Hey all,<div><br></div><div>Following up from Rob's post and contributing my two cents to this thread, I'm a little hesitant to put too much time into pursuing this, at least directly as HOT.</div><div><br></div><div>
Rob mentioned the "<span style>Community Mapping as a PeaceBuilding </span><span style>Tool" event at USIP last year, which was the culmination of a week long training on that topic in the Universities for Ushahidi program I ran last summer, inviting students from around the world to USIP (Ushahidi's funding partner) to learn about some of the tools and best practices in the field of participatory mapping. USIP recently invited the alumni from that program to apply, which is great to see and a wonderful gesture but one that leads me to believe it would make a stronger case to have local partners with strong ties in the community apply and list HOT as a potential partner.</span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>If that's already the plan for some or all of these applications, great, but I don't believe it will impress USIP to have HOT apply, even with a focus on remote partnerships, existing or not. Local partners applying naturally puts community and results over the data itself, which I think wil go a long way.</span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>Thanks,</span></div><div>R</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Ernst Suur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ikbenhet1981@gmail.com">ikbenhet1981@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all!<br>
<br>
Nice.<br>
<br>
If we want to put something together we should organize a brainstorm. I am available Friday.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Ernst<br>
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From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:<a href="mailto:reinier.battenberg@mountbatten.net">reinier.battenberg@mountbatten.net</a>]<br>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:55 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:hot@openstreetmap.org">hot@openstreetmap.org</a>; Ernst Suur<br>
Cc: Robert Soden; Kate Chapman; Ans de Jager; <a href="mailto:kim@fruitsofthought.org">kim@fruitsofthought.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [HOT] Fwd: [CrisisMappers] USIP Call for Proposals: "Participatory Digital Mapping, Local Media, and Community Engagement"<br>
<br>
Hi Robert & all,<br>
<br>
The friend in Uganda was me, so let me put in some thoughts from the Pearl of<br>
Africa.<br>
<br>
First of all, Kony is *not* in Uganda anymore. At the moment there is no<br>
immenent conflict inside Uganda that we can do peacebuilding with.<br>
<br>
However.<br>
<br>
There is still a lot of post-conflict support in the North of Uganda where the<br>
LRA used to be active. About 3 years ago, the government started to move<br>
people out of the camps they had been living in for up to 20 years. Basically,<br>
the region is been re-populated in some areas. Skills are low (even for things<br>
like agriculture), infrastructure is improving and there are a *lot* of<br>
children & young people (and NGO's to help them).<br>
If we find (in a week) the perfect partner on the ground, there is a lot we<br>
could do in this area. In the CC, Ans de Jager & Ernst Suur from Warchild,<br>
with whom we have been discussing ideas of integrating OSM activities into the<br>
rebuilding of Northern Uganda. One of them is to partner with a tour operator<br>
and organise mapping days for tourists, led by members from the local OSM<br>
community.<br>
<br>
My second line of thougths is land issues. Uganda has one of the fastest<br>
growing populations in the world. It also discovered oil, recently. Add to<br>
that a very inaccurate land-registry and extremely complicated land-ownership<br>
laws. The next 20 years one of the main sources of conflict in Uganda will be<br>
land issues. This is more a pre-conflict situation.<br>
Its pretty obvious that good maps can play a vital role in these issues. I<br>
have not found the right, concrete, project proposal ready idea for this<br>
though. Feel free to make suggestions.<br>
<br>
rgds,<br>
<br>
Reinier<br>
<br>
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On Tuesday 27 March 2012 10:36:41 Robert Soden wrote:<br>
> Hey guys,<br>
><br>
> Just a few quick thoughts.<br>
><br>
> Participation in the mapping of your city/neighborhood/country is one<br>
> means to participating in a broader dialogue about the state of<br>
> things, what is important, and being engaged in the the processes that<br>
> the maps are intended to facilitate. Because OSM is a dynamic<br>
> dataset, constantly being updated or at least always update-able, I<br>
> think there are strong possibilities for framing our work as a free<br>
> and open conversation about a community that all community-members can<br>
> participate in. In doing so, there are clear links to peace-building<br>
> work.<br>
><br>
> USIP held an event last year on "Community Mapping as a PeaceBuilding<br>
> Tool." Might be worth talking to Patrick Meier or Rob Baker (I think<br>
> they were both there) about what was discussed and how it could help<br>
> us talk about HOT in the language of the peace-building work.<br>
><br>
> I forwarded this to a friend in Uganda when it first came up on the<br>
> CrisisMappers list to see if there was interest. Senegal just had a<br>
> historic election and we've talked about wanting to work in W Africa<br>
> for awhile too. There's a Drupal-shop there that has at times I think<br>
> been involved in mapping activities who we could also reach out to.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Robert<br>
><br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Robert<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Kate Chapman <<a href="mailto:kate@maploser.com">kate@maploser.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi Harry,<br>
> ><br>
> > I don't think with these types of proposals they always have to cover<br>
> > everything. I think just having infrastructure mapped can sometimes<br>
> > help with peacebuilding, because then you can look are resources. A<br>
> > similar example that HOT has worked on is to map IDP camps in Haiti<br>
> > for example by having that information available the effected<br>
> > population can be more aware of what is going on.<br>
> ><br>
> > There are also potentials for proposals where base data could be used<br>
> > to then start a large conversation. We would probably need a<br>
> > community partner for that though.<br>
> ><br>
> > -Kate<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Harry Wood <<a href="mailto:mail@harrywood.co.uk">mail@harrywood.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> Given that we clearly tick the box for Participatory Digital Mapping,<br>
> >> and have a lot to say about community engagement too, I'd say it<br>
> >> would make sense for HOT to be submitting a grant application to<br>
> >> USIP. There's a little more information about the mapping side of<br>
> >> things within a PDF linked at the bottom of that site.<br>
> >> <a href="http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition" target="_blank">http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> "The focus of this year’s Communication for<br>
> >> Peacebuilding solicitation is to support projects that<br>
> >> strengthen the impact of participatory digital<br>
> >> mapping initiatives by using local media and<br>
> >> community organizations to increase information<br>
> >> input from affected populations and information use<br>
> >> by relevant peacebuilding actors. "<br>
> >><br>
> >> A hard sell might be to explain what maps can offer for "peace<br>
> >> building", but this seems to be accepted as a premise of the grant<br>
> >> funding. I think the main challenge then is to devise a plan<br>
> >> involving "using local media and community organisations".<br>
> >><br>
> >> Harry<br>
> >><br>
> >> ________________________________<br>
> >> From: Kate Chapman <<a href="mailto:kate@maploser.com">kate@maploser.com</a>><br>
> >> To: <a href="mailto:hot@openstreetmap.org">hot@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 23:59<br>
> >> Subject: [HOT] Fwd: [CrisisMappers] USIP Call for Proposals:<br>
> >> "Participatory Digital Mapping, Local Media, and Community<br>
> >> Engagement"<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Hi All,<br>
> >><br>
> >> I think we should use this as an opportunity to brain storm<br>
> >> opportunities to work in places we've responded remotely in the past.<br>
> >> Or other ideas as well.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Best,<br>
> >><br>
> >> -Kate<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> >> From: Anand Varghese <<a href="mailto:vargheseanand@gmail.com">vargheseanand@gmail.com</a>><br>
> >> Date: Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:05 AM<br>
> >> Subject: [CrisisMappers] USIP Call for Proposals: "Participatory<br>
> >> Digital Mapping, Local Media, and Community Engagement" To:<br>
> >> <a href="mailto:crisismappers@googlegroups.com">crisismappers@googlegroups.com</a><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Hello All<br>
> >> The U.S. Institute of Peace’s Communication for Peacebuilding Priority<br>
> >> Grant Competition seeks to support innovative practice and research<br>
> >> designed to increase our understanding of how communication flows and<br>
> >> technology can best be leveraged to improve the practice of<br>
> >> peacebuilding. The theme of the 2012 competition is “Participatory<br>
> >> Digital Mapping, Local Media, and Community Engagement,” and the<br>
> >> entire call for proposals is available at<br>
> >> <a href="http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition#CFP" target="_blank">http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition#CFP</a>.<br>
> >> Please note that concept notes are due to USIP by April 6, 2012.<br>
> >> Projects are being funded in the range of $40,000 -- $60,000. USIP<br>
> >> Staff Contact: Elizabeth Murray, <a href="mailto:cfp@usip.org">cfp@usip.org</a>.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Cheers,<br>
> >><br>
> >> Anand Varghese<br>
> >> USIP<br>
> >><br>
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