ICT4Peace Inventorisation Wiki

This "inventorisation" process revolves around the use of an edit-able wiki to share information about how ICTs - e.g., personal computers, mobile phones, and the internet - are being used to facilitate effective and sustained communication between all stakeholders involved in crisis management, humanitarian aid, and peacebuilding.

Specifically, visitors to the ICT4Peace Inventorisation Wiki may search for various resources, which are presented in summary format. For instance, a search for "youth" generates a link to a page titled "Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Role of the Media", which opens with an excerpt from the report "The Role of ICT in Preventing, Responding to and Recovering from Conflict". A list of online resources with links and brief summaries, follows - amongst them is the Burundi Youth Council, which offers news reports and publications and fosters online multi-ethnic dialogue. Also, a dedicated search engine indexes sites with content pertinent to ICT for peace processes; according to organisers, "new sites are continuously added so as to keep the engine well nourished..."

Summarised information (and links to further information) on issues such as the impact of the internet (vis-à-vis information dissemination, networking and learning, and online libraries), internet-based early warning and conflict prevention resources, operations and support, technical development, and post-conflict reconstruction (featuring a list of resources, a look at the role of the media, and an examination of citizen journalism).

Conflict.

ICT4Peace aims to enhance the performance of the international community in crisis management through the application of ICTs that can facilitate effective and sustained communication between peoples, communities, and stakeholders involved in crisis management, humanitarian aid, and peacebuilding. Crisis management is defined, for the purposes of this process, as civilian and/or military intervention in a crisis that may be violent or non-violent, with the intention of preventing a further escalation of the crisis and facilitating its resolution. This definition covers peace mediation, peace-keeping, and peace-building activities of the international community.