Towards the Development of an Early Warning/Response Network
This article outlines a proposal put forth by the Prevention/Early Warning Unit at the Centrefor Refugee Studies, York University. The article describes the problems with early warning and how an early warning network (EWNET) can address these existing difficulties. This EWNET is described as an aca...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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York University Libraries
1996-01-01
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| Series: | Refuge |
| Online Access: | https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21882 |
| Summary: | This article outlines a proposal put forth
by the Prevention/Early Warning Unit
at the Centrefor Refugee Studies, York
University. The article describes the
problems with early warning and how
an early warning network (EWNET)
can address these existing difficulties.
This EWNET is described as an academic-
NGO-policy consortium that
over a period of a few years will become
self-sufficient through the involvement
of business. Utilizing the Internet,
EWNET will collect information from
all over the world, analyze and disseminate
such information. The link to
policy makers and the importance of
properly communicating alerts are discussed.
While a central management
team oversees EWNET, there are several
units working on administration,
sales and research. Furthermore, the
research unit is broken down into indicator,
communication, response and
area study research; the latter being
linked to twenty crises area nodes. This
structure assures that EWNET will
comprise a broad resource network as well as the links necessary for sending
uniform early warning signals. |
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| ISSN: | 0229-5113 1920-7336 |