<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all, <br><br></div>As discussed in the last Activation Working Group meeting, a short note about this first job (#884) [1] of the Northeast Nigeria Crisis activation that will be coordinated by Rafael and I.<br><br>The
Northeast Nigeria has been affected for years now by a complex
humanitarian crisis fueled by the insurgency of the Boko Haram group
which has gradually gained in intensity and impact affecting over the
past months its neighbouring countries and turning into a regional
crisis (check 6-Feb OCHA Report over the security situation in the State
of Borno [2]).<br>Baseline data (places, residential areas and building
as well as road networks) over this large affected region are needed
for the various actors engaged in the response of this complex regional
emergency. Several OSM initiatives have been lead in some areas (Nigeria
e-Health data import, mapping by local OSM groups from Niger and
Cameroun, as well as the efforts of individual efforts) and individual
efforts are still continuing.<br>Discussions with humanitarian actors
highlighted the relevance of OSM data in this crisis and a continued
effort but stressed at the same time the need to operate in a discrete
mode given the political conflict dimension of this crisis. <br><br>Best, <br>Nico<br><br>[1] <a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/884" target="_blank">http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/884</a><br>[2] <a href="http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/borno-state-situation-report-no-2-6-february-2015" target="_blank">http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/borno-state-situation-report-no-2-6-february-2015</a><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Nicolas Chavent<div>Projet OpenStreetMap (OSM)<br>Projet Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)<br></div><div>Projet Espace OSM Francophone (EOF)<br></div><div><div>Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20<br><a href="mailto:nicolas.chavent@hotosm.org" target="_blank"></a></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:nicolas.chavent@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicolas.chavent@gmail.com</a><br>Skype: c_nicolas<br>Twitter: nicolas_chavent<br></div></div></div></div>
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