SAFE AI (Standards and Assurance Framework for Ethical AI) is the first operational governance framework for AI in humanitarian action: so deployments can be seen, compared and improved. Free to use: download the Framework and Tools & Guidance here.

This briefing outlines how each step of the SAFE AI Framework has been designed to support the seven characteristics of trustworthy AI, as based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework.

This briefing sets out the main categories of risk that arise when humanitarian organisations deploy AI, and shows how the SAFE AI Framework and its tools respond to each.

In 2025, CDAC launched a new initiative in collaboration with Valent to use AI to identify inauthentic networks and monitor manipulation of online narratives in Sudan’s war. This report examines the project’s co-design ambitions, reviews the integration of AI into humanitarian response, measures the project’s operational impact on Sudanese and international partners, and draws together key lessons from the pilot.

Inauthentic networks use coordinated fake social media accounts, bots and mass engagement tactics to manipulate and amplify narratives at scale. This tipsheet explains how humanitarians can identify coordinated inauthentic network behaviour, assess the risks and respond.

AI governs who gets aid, yet the humanitarian sector has no shared framework to govern AI. SAFE AI’s inaugural briefing establishes why the governance gap is structural, why global frameworks don't translate to humanitarian realities, and what independent assurance must look like.

This guide provides a framework for disseminating lifeline messages to people affected by crises in Papua New Guinea via trusted and accessible communications channels. It also includes key messages and channels for sharing them.

Avaliable in English and Swahili, this guide provides a snapshot of the media environment in Kenya, including digital and social media, radio, television, print and other traditional forms of mass communication. The aim is to facilitate reliable, trusted and timely communication, particularly during crises, and to promote a healthy information environment in Kenya.

In times of emergency, finding reliable information online can be challenging. This tipsheet offers practical advice to help you identify trustworthy information and avoid misinformation.

As communications blackouts continue to cut Gaza off from access to information and connectivity, CDAC Network issues an urgent call to let Gazans speak, connect with one another and make informed decisions.

This report presents findings from a study aiming to understand the information ecosystem in northwest Syria, where communication and engagement occur in a sensitive and highly politicised environment.

This report presents findings from a study aiming to understand the information flows and communication ecosystem in post-earthquake Türkiye. The findings are intended to facilitate informed, inclusