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Please read, share and comment on our latest viewpoint, which challenges the current aid coordination institutions to embrace new technologies that truly enable 'rights-based' aid distribution by putting choices, and power, into the hands of the people that aid is meant to reach. A summary is below, and the full document can be viewed here: How New Technologies Impact Aid Coordination.

Summary:

How do new technologies impact coordination and information management with respect to providing aid in the aftermath of disasters? International agencies, governments and many NGOs have long enjoyed access to the latest technologies; however, this support has largely allowed for incremental (rather than transformational) improvements in efficacy and impact. Several key new technologies are now in the hands of those affected by disasters as well as those seeking to provide aid. We believe it is incumbent upon the international humanitarian community to take advantage of this more balanced distribution of new technologies. Going forward, the challenge is not one of new technologies simply allowing the aid and development community to do things better. Going forward, the challenge is one of doing things differently.