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Yann Rebois/ Friederieke Alschner yrebois@icrc.org GISupport@icrc.org GISupport@icrc.org Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 1 Geneva

The IC R C strivesto assist and protect the victims of armed conflict and internal victims of armed conflict and internal violence. Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 2 Geneva

C ontext and Needs • 80 contextsor countries with key operations like Afghanistan, DR Afghanistan, DR C C , C , C olombia, Ukraine,... olombia, Ukraine,... • 10 majors sectors of intervention (Detention, P rotecting civilians, Health, F ood S ecurity, Water and Habitat… Habitat… ) ) • Institutional dataset for consultations + sudden-onset emergencies + sudden-onset emergencies • T ool responding to the needs in different humanitarian responses and for different user groups (thematic, sector, countries, confidentiality,… (thematic, sector, countries, confidentiality,… ) ) Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 3 Geneva

T T o improve the IC o improve the IC R R C’s response to C’s response to people's people's needs needs in in its its various various humanitarian operations, the IC R C is increasingly increasingly turning turning to to geographic geographic information systems(GIS ). Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 4 Geneva

GIS Human res ources : delivering geolocation information geolocation information 2012 - 2014 2006 2009 <2003 11.0000 Potential users 2004 2007 2011 2013 Mapping GIS Corporate Guideline Mapsearch Geoportal/ Thematic Kiosks webserver GIS Staff at the HQ (50% interns ) GIS Staff at the HQ (50% interns ) GIS technician in the field ( from the Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 5 Water and Habitat Department ) Geneva

GIS and mappings ervices provided • P • P roduction of maps(P roduction of maps(P aper, Geoportal, aper, Geoportal, thematic Geoportal… ) • Advise unitson how to put their data on maps • Advise unitson how to put their data on maps • Maintain the IC R C Geo-referential Data (country, borders, admin01, sites, premises, (country, borders, admin01, sites, premises, recipientsplaces, projects) • P • P rovidingGIS rovidingGIS supported structural assistance supported structural assistance to water authoritiesand, planned for 2015, to detention authorities detention authorities Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 6 Geneva

T rans vers ality: managinggeographicreference data for other databas data for other databas ess ess ys ys tems tems ICRC ICRC Operatio - Operatio - … … « Recipient Presence nal units Admin01 place» a nd ( Where ? Premises What ?) What ?) Humanitarian Operations Operations Operation Assistance Assistance Operation … Detention Detention Security Security Protection Protection Finance Finance Finance Protection Reporting Reporting Logistic Logistic Reporting Environment Reporting Reporting Donors Donors Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 7 Geneva

P aper Maps C C ustomized maps: ustomized maps: - Basemaps - Operational maps - Other thematicmaps - Other thematicmaps Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 8 Geneva

Geoportal a merge of all humanitarian layers of interes t in one s pace for an operation pictures • IC R C presence /National S ociety Presence • IC R C operational areas and Priority areas, areas of responsability • • IC IC R R C C Water and Habitat Projects Water and Habitat Projects • IC R C «recipients places» where we deliver assistance and protection • IC R C Human resources and F inance • • IC IC R R C C Logistics Logistics (premises, warehouses) (premises, warehouses) • S atellite Images • • Displaced P Displaced P opulation opulation • T ransport infrastructure Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 9 Geneva

In a few clicks the operational picture ison the map the map Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 10 Geneva

With the detailsneeded Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 11 Geneva

Map- Archive F indinga map and geographical content? Mapsoff the shelf on 24h/24… Mapsoff the shelf on 24h/24… 7/7 ? 7/7 ? • P aper maps • Geoportal Layer Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 12 Geneva

Us er profile joiningthe IC R C Geoportal Protection/ Detention Protection/ Detention Logisticians Finances Water and Habitat Engineer Engineer ICRC Geoportal All connected from All connected from Health Health the field to HQ the field to HQ Human Ressouces Human Ressouces Operation Juristic Conflict Definition Some region Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 13 ‘ NRBC ’ Geneva

ThematicGeoportals Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 14 Geneva

R eportingGeoportal http://www.icrcproject.org/app/2013- annual - report - map / Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 15 Geneva

ThematicGeoportals - Urban Water Geoportal - Urban Water Geoportal - Detention Data Geoportal - Detention Data Geoportal - P - P remisesManagement remisesManagement - E - E mergency Mapfolio mergency Mapfolio (based on the American R ed C ross… ) Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 16 Geneva

Geoportal vs . ThematicGeoportal - S ame ArcGIS server consumed in various applications - F or an internal use and IC R C staff member access Geoportal Geoportal Thematic ThematicGeoportal Geoportal Main IC R C geographicinformation Different applications focussingon in one portal specifictopics Accessible to everyone internally Dedicated to specificuser groups V ariety/ abundance of layers F ew layerseasy to browse Good for operational picture … They complement each other They complement each other Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 17 Geneva

C hallenges • Users and access • Abundance of layers • On-going layers • On-going layers • F ragmented data for the global picture the global picture • S ensitivity of data vs. makingdata vs. makingdata accessible to anyone Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 18 Geneva

P artners E E S S R R I ecosystem for a better aggregation from I ecosystem for a better aggregation from the field to the HQ Development of web applications, based on E S R I technology with our counterpart Arxit technology with our counterpart Arxit Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 19 Geneva

Where to go ? Where to go ? • C • C onsolidatingand aggregatingthe data onsolidatingand aggregatingthe data on time remainsa challenge. • Integratingmapsin BI application. • Goingslowly to open data and beingable to share where the IC share where the IC R R C C isworkingfor a better isworkingfor a better reportingand transparency ? Geospatial World forum 05 - 09 may 2014, 20 Geneva