Labs Projects
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 Data Snapshots
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: RW IDEAS
ReliefWeb editorial team collects and curates humanitarian information from more than 4,000 verified sources, including reports, job announcements, and training opportunities. We are now making public the data that we have gathered about the content published and the users accessing ReliefWeb.
ReliefWeb Apps
Phase: RELEASED
Origin: RW IDEAS
To meet increased demand, ReliefWeb has developed four mobile apps: RW Crises, RW Jobs, RW Videos 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 a tool to help humanitarian organisations manage their emergency rosters. Visualize in real time who is available, access their profile, location and set of skills 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 will be released mid-October 2015.
Humanitarian Videos
Phase: BETA
Origin: RW IDEAS
Video reporting has become an increasingly effective way for humanitarian organizations to communicate the work they undertake. ReliefWeb is testing a new humanitarian ‘Videos’ section to help you access a collection of humanitarian information videos from our content partners.
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.