficiary information in a disaster context. Inefficiency brought about by duplication of effort and data often result. Other impediments to effective data sharing include a lack of capacity to use the technology tools within the humanitarian agency; organizational culture that may impede efforts to share data, differing levels of controls amongst participating organizations and the associated cost of data sharing.

Against this backdrop, this presentation will look at considerations related to and present a use case for sharing beneficiary data within a disaster context, drawing from a combination of research and field experience.