The Humanitarian Data Exchange WHERE YOUR DATA COMES TO LIFE Javier Teran OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs September 12, 2014 FAO Rome
Our mandate: OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework where each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.
OCHA's mission is to: 1. Mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies. 2. Advocate the rights of people in need. 3. Promote preparedness and prevention. 4. Facilitate sustainable solutions.
What is HDX ? The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open platform for sharing humanitarian data. The future of HDX points to fast access to meaningful data and insightful analytics.
Elements We are working on three elements that will eventually combine into an integrated data platform. The HDX repository , HDX analytics , a database Standards to share where data providers of high-value data that can humanitarian data through can upload their raw be compared across the use of a consensus data spreadsheets for countries and crises, with Humanitarian Exchange others to find and use. tools for analysis and Language. (AVAILABLE NOW) visualisation. (HXL ALPHA STANDARD (BEING DEVELOPED) AVAILABLE SOON)
System Diagram
HDX Features
Contribute HDX enables registered organizations to share their data quickly, intuitively, and securely. Over 40 organizations have already registered through the site.
Search We will introduce a search-based navigation that helps users find exactly what they are looking for.
Browse Users will be able to browse the entire HDX Collection by location, topic or organization.
Country pages Country pages will include a number of analytics and datasets that can be customized for local audiences. Crisis specific and regional pages will be introduced over time.
Analytics HDX will introduce data visualizations for indicators.
Customize These visuals can be customized and downloaded into reports.
Compare Indicators can be selected for comparison and visualized in maps or charts.
Quality Assurance Data quality in HDX is assessed by the following five dimensions:
Demonstration https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/ http://hxlstandard.org/
Coming Soon HDX Data Labs HDX will set up a Data Lab in Nairobi, Kenya to offer data services to humanitarian partners. Services will include data cleaning and analysis, and integrating data systems with the HDX platform.
Join HDX There are four ways to collaborate: Share Data : Register your organization and start sharing data with the • community. Volunteer : Work with the HDX team on special projects. If you are a • data scientist, web-developer, or data geek, send us an email at hdx@un.org Join the Conversation : engage with us through our blog • ( docs.hdx.rwlabs.org ) or Twitter ( @humdata ). Join the HXL Working Group : Adopt data standards to improve • interoperability of humanitarian data. Join the working group by sending an email to hxlproject+subscribe@googlegroups.com
The Humanitarian Data Exchange WHERE YOUR DATA COMES TO LIFE Thank you!
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