Ateliers

Anastasiia Tsymbalova & Noel O'Boyle, CartONG

Becoming a Power BI Buff: Plugging into cloud databases and other handy tips & tricks that will improve the user experience

How familiar are you with using Microsoft Power BI? Have you ever tried to use the full potential of a powerful analytical platform with your own data? Do you want to learn all the great tips on PowerBI that you’ve always dreamed of knowing better but never had time to delve into to connect to datasets, make your dashboard more performant, and more adapted to your users? During this webinar, we will help you get a grasp on the different types of data sources for PowerBI hosted on cloud-based services as well as how to connect to them. We will also explore recommendations on data preparation and visualization, as well as performance. In particular, the tips and tricks will focus on the functionalities included in PowerBI which can be used to create dashboards which have adaptable visualizations and are more intuitive for the user:

1. Multi-lingual dashboards where the user can select their preferred language
2. “Read-only” sections of dashboards to prevent unintended data filtering
3. Using the “Bookmarks” feature to control when objects are displayed
4. Using the “selections” feature for more control when designing the GUI

The workshop is geared towards any organization who would like to better understand the PowerBi workflow and who want to implement a project using PowerBI tools.
Requirements: Participants need PowerBI experience.

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

Lucile Colignon, CartONG

Comment impliquer le commanditaire dans une conception centrée utilisateur ? (en français)

Dans cet atelier d'initiation aux méthodologies d'UX Design, nous vous montrerons en quoi elles permettent d'améliorer la satisfaction du commanditaire. Nous utiliserons Klaxoon dans une session de créativité à distance pour esquisser ensemble une application de cartographie. Après vous avoir défini les différentes étapes de conception d'un produit digital, nous utiliserons plusieurs outils comme les personas, la carte d'empathie et le tri de carte pour réaliser in fine un prototype en fil de fer de notre application.

​Raphaël Brechard,Médecins Sans Frontières UK (Manson Unit)

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Tsongo Bienvenu Muluba,OpenStreetMap DRC,

Claire Halleux,OpenStreetMap DRC,

Mark Herringer,The Global healthsites mapping project,

Mumbere Kombi Jackson,OpenStreetMap DRC,

Denteh Okemanya, Kings Medical Centre (Ghana),

Marcel Reinmuth,Heigit,

Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala Krishnan,World Health Organization,

Jolynn Schmidt,Grid3.

Experience-sharing workshop: a look at different approaches and a few lessons learned on defining health catchment areas

Interested in discussing and experimenting with the GIS methods for defining health catchment areas? Do you have existing experience of geoprocessing with QGIS or any interest in humanitarian core medical GIS datasets? Appropriate response to a health-related emergency requires information about the locations of the health centres and the population they are serving. Among other things, health catchment areas are important for estimating the number of patients and the potential burden for a health facility. This workshop will introduce you to the theory and practice of defining the health lineation areas, and will help you to enforce this practice within your own country and context of interest.

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

Clément Dupont, Expertise France,

Thibault Genestoux, Efficoop,

François Kamano, Data4SDG,

Adeline Laulanie & Agnès Maître, Agence Française de Développement,

Martin Noblecourt, CartONG,

Nathalie Sidibé, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

L'open data, un levier pour renforcer la coordination et l'évaluation des projets de développement ? (en français)

Dans de nombreux pays du Sud la disponibilité et la qualité des données pour planifier, suivre et évaluer les projets de développement est encore limitée, notamment du fait des capacités encore insuffisantes des acteurs publics nationaux pour les centraliser, et d'un manque de coordination entre acteurs (bailleurs, opérateurs comme les ONG, ministères, et société civile). L'open data et le partage des données sont désormais identifiées comme des leviers puissants pour mutualiser ces informations, éviter les silos et assurer la durabilité des données. De nombreuses initiatives existent déjà, au niveau international (standards IATI, réseau Data4SDG, etc.), national (politiques des bailleurs & des gouvernements) et citoyen (projets participatifs comme OpenStreetMap ou Wikidata), cependant elles font encore face à des obstacles : manque d'appropriation institutionnelle durable, de moyens, initiatives concurrentes, etc. L'objectif de cet atelier sera de confronter les points de vue de différents acteurs afin d'ébaucher des bonnes pratiques à destination notamment des bailleurs et acteurs internationaux. Une attention particulière sera placée à la prise en compte de la perspective et des objectifs des acteurs du Sud qui doivent prendre toute leur place dans la gouvernance des données.

Cet atelier est proposé par l'Agence Française de Développement, sponsor principal du GeOnG.

François-Xavier Dosogne, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL Lebanon,

Frédéric Gibaudan, CAMEALEON consortium,

Edmond Wach, CartONG.

Securely sharing sensitive files for beginners

With the rising issue of digital rights in general, and especially in the case of vulnerable people whose data is being collected and processed by NGOs, many actors have developed data protection policies rightfully involving encryption. This workshop will teach why and how, in a few clicks and with free and user-friendly tools, to carry out different types of encryption according to your needs and circumstances.

