Building the next generation of information tools for humanitarians
ReliefWeb Labs projects explore new and emerging opportunities to improve information delivery to humanitarians. These projects represent our commitment to stay one step ahead of information challenges and make sure the humanitarian community has the tools it needs during crises.

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We are always pursuing our mandate to develop "the global humanitarian information system for the dissemination of reliable and timely information on emergencies and natural disasters."

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ReliefWeb APIs

Phase: ALPHA

Some of our products like ReliefWeb Mobile are built on our soon-to-be public APIs. Interested in using 17 years' worth of humanitarian content in your own apps? Please get in touch with our team. We're now piloting the APIs' use with a closed group of partners.

Interactive Maps

Phase: BETA

ReliefWeb has great maps, but wouldn't it be even better if they were more than pretty pictures? With our prototype interactive map, you can zoom to see more detail, adjust timelines, and even download datasets for your own analysis.

Data Integration

Phase: INTERNAL RESEARCH

Data is critical to making informed decisions during disasters and crises. ReliefWeb will gradually incorporate key baseline data from a wide array of public sources available through one easy-to-use interface. Use the data online, or take it and go if you're heading to the field.

Thematic Topics

Phase: RELEASED

To help you stay informed in your area of humanitarian expertise we have introduced a category of content pages called “Topics”. These thematic topics will categorise information under a particular issue or theme. “Food and Nutrition” is our first Labs trial topic page.

Disaster Topics

Phase: RELEASED

The new Disaster Topic pages will offer global analysis, lessons-learnt and other in-depth reports organized by disaster type. Each page will display the locations of disasters in the past 12 months on a dynamic world map, and links to alerts and monitoring tools by specialized institutions.

ReliefWeb Mobile

Phase: RELEASED

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.

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