Labs Projects
ReliefWeb Lite
Phase: BETA
Origin: RW IDEAS
A cut-down version of ReliefWeb aimed primarily at users on mobile, but also at desktop users on low bandwidth connections such as some humanitarian workers in remote areas.
Humanitarian Events
Phase: BETA
Origin: COMMUNITY
A dedicated, independent service allowing members of the humanitarian community to publish information about upcoming meetings, conferences and trainings. Any humanitarian verified through Humanitarian ID can use the service. To follow its development and learn about new features, sign up for email updates.
Taxonomy As A Service
Phase: BETA
Origin: COMMUNITY
Rain in the Congo or precipitation in DRC? How do you find what you're looking for, match it with relevant information from other organizations and communicate clearly when everyone's using different words? Sign up to follow and contribute to OCHA's work to link humanitarian data about disasters, organizations and places.
ReliefWeb Apps
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: RW IDEAS
To meet increased demand, ReliefWeb has developed three mobile apps: RW Crises, RW Jobs and RW Headlines.
Humanitarian ID
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: COMMUNITY
Humanitarian ID is a single contact management app for everyone working in humanitarian crises and disasters. It was first deployed during the Nepal earthquake and is now being used in more and more countries. ReliefWeb is now one of the platforms and services that HID lets users log in with single sign-on.
Emergency Alert System
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: COMMUNITY
Emalsys is an online platform to help humanitarian organisations manage their emergency rosters. It allows users to visualize in real time available responders, access their profile, location and skill set to deploy them efficiently to the field. Emalsys was developed in partnership with the IFRC Emergency Response Units and designed to be used by any organisation. The quick alert launcher is powered by the ReliefWeb API and the system has more than 1750 users from over 60 organisations.
Humanitarian Data Exchange
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: COMMUNITY
The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open platform for sharing data. The goal of HDX is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis. Launched in July 2014, HDX has been accessed by users in over 200 countries and territories.
ReliefWeb Mobile
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: RW IDEAS
ReliefWeb Mobile has become the first project to graduate Labs. We're still looking for ways to make it better, and we'd love to hear your ideas.
ReliefWeb APIs
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: RW IDEAS
Are you developing innovative online products targeting humanitarians? Then ReliefWeb’s API (application programming interface) could be a great tool for you. Our new API will enable developers to create online applications using ReliefWeb’s content.