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SAVING LIVES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK. RIGHT INFORMATION. RIGHT TIME, RIGHT FORMAT TO THE RIGHT PERSON, ANYWHERE, ANY TIME. --WWW.GDIN.ORG GDINcommmunity@HOTMAIL.COM. SAVING LIVES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. Natural Disasters are a Global Risk.

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SAVING LIVES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

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  1. GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK RIGHT INFORMATION RIGHT TIME, RIGHT FORMAT TO THE RIGHT PERSON, ANYWHERE, ANY TIME. --WWW.GDIN.ORG GDINcommmunity@HOTMAIL.COM SAVING LIVES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

  2. Natural Disasters are a Global Risk. Disasters annually kill more than 133,000 people, make more than 140 million homeless, and cost $440 billion in insured property damage. Future disasters could cost more than $150 Billion each. Canada loses a billion uninsured dollars of timber a year to fires..

  3. Our Goal Since its inception, GDIN has tested new ways of producing timely, accurate information on man-made and natural disasters or infectious disease. These prototypes were based on public and private sources and provided to Turkey, The UN, Vietnam, Mozambique, El Salvador, private citizens and others. GDIN now proposes to leverage its experience in a series of pilot projects. WHO CAN BENEFIT IN THE FUTURE? Any disaster manager, anywhere, any time. Unclassified

  4. GDIN: A Brief Look • Established 1998 To solve unique knowledge management problems for the civil disaster relief community • GDIN Fund: • 501 (c )3 fund incorporated to accept and dispurse funds. • Any organization, business or government can donate funds or services. • Can fund research, special projects or disaster relief. • GDIN Association: • Designs strategic direction and content to solve disaster knowledge management problems. • Unincorporated International Partnership of Experts • Anyone interested in disaster relief can join • Sponsors specific services and projects. • Meets annually

  5. GDIN MANAGEMENT GDIN is managed by an Executive Director, a secretariat and working groups. The secretariat and working groups report to the ExDir and the ExDir reports to the Executive Committee or ExCom, which in turns takes recommendations from the annual conferences. A GDIN Fund supporting the effort is staffed by the Chair of the ExCom, the Executive Director and two ExCom Directors. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Albert Simard, Chair, Government of Canada Larry Roeder, Executive Director, (US Government) Raneiri Guerra, Director, (Government of Italy) Douglas Alan, Director, (American Red Cross) Karen Risa Robbins, Director (Amtech-USA) Pierre Alain Schieb, (OECD) David Baxa, Director (Vista Technologies) Richard Luarkie, Pueblo Laguna Alan Hodges (Director Emeritus) and Director General, Retired, Emergency Management, Australia

  6. Examples of Disaster Information www.gdin.org Imagery Terrain Elevation Data Geodetic Data Hydrographic Data Topographic Data Aeronautical Data DATA FUSION Imagery Data Disaster Knowledge Information about any object - natural or man-made - that can be observed or referenced to the earth • Where Am I?… • Where are the relief workers? • Technical limits of relief workers? • Where are the victims?… • Where are the hazards? • How do I move or navigate among them?… • What is the Environment? • What roads work? • What are the diseases?… Provides the Basic Foundation for Integrated Disaster Knowledge Preparation.

  7. Barriers to Sharing Information • Disaster information is fragmented. • Lack of networks, systems and processes to integrate disaster information. • Disaster information is often not formatted – thus it can’t be used when and where needed. Photo by Larry Roeder on mission in Sudan

  8. Specific Challenges Victims on the Move are hard to find Dynamic Static 0 - 4 Hours 12 - 24 Hours 4 - 12 Hours Floods and Fires Move Above Surface Below Surface Earthquakes and Volcanoes are major threats.

  9. www.gdin.org The GDIN Concept: A Disaster Relief Agency that partners with any relief body. • Mission: • Provide Timely, Relevant, and Accurate Disaster Knowledge to disaster managers before, during and after a crisis. Knowledge Imagery GDIN Nodes will exploit and analyze imagery, geospatial and other other data to develop new knowledge useful to reduce the risk to hazards, more effective early warning or response. Analysis Products on this page courtesy Natural Resources Canada

  10. Pilot Project Service • GDIN’s many experts can provide the highest quality peer review of the relevance of a technology to disaster relief. • An excellent example is PeaceWing, a project exploring the stationing of solar powered unmanned aerial vehicles for long duration 24/7 operations over remote locations to supplement satellites.

  11. GDINInfo Facilitator IAIA Training Facility Laguna Node For New Mexico Window Rock for Navajo The Americas Pilot Project Indian Nations are Grouped into Sectors, each with a a Node (Communications and Operations Center) as their link to a Global System. Sectors form regions like the North American Region. The North American Region

  12. Native American Intranet, managed by the Native American Community uses the assets of a GDIN global partnership 24/7

  13. Early Warning Response Preparedness Education at IAIA All Phases of Disaster Management are Covered

  14. Identify Likely Hazards and how to communicate with potential victims. Throughout crisis, GDIN international and tribal partners swing into action to provide the right information in the right format to the right disaster managers Early Warning is provided by GDIN partners How Nodes Support Each Other Part of the GDIN Global Service

  15. Public Meeting and Research Area Task Force Room Day to Day Node Functions Small three officer staff plus clerical support do core disaster information: Analyst, Profile and Watch Officers. In addition, space is provided for Task Forces and the Public.

  16. Making and Sharing Information Nodes gather the best available data from a variety of sources in order to develop the best information. The Nodes then integrate multi-source data into a n information product pre-designed with the user in mind, regardless of local capacity. The final product might be disseminated via the Internet, Radio or Other means to the field or HQ Products on this page were provided by USGS, the US Department of State and LM Ericsson

  17. GDIN’s Rules of Success • Knowledge cannot be required; it must be volunteered. • Buy-in by both providers and users is essential • Decisions made through consensus; not direction • Project goals directly support needs of participants • Think big; start small; early deliverables. • Link to related programs.

  18. The Way Ahead • Participate in GDIN2006 and GDIN working groups to develop new ways to save lives. • Help us design the GDIN Information Facilitator Service to meet your needs, within an international context. • Be a full partner. Help us with management and assist us design a funding mechanism.

  19. GDIN Contact Larry Roeder, Executive Director • roederaway@yahoo.com • www.gdin.org • Phone: 202-647-5070 • Fax: 202-647-4628 • Address: 5667 Stone Road, #410 Centreville, VA 20120

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