This workshop requires attendants to have a computer with an Internet access, an email account access, and the following software installed (all free, open source and available on Windows or Linux):

• 7-zip: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
• Cryptomator (select full install with Dokany): https://cryptomator.org/downloads/
• Signal Messenger Desktop (needs a pairing with a smartphone): https://signal.org/download/
• Ideally, attendants should also have a cloud synchronisation client connected to a working account. For example: Google Backup & Sync with a Google Drive account Microsoft OneDrive with a Microsoft OneDrive account Nextcloud Desktop with a Nextcloud account

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

Software and Data Interoperability in Mapping and GIS: Can you collaborate seamlessly with your partners?

Most of us favour a particular set of software tools and data formats we are familiar with, both as individuals and as organisations. This is normal and necessary, but it prompts a number of questions, including:

1. What happens when we want to work with partners who are using a different toolset from us - are we able to collaborate on projects, or hand them over to others to work on?
2. Do the tools we use give us the functionality we need - or are we are we missing out because we haven't looked beyond them?
3. Are we paying for licences for software which could easily be replaced with an open source equivalent? 4) How well do our tools interface with others without custom development?
4. How much time are we spending recreating work done elsewhere, or processing data to make it fit our systems?
5. What skills and information do we need to make these choices?

This workshop will help delegates to analyse their own software and data infrastructure, with a focus on desktop GIS but including other parts of the IM ecosystem where appropriate, including data, styling, map templates, map projects, and data storage. It will include: a presentation to introduce and set out the issues, breakout groups (4 people) to analyse individual and organizational issues, using a provided structure, short demos of specific tools and techniques relevant to interoperability, polls to gauge current tool usage and attitudes as well as a plenary discussion to share outcomes and conclusions

Issues covered in the workshop will include:

1. Tool selection: what should you consider before embarking on a project. Open standards: which ones are relevant?
2. Proprietary and open source - can we get the best of both worlds?
3. Conversion tools: what's available for moving between systems?
4. What next: steps you can take to improve interoperability.

One outcome of the workshop might be a proposal for an 'interoperability charter' which could be adopted by organisations committed to removing barriers to collaboration and to widening participation in map making and information management.

LauraGuzmán & Paola Verhaert, The Engine Room

Building Responsible Data reflexes

In this workshop, participants will receive an introduction to Responsible Data (RD) for organisations, as well as learn how they can operationalise RD in their own organisation. The workshop will be aimed at newcomers or beginners; no prior knowledge will be required.

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

Fostering Data Curiosity to the Last Mile: Practical ways to promote data discovery and analysis with those collecting data at the heart of a project.

How often does analyzed data find its way back to the Last Mile to those closest to the collection source? To those collecting data in the Last Mile, it feels as if there is an endless flow of data collection without seeing results because data is often analyzed and reports written by those far away. Let’s discuss some practical ways to promote data discovery and analysis with those collecting data at the heart of the project.

How can we change the way we work by integrating participatory mapping methodologies?

This workshop aims at discussing and exchanging on the use of participatory mapping in humanitarian and development projects and what this approach can bring to the table. The strengths of participatory mapping are numerous: community engagement and inclusion, data based on local knowledge that provides insightful information at different steps of the project cycle, etc. The workshop participants will be encouraged to exchange on good practices and relevant experiences as well as to brainstorm on how to integrate participatory mapping tools and methodologies in two different scenarios: one taking place in an informal urban neighborhood and the other one centered on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Imagining a Humanitarian GIS Hub

In an effort to continually improve the relevance of its solutions offering and to provide a space for exchange of experience in the use of its tools Esri is currently redesigning its Humanitarian Solutions webpage into a 'Humanitarian GIS Hub'. The intent is to provide an online space that provides use-case-specific 'packages' of templates, documentation, training material, case studies, user references, and more. Before putting pen to whiteboard we would love to hear your views on what a useful Hub would look like for you. What sort of navigation would you like to be presented with? What material? What themes? Join us for a 90 minute ideation workshop and have your say on the development of Esri's new Humanitarian GIS Hub!

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

QGIS2web, dynamize your maps!

You’ve always been fascinated by dynamic and interactive maps? Playing with pieces of code doesn't scare you? Join our workshop to discover, be introduced to and practice the powerful QGIS2web plugin! You will learn how to easily create a dynamic map from a simple QGIS project - accessible both online and offline. You will leave the online workshop equipped to play the magic in your field operation.
Requirements: knowledge of QGIS is required

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

Survey Development: Cultural and linguistic considerations to enhance data collection

In this workshop, participants will review survey development basics, emphasizing survey modes and question design. Interwoven into each step of the process will be a deeper dive into cultural and linguistic considerations to ensure surveys are more inclusive and valid. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own challenges and solutions to surveying their populations and will work together in breakout rooms on sample survey questions to put their knowledge to action.

