A productive day-1 with the amazing Asia Surge Inter Agency (ASIA) platform steering committees meeting in Bangkok. Reflect of the key achievements & challenges in 2018 and what next for 2019. Always a pleasure to engage in this platform @KSuchitta@shivanirana_in#ASIAplatform
Another short-listed finalist for the Dream Big #ShieldintheCloud award, @StartNetwork is the first organization aiming to use blockchain technology to ensure that people affected by crisis receive the most appropriate aid in a timely and efficient manner startnetwork.org
Our member, Zach Zanek, shares:
"The @GoTeamAsia is a great opportunity for staff in the region to be deployed. It is a resource for high quality, efficient & effective responses. For @save_children it provides a comprehensive set of services for people affected by emergencies."
FROM THE FIELD: @OxfamInAsia introduces a voice recorder as a means for people to confidentially leave feedback & complaints, thus overcoming illiteracy challenges. #Rohingya#Humanitarian
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@GoTeamAsia inter-agency roster provides regional emergency deployments
“Typically, the greatest impacts are in countries which have the least capacity to prepare for disasters, or respond to them” - @UNESCAP’s Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2017.
A stronger regional collaboration for emergency response is @GoTeamAsia's goal
unescap.org/publications/asi…