CDAC

Overview

The CDAC Network is a growing platform of more than 30 humanitarian, media development, social innovation, technology, and telecommunication organisations, dedicated to saving lives and making aid more effective through communication, information exchange and community engagement.

• Vision: A world in which the needs of people affected by humanitarian crises are addressed more effectively and quickly, and they are respected and valued as agents of their own response and recovery.

• Purpose: The CDAC Network brings together diverse local, regional and global actors to catalyse communities’ ability to connect, access information and have a voice in humanitarian emergencies. Through convene and collaborate, undertake research and share learning, strengthen capacity, advocate, innovate and work with technology so that the humanitarian sector is stronger in:

• Providing timely, accurate, and reliable information to people preparing for, or affected by, disasters
• Supporting affected communities to connect or regain contact with friends, neighbours, family and the humanitarian response system
• Developing good practice with communities and humanitarian response organisations to effect policy and systems change
• Using the creativity of non-traditional partners with different operating cultures to bring about effective change on the ground
• Supporting and promoting collaboration across sectors to bring information and communication to the forefront of humanitarian response