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The launch of SAFE AI at the UK government's Global Partnerships Conference in London, 19–20 May 2026 – presented by Helen McElhinney, Michael Tjalve, Anjali Mazumder and Nyalleng Moorosi. SAFE AI...

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In October 2025, CDAC Network hosted a co-design workshop in Kampala, Uganda for humanitarians working on the response to the war in Sudan. This film captures their personal experiences of online...

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Data, power and participation: towards the ethical adoption of tech – Nyalleng Moorosi, Senior Researcher at the Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute, gives the keynote speech at CDAC Network's...

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UNESCO's Ana Cristina Ruelas presents alarming findings from the World Trends Report on Freedom of Expression and Media Development, revealing an unprecedented decline in press freedom. Despite con...

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Ouboulè Abalo from Fondation Hirondelle's Radio Ndeke Luka in the Central African Republic (CAR) shares how trusted local media serves as a lifeline in crisis. The most listened-to radio station in...

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Charlotte Lindsey from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies presents findings from the World Disasters Report on harmful information in the humanitarian sector. She ...

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What does information in crisis mean in 2025? And how can media and humanitarian actors come together to tackle this new age of information disorder in crises? These are the questions discussed by...

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In a time of limited funding, what are future models for financing communication and information during crises? This panel will look at where we are, ten years after the Grand Bargain, and explore...

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Trust can make or break a humanitarian response, but in a crisis, who do people believe? This panel disucssion tackles this difficult question: How trust is built, lost, and repaired in the midst ...

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လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေတွင် တာဝန်သိသော လုပ်ဆောင်မှုသည် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးမှ စတင်သည်။ နှစ်လမ်းသွား ဆက်သွယ်ရေးသည် အကူအညီဖြစ်သည် - အဘယ်ကြောင့်ဆိုသည်ကို လေ့လာကြည့်ပါ။ In a humanitaria...

Kristin Bergtora Sandvik discusses her new book 'Humanitarian extractivism: the digital transformation of aid' in a CDAC Expert Seminar exclusively for CDAC Network members. Kristin Bergtora Sandv...

With AI governance and regulation being hotly debated and poised to shape global aid dynamics, there is a growing call for crisis-affected communities – often the most disproportionately impacted b...

Humanitarian deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly mainstream. If we get it right, AI offers huge opportunities for more efficient and effective delivery of assistance...

As part of The Alan Turing Institute’s AI UK Fringe in March 2024, CDAC Network hosted an event at London’s Frontline Club to ask: ‘Do we need a humanitarian manifesto for AI?’ The keynote speech...

التواصل يتعدى مجرد تقديم المعلومات إلى الناس. ينبغي أن يكون الناس قادرين على المشاركة والتواصل عندما يحتاجون إلى ذلك، وبالطريقة المفضلة لديهم. بحيث يتم تقاسم القرارات، وتنفيذ العمليات بطريقة مسؤولة.

Communication helps people to make life-saving decisions in times of crisis. Communication also helps aid providers to ensure the services they provide meet the needs of affected communities. This...

ግንኙነት ለሰዎች መረጃ ብቻ ከመስጠት ያለፈ ነገር ነው ሰዎች ሲያስፈልጋቸው መሳተፍ እና መገናኘት አለባቸው፣ ይህም ውሳኔዎች እንዲጋሩ እና ሂደቶች ተጠያቂነት እንዲኖራቸው ያደርጋል።

Isgaarsiintu way ka badan tahay in dadka la siiyo war bixin oo kaliya. Dadku waa inay awoodaan inay ku lug yeeshaan oo ay isku xidhaan marka ay u baahan yihiin iyo sida ay door bidayaan. Si go’aan...

The concept of ‘information as aid’ is underpinned by the rights to information, expression and participation. Yet the humanitarian sector’s approach to information, two-way communication and accou...

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