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Happy birthday to Saundra and all the staff at D-TRAC! Below the radar, D-TRAC have been doing a lot of legwork in terms of practical NGO accountability. Focused tightly on post-tsunami Thailand, they provide a physical focal point with dedicated staff working on support to the NGO community.

One of the things that their work demonstrates is that it takes a lot of resources to reach even a basic level of co-ordination – which in turn raises the question of how to expand this type of work to have a wider reach. They’re now looking at how they can open offices in other countries, providing the same field-focused services.

Tracking organisations has been one of D-Trac’s big concerns, and we’ve been talking about whether Sahana might be adapted to their needs. The news that OCHA is going to throw open their Who’s doing What Where application to the community might make it possible for us to collectively develop a W3 system that can be implemented across the entire humanitarian community on an open platform.