instedd.org/network_group/international-organizations/Network: International Organizations
United Nation's Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
The organization: Founded in 1946, UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.
The relationship: We have provided consulting and technology support for UNICEF’s OpsCen (Emergency Operations Center) incident management tools since 2008, and have provided prototypes of mobile education technologies integrating Moodle and GeoChat in collaboration with Grameen Solutions.
Open Mobile Consortium
The consortium: The Open Mobile Consortium is an organization formed from MobileActive ‘08 in South Africa. The OMC charter is to foster the work of multiple organizations toward sharing open-source code and participating in standards design around the shared needs of mobile apps for health and humanitarian needs.
The relationship: InSTEDD’s first CTO, Robert Kirkpatrick, was elected the first Chair in 2008 and the OMC was managed from InSTEDD’s offices in California. Additional links/files to more info: http://www.open-mobile.org/