August 18, 2014, marked 500 days until the Millennium Development Goals come due. To date, three of the goals focusing on extreme poverty reduction, access to clean water, and improvement of living conditions have been achieved, but this does not mean the world's work is finished.
Besides the work still needed to achieve the rest of the MDGs in the next 500 days, the world faces a host of other challenges. Urbanization, climate change, population growth, energy access, sanitation, access to education facilities, health crises—all are mounting challenges in a humanitarian sector that currently struggles with resources in an age of austerity and budget cuts.
Luckily, the world holds a few aces up its sleeve: a youth cohort determined to be a force for change, growing interest in the opportunities presented by public-private partnerships (PPPs), and rapid technological advancement.
According to OCHA's January 2010 brief titled Global Challenges and Their Impact on International Humanitarian Action, in order for international aid actors to be able to plan and react to international events effectively, they must consider three main questions:
- • Caseloads: In what ways do today’s global challenges impact emerging humanitarian needs?
- • Operational Environment: How will today’s global challenges impact the environments in which international humanitarian actors will operate?
- • Humanitarian Coordination: What will these impacts on caseloads and operational environments mean for international humanitarian coordination?
According to the Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF), between 2004 and 2013 there was a "430 percent increase in global funding requirements for humanitarian appeals"; meanwhile, the number of people in need nearly doubled. This is a huge amount of strain placed on the international humanitarian sector. So, AIDF asked, how can PPPs and technological developments help improve disaster management? They created the following infographic to cover some ideas:
Chrisella Sagers Herzog is the managing editor of Diplomatic Courier and Editor-in-Chief of WhiteHat Magazine. She can be found on Twitter at @Chrisella.
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Technology and PPPs Improving Disaster Response [Infographic]
August 19, 2014
August 18, 2014, marked 500 days until the Millennium Development Goals come due. To date, three of the goals focusing on extreme poverty reduction, access to clean water, and improvement of living conditions have been achieved, but this does not mean the world's work is finished.
Besides the work still needed to achieve the rest of the MDGs in the next 500 days, the world faces a host of other challenges. Urbanization, climate change, population growth, energy access, sanitation, access to education facilities, health crises—all are mounting challenges in a humanitarian sector that currently struggles with resources in an age of austerity and budget cuts.
Luckily, the world holds a few aces up its sleeve: a youth cohort determined to be a force for change, growing interest in the opportunities presented by public-private partnerships (PPPs), and rapid technological advancement.
According to OCHA's January 2010 brief titled Global Challenges and Their Impact on International Humanitarian Action, in order for international aid actors to be able to plan and react to international events effectively, they must consider three main questions:
- • Caseloads: In what ways do today’s global challenges impact emerging humanitarian needs?
- • Operational Environment: How will today’s global challenges impact the environments in which international humanitarian actors will operate?
- • Humanitarian Coordination: What will these impacts on caseloads and operational environments mean for international humanitarian coordination?
According to the Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF), between 2004 and 2013 there was a "430 percent increase in global funding requirements for humanitarian appeals"; meanwhile, the number of people in need nearly doubled. This is a huge amount of strain placed on the international humanitarian sector. So, AIDF asked, how can PPPs and technological developments help improve disaster management? They created the following infographic to cover some ideas:
Chrisella Sagers Herzog is the managing editor of Diplomatic Courier and Editor-in-Chief of WhiteHat Magazine. She can be found on Twitter at @Chrisella.
