Partners
FMO provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources
dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed
for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or
anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information
in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of
human displacement issues to an international community of users.
The RSC hosts FMO and is "part of the University of Oxford's
International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House. Its objectives
are to carry out multidisciplinary research and teaching on the
causes and consequences of forced migration; to disseminate the
results of that research to policy makers and practitioners, as
well as within the academic community; and to understand the experience
of forced migration from the point of view of the affected populations."
The pilot project was made possible by the generous funding of
the Mellon Foundation. The Foundation makes grants in higher education,
museums and art conservation, performing arts, population, conservation
and the environment, and public affairs.
OAD was founded by the University of Oxford's Institute of Archaeology,
and specialises in the research and development of software using
open source applications. The company aims to produce easy-to-use
software can be accessed on almost any computer with an Internet
connection or CD-ROM drive. OAD are working together with FMO's
own technical team to develop proof-of-concept simulations and identify
appropriate technologies and development tools.
TALL was set up in 1996 with the aim of creating Internet-mediated
courses of the highest quality. By combining course development
with research into technology-assisted learning, TALL provides online
courses with a distinctive Oxford approach, combining innovative
learning and teaching techniques with individual support. TALL was
founded by Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education
which has been working to extend opportunities for study at Oxford
for more than 120 years. The group are researching the pedagogical
aspects the project including the evaluation current training method,
and identifying learning aims and objectives
Advice on health issues is being provided by the Program
on Forced Migration and Health which is run by
The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
The ReliefSim team have also worked with the University's
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning to develop simulation
prototypes, research simulation technologies and organise user testing
with Mailman students.
The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian
NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. A two-year process
of inter-agency collaboration saw Sphere frame a Humanitarian Charter
and identify Minimum Standards to be attained in disaster assistance,
in each of five key sectors (water supply and sanitation, nutrition,
food aid, shelter, and health services). The team are working with
Sphere to ensure that the simulation reflects the Minimum Standards
that are used in the real world.
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Refugee Studies Centre - University of Oxford, 2003