The OECD’s publication on “Preventing Violence, War and State Collapse: The Future of Conflict Early Warning and Response,” (PDF) has finally been published. I was solicited by the OECD to be the main peer reviewer for the publication, which was authored by my colleague David Nyheim.
I had a lot to add so the peer review process turned into a consulting assignment back in September 2008. My main contribution to the publication included paragraphs on:
- Evaluating CEWARN, ECOWARN and CEWS
- Fourth Generation Early Warning Systems
- Current Trends in Warning and Response
- People-Centered Early Warning
- Forecasting Armed Conflict
- Advances in Technology
I added references to the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s (HHI) Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning (CM&EW) as well as to Ushahidi’s approach to crowdsourcing crisis information.
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ONYINYE ONWUKA // May 15, 2009 at 3:57 pm |
Hi Patrick,
I am really interested in reading your evaluation of ECOWARN and the current trends in warning and response. Please could discuss some aspects of the work.
Thanks
Onyinye
zugaldia // May 21, 2009 at 8:44 pm |
Thanks for sharing.
How come OECD publications are not freely distributed?
Patrick Philippe Meier // May 22, 2009 at 1:19 am |
That’s a really good question. Because the OECD is still old school?