- To provide a free global resource for using social media and new technologies in emergencies.
- To provide guidelines on how to utilise social media in all phases of emergency management (PPRR):
- Emergency Prevention/Mitigation
- Emergency Preparation
- Emergency Response
- Emergency Recovery
- To facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing and crowdsourcing across the emergency, government, community, NGO, education, health, business, ICT and media sectors.
- To share news on the latest developments in emergency 2.0 communications.