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

François Xavier Dosogne, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL Lebanon

Automated mobile messaging: a promising way to facilitate communication between beneficiaries and aid organizations and to improve accountability in the sector

One of the main challenges in the humanitarian sector is the deficiency of a systematic accountability system towards beneficiaries who thus feel their request, feedback and complaints are not enough taken into consideration. SOLIS, SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL’s (SI) innovation tackles this challenge through a WhatsApp bot service, an automated messaging platform for beneficiaries to communicate with any aid organization. This workshop will be centered on helping other organization reproduce/develop their own systems.

Définir les compétences en gestion des données programmes nécessaire à votre organisation : les identifier, les intégrer dans votre organigramme et les recruter (en français)

Les OSC peuvent éprouver des difficultés à définir correctement les compétences en matière de Gestion des Données Programmes (GDoP) dans leurs organisations internes, que ce soit sur le terrain ou au siège, et notamment lorsqu'il s'agit de comprendre quelles sont les compétences nécessaires dans une situation donnée, d’intégrer de manière fonctionnelle et pertinente la GDoP dans leurs organigrammes et, enfin, de recruter les profils appropriés. CartONG, avec la contribution de plusieurs OSC, est en train de concevoir un ensemble d’outils RH-GDoP pour soutenir les OSC dans leurs défis RH liés à la gestion des données. A l’heure actuelle, l’ensemble comprend : un référentiel de compétences, des fiches détaillées par compétences et des exemples de scénarios et organigrammes pour incorporer la GDOP dans une organisation. Les participants se verront présenter ces outils et seront ensuite encouragés à réfléchir aux défis auxquels ils sont confrontés lorsqu'il s'agit de définir, intégrer et recruter les compétences nécessaires en matière de gestion de données, puis à voir comment les outils conçus par CartONG peuvent les aider face à ces défis. L'atelier sera l'occasion de confronter notre travail en cours avec vos pratiques et vos besoins. Il permettra également d'élargir la compréhension de ces compétences et des profils pertinents à recruter pour des personnes non-spécialistes dans la gestion des données programmes. Les participants qui s'inscrivent à l'atelier recevront une copie des outils quelques jours avant la date, ils devront les lire au préalable pour faciliter la conduite de l'atelier.

Enhancing visualization: pushing QGIS to its limit - Workshop on advanced label and data management to display 3W maps

3W is a well-known map for those working in the humanitarian and development sectors, but do you know how to produce it? Join our technical workshop and understand how to set your data and display it efficiently on QGIS. 3W Maps, for - Who does What Where - assert themselves as reference maps for projects overview and communication. It is therefore necessary to understand how to set up this kind of maps by pushing QGIS to its limits. This workshop is for intermediary & advanced users of QGIS who wish to set up 3W maps or simply understand how to structure their data and use advanced label expressions linked to a custom icon font in QGIS 3. Please note that we’ll provide a data set to participants before the workshop and that all participants will also need to install a special font on their laptop prior to the session (an email will be sent a few days before the workshop to all participants).

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

Clémence Beugnot, Loan Costil, CartONG

Favoriser l’accès à l’information pour les personnes migrantes grâce aux cartes : enjeux et perspectives (en français)

Comment la carte peut-elle favoriser l’accès à l’information pour des personnes migrantes et/ou en précarité ? A travers la présentation de cartes réalisées par les bénévoles de l’association CartONG et distribuées par des maraudes à Bordeaux durant le confinement en France cette année, cet atelier en ligne vise à échanger sur le potentiel de l’utilisation des cartes dans le secteur de l’action sociale en France et ailleurs. De la collecte des données à leur mise à jour, en passant par le choix des outils (carte numérique ou carte papier) : rejoignez-nous pour imaginer ensemble comment mettre les cartes au service des personnes migrantes ou en précarité et de celles et ceux qui les accompagnent !

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.

Privacy by design: Cloud storage of beneficiary data in a third country

Data collection is crucial to get a better understanding of context and make adequate decisions to respond to the beneficiary needs. Traditionally, data is collected on paper and stored locally. Only the statistics are transferred to EU-based countries for further analysis. New tools like mobile data collection can help collect primary data about local needs, population movements or existing infrastructures more easily. The collected data is then directly stored on the cloud, on servers based outside the country. What does this imply in terms of data protection, particularly concerning the GDPR? Regarding the fact that the collected data may be considered as sensitive, which kind of security measures have to be implemented? What are the rights of the beneficiaries regarding their personal data and which information should be provided to them? In this workshop, we will assess each step of the implementation of a data collection project regarding personal data protection regulations, focusing on one concrete example: the deployment of health care workers in charge of active case identification and contact tracing of Covid-19 in the field.

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Using ActivityInfo as a Geographic Information System

A workshop that focuses on the mapping tool of the ActivityInfo platform and how it can be used by teams with little or no prior knowledge on GIS or information management to analyze and map the information collected in the system.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the workshop participants will be able to create their own maps using the platform to present data collected.
Prerequisites: No prior knowledge on GIS is required.
Recommendations to participants: A laptop is required for hands-on practice, please check with the requirements of the system: http://help.activityinfo.org/m/84877/l/1114451-requirements

Pour regarder cet atelier, cliquez ici.