Abstract
Ask most people in mine action what is meant by regional information management and they will talk to you about the consolidation of country-specific mine action information at centralized regional locations. They may talk about the need for data aggregation, the reluctance of programmes to provide data and the generally slow pace of the work. In almost all cases, they will mention data analysis and comparisons between the work completed in different programmes as key elements in regional systems. Most of the examples given will focus on efforts that fell short of expectations and failed to deliver on the promise of increased efficiency and improved resource allocation so often touted as reasons for regional or global data management. In short, for many people, regional information management is a concept that has seldom managed to maintain the constant flow of unconsolidated and standardized data required to achieve its real potential over the long term.
Recommended Citation
Berger, Simon and Arnold, Alan
(2004)
"The GICHD Regional Support Centre: An Approach to Regional Information Management,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 8
:
Iss.
2
, Article 2.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol8/iss2/2
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