UNMISS engineers help monitor flood levels in South Sudan. Flooding causes massive disruptions and health risks to local populations and can also drive conflict. Monitoring impacts and tracking that data through a dashboard gives the mission early warning of floods and the displacement of populations that result. This is letting UNMISS develop targeted responses to prevent conflict before it starts. Photo: UNMISS / Gregório Cunha. This story was written by Mark McCarthy (right) and Parham Kouloubandi (left), from UN Peacekeeping’s Digital Enablement Team. Mr. McCarthy is a Senior Data Officer with working on the digital transformation of peacekeeping. Mr. Kouloubandi is an Associate Expert, with experience promoting digital innovation through data and artificial intelligence. Peacekeeping missions operate in diverse environments with varying mandates, making every mission distinct, but all share a need for data. It gives peacekeepers critical insights about their operating environments and the impact their work is having, letting them more safely and effectively advance peace and security goals for the communities they serve. However, collecting and leveraging reliable data requires managing and analysing a flood of information. When missions do not have the capacity to do this, data remains unused and opportunities to inform and strengthen […]
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