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BUILDING PEACE
A F O R U M F O R P E A C E A N D S E C U R I T Y IN T H E 2 1S T C E N T U R Y
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HEADLINES
EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION
We use Facebook to schedule the
protests, Twitter to coordinate and
YouTube to tell the world.
» Newsweek called it Egypt's
"Facebook Revolt"
» Fast Company argued "Massive
Egyptian Protests Powered by
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Twitpic"
– STATEMENT BY ACTIVISTS IN CAIRO DURING THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION
A HOW-TO GUIDE
Leveraging New Technology in Conflict-Prevention Efforts
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EXAMINE ALL TOOLS
Even if you crowdsource your hammer,
not every problem is a nail.
CONSIDER THE CONTEXT
By making needs assessments and
feasibility studies a standard practice.
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DO NO HARM
A conflict-sensitive approach remains vital
from conception to completion of any
initiative involving new technologies.
Technology is only
10% of the equation
while the rest is about humans
using that technology.
–CHRIS NEU, TECHCHANGE COO
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USE TECHNOLOGY
To help information flow
horizontally more than vertically.
ESTABLISH CONSENSUS
Regarding ownership, use, and sharing
of information.
FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS
For better results.
woman with a laptop
can be MORE POWERFUL
than a man with a gun.
BY SITTING BEHIND OUR COMPUTERS.
We’re meeting up in the streets. And it’s not just happening
in Rio and São Paulo. Small towns in the interior are
protesting. We have a whole country protesting.
BUILDING PEACE | March 2015
Throughout, and don’t reinvent the wheel.
Sometimes a
WE DON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE
– MARCELO TAS, BRAZILIAN JOURNALIST
INTEGRATE LOCAL INPUT
INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE, 2013
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– WORLD PULSE ACTIVIST ON THE CRISIS IN CRIMEA
It’s become relatively commonplace
to find corners of Africa that have
good cell coverage
but no electrical power.
– ETHAN ZUCKERMAN, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR CIVIC MEDIA,
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY