The Humanitarian Data Exchange Simon Johnson Senior Open Data Developer (British Red Cross) Data Visualiser (The Humanitarian Data Exchange)
The Humanitarian Data Exchange is OCHA’s open platform for sharing humanitarian data. Our objective is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis.
What does HDX offer?
We simplify data sharing We extend the impact of your data We tell the story of your dataset We help standardize data
Partners we work with
HXL
why? “improve information sharing during a humanitarian crisis” ● reduce duplicate reporting burden ● provide instant feedback to data providers ● semi-automate data-preparation tasks ● cut time from data collection to data delivery ● improve interoperability (for the big picture) ● use existing software, skills, and templates
go HXL in 3 easy steps
1) get some data What?
Who?
Where?
When?
Organisation
Cluster
Province
Start date
End date
UNICEF
WASH
Coast
2015-10-01
2015-12-31
Save the Children
Education
Plains
2014-07-01
2016-06-30
Jhpiego
Health
Plains
2015-08-15
2016-03-31
UNICEF
Education
Coast
2015-01-01
2015-12-31
WAHA
GBV
Mountains
2015-11-01
2015-11-30
PU-AMI
Health
Capital
2015-07-01
2015-11-30
2) insert a row What?
Who?
Where?
When?
Organisation
Cluster
Province
Start date
End date
UNICEF
WASH
Coast
2015-10-01
2015-12-31
Save the Children
Education
Plains
2014-07-01
2016-06-30
Jhpiego
Health
Plains
2015-08-15
2016-03-31
UNICEF
Education
Coast
2015-01-01
2015-12-31
WAHA
GBV
Mountains
2015-11-01
2015-11-30
PU-AMI
Health
Capital
2015-07-01
2015-11-30
3) add hashtags What?
Who?
Where?
When?
Organisation
Cluster
Province
Start date
End date
#org
#sector
#adm1
#date +start
#date +end
UNICEF
WASH
Coast
2015-10-01
2015-12-31
Save the Children
Education
Plains
2014-07-01
2016-06-30
Jhpiego
Health
Plains
2015-08-15
2016-03-31
UNICEF
Education
Coast
2015-01-01
2015-12-31
WAHA
GBV
Mountains
2015-11-01
2015-11-30
PU-AMI
Health
Capital
2015-07-01
2015-11-30
a data standard on a postcard
(in four languages)
The mission of the Centre is to work with partners to increase the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector.
Focus Areas for the Centre
Data Services
Data Policy
Data Literacy
Network Engagement
Thanks for joining us! Stay in touch: www.humdata.org @humdata @simon_b_johnson