| Products
and Services
The HIC provides support
to humanitarian coordination in Sri Lanka through a range of
information products and services.
Products
Coordination Tools.
The HIC is responsible for maintaining a number of key
coordination tools, including a
Contact Database,
Meeting Schedule,
and the
Who’s doing What Where (W3)
Database. The W3 database is a project tracking system
that enables better coordination of humanitarian assistance. To
check whether your organisation is listed, take a look at the
W3 database
Maps. The HIC produces, prints and
distributes a wide range of Cartographic and Thematic maps, as
well as providing hard copies of Satellite Images relating to
Sri Lanka. These map products are freely available via the website and
at any HIC office. To see the full range, visit the
Map Centre.
Website. The HIC
website is a portal to a wide range of reference materials drawn
from the entire humanitarian community. The website deals in
operational data, not publicity for individual organisations, in
order to support the humanitarian effort.
Services
Technical Support. The
HIC can provide technical support in key areas such as Geographic
Information Systems (GIS), database development, etc. We are
happy to help other organisations to improve their work in these
areas, although we do not have separate funds and work in an
advisory capacity only. To find out more, please
contact us.
Survey design. The
HIC can provide advice on survey design and implementation,
particularly helping organisations to collect data in a systematic
way that can be shared with the community. Visit the
HIC office to find out more.
Data Archiving.
The HIC is developing a data infrastructure that will become a
resource for the people of Sri Lanka in the future. By
collecting and incorporating multiple datasets into this
infrastructure (particularly spatial data), the HIC will
contribute to the future administration of Sri Lanka. |
