SAHIMS aims at improving access to humanitarian information resources in the region, facilitating data and knowledge sharing amongst humanitarian actors and promoting best practices. Acknowledging that country governments, NGOs, UN agencies and international players need reliable data to plan a comprehensive disaster response, SAHIMS.NET works towards that effort as well as supporting longer term sustainable information management practices for recovery and development goals. SAHIMS has a comparative advantage in three areas: Web Data/Information Dissemination, Training for skills development (Database, GIS, Data Analysis, Data Visualisation, Web Internet Services and Communication) as well as Direct Support to country partners.