Roderick BesselingShort Introduction to the International Aid Transparency InitiativeThe International Aid Transparency Initiative is an open data standard used to promote transparency and accountability in international…Dec 11, 2017Dec 11, 2017
Roderick BesselingAs local as possible and as international as necessaryWith the Grand Bargain agreement and Charter 4 Change pledges made and signed earlier this year, it looks like the humanitarian sector is…Oct 10, 2016Oct 10, 2016
Roderick BesselingReflections on the Nepal EarthquakeLike many people, I was personally and emotionally affected by the earthquake in Nepal on the 25th of April 2015. I spent a few months…May 4, 2015May 4, 2015
Roderick BesselingBright futures: Rapid Innovation ChallengeIn preparation for the high-level conference for Responsible Data for Humanitarian Response at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 24–25…Feb 23, 2015Feb 23, 2015
Roderick BesselingDevelopment Practitioner SeminarThe great thing about students is that they often ask the most critical and inquisitive questions during a presentation. I was very happy…Feb 3, 2015Feb 3, 2015
Roderick BesselingIATI as a Communication ToolOne of the pitfalls of IATI is that it is often perceived as just another convention an organization has to comply to because it wants to…Nov 18, 2014Nov 18, 2014
Roderick BesselingCan Google Trends Help When Launching a Humanitarian Appeal on Ebola?Different national development and humanitarian coalitions are currently launching appeals to combat Ebola in West Africa. The Disasters…Oct 29, 2014Oct 29, 2014
Roderick BesselingProject UpdatesProject updates, using Akvo RSR’s Update feature, is simply about adding qualitative project information ad-hoc to existing projects. In…Sep 26, 2014Sep 26, 2014
Roderick BesselingOpen Data Website DevelopmentsAs we continue to work on making data a primary process at all levels at Cordaid, we are working both internally and externally on making…Sep 18, 2014Sep 18, 2014
Roderick BesselingStoryMap: HealthcareCordaid is one of the champions in the open development movement. Cordaid uses its own open dataset for many different purposes, such as…Sep 10, 20141Sep 10, 20141
