Building the next generation of information tools for humanitarians
ReliefWeb Labs projects explore new and emerging opportunities to improve information delivery to humanitarians.
ReliefWeb Labs projects explore new and emerging opportunities to improve information delivery to humanitarians.
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.
Phase: RELEASED
Originally introduced in 2013, and refined and improved in 2016, the Topics section categorises reports and other useful information to help keep you up-to-date in your area of humanitarian expertise.
Phase: RELEASED
Are you developing innovative online products targeting humanitarians? Then ReliefWeb’s API (application programming interface) could be a great tool for you. Our new API will enable developers to create online applications using ReliefWeb’s content.
Phase: BETA
ReliefWeb's API enables new tools using ReliefWeb content. As a part of the potential tools to be built using the API, we're launching a disaster tracker prototype to enable filtered access to reports along with external data like Twitter, EM-DAT Disaster Database, and UNDP's Human Development Index. Check out the open source code on Github.
Phase: RELEASED
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.
Phase: BETA
Visualizing humanitarian information through interactive tools has the opportunity to help users digest multiple and complex information. OCHA’s Visual Information Unit, with technical support of ReliefWeb, has developed a pilot timeline map to display humanitarian information, situation timelines and maps.
Phase: RELEASED
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.
Phase: ALPHA
What has been the focus of humanitarians over the past decade? Which countries have experienced disasters? What are humanitarian organisations reporting about? Where have the humanitarian jobs been located? To help answer some of these important questions we've developed ‘ReliefWeb Content Trends’, an interactive way of analyzing ReliefWeb’s extensive humanitarian information database.
Phase: BETA
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.
Phase: RELEASED
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.
Phase: BETA
In 2015, mobile visitors to ReliefWeb increased by 71%. To meet this growing demand, ReliefWeb is developing four mobile apps: RW Country Briefs, RW Jobs, RW Videos and RW Highlights.
Phase: BETA
Origin: RW IDEAS
In 2015, mobile visitors to ReliefWeb increased by 71%. To meet this growing demand, ReliefWeb is developing four mobile apps: RW Country Briefs, RW Jobs, RW Videos and RW Highlights.
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.
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.
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.
Phase: ALPHA
Origin: RW IDEAS
What has been the focus of humanitarians over the past decade? Which countries have experienced disasters? What are humanitarian organisations reporting about? Where have the humanitarian jobs been located? To help answer some of these important questions we've developed ‘ReliefWeb Content Trends’, an interactive way of analyzing ReliefWeb’s extensive humanitarian information database.
Phase: BETA
Origin: RW IDEAS
Visualizing humanitarian information through interactive tools has the opportunity to help users digest multiple and complex information. OCHA’s Visual Information Unit, with technical support of ReliefWeb, has developed a pilot timeline map to display humanitarian information, situation timelines and maps.