UN GLOBAL PULSE: UNGIWG Use CaseHarnessing innovation to protect the vulnerable

Sara FarmerChief Platform Architect, UN Global PulseExecutive Office of the Secretary-GeneralUnited Nations HeadquartersNew York, NY

Capability to be developed

Early warning of “stress” in population

From stress markers found in real-time data

And non-marker-specific data anomolies

Backed up by static contextual data

Combined Government & UN analysis facility

Specific to region (but NY lab covers 'world')

High-priority issues

License agreements (both ways) So PulseLabs can share data with governments and private bodies

Data Privacy Protection Agreements, technology to allow us to use non-anonymised data without damaging provider reputation

Access to more real-time UN DatasetsWe're looking everywhere: we can't find markers without access to data.

ToolsetAvoid reinventing e.g. phone-based surveys

Stakeholders

UN Agencies - Hold data that could be contain vulnerability data Private companies - Hold data that could be contain vulnerability data Legal - Understand copyright, IPR and data protection issues. Government Bodies and Analysts - Who use the data products Private Individuals and Communities - subjects of GP analysis Open Source/ Data/ Collaboration communities - tools, data, time, expertise

Needs for Real-time data and Social Media Feeds

Near real-time data: lots of it! Market activity (SMS) etc

Social Media: all of them! Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Search engine results Quora SMS log data etc

ICT/ Geomatics Skill Sets Needed

Social media management Statistical analysis Big data processing Crowd management Open innovation management Community engagement Data visualisation Agile application development