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Sitting in the 2020 Global Humanitarian Policy Forum and listening to a very frank discussion of the community's response to COVID and 2020 in general, a live tweet https://www.unocha.org/2020-humanitarian-policy-forum
It's always interesting as a tech person to listen to these conversations and appreciate the gap between 'humanitarian tech/tech for good' and what these individuals actually express they need
#GHPF2020 Common themes: inequality and disparate impact of 2020's pandemic and climate crisis, basic needs at the front lines like funding, speeding up resource allocation.
Not being discussed as a need: biometric ID, drones, or any other invasive tech. It's almost like...tech people hop into "AI for Good" more for the AI than for the Good
Erosion of norms is a big issue being discussed - geopolitical issues of misinformation, lack of belief in science, the rise of authoritarian regimes - significant impact on socioeconomic and humanitarian issues
Audience question time! Of course I'm going to ask about whether or not applying emerging tech to these problems are helpful or harmful and what humanitarian leaders can do to better utilize the potential of this tech
Someone just posted this - standards for community engagement: https://www.unicef.org/mena/reports/community-engagement-standards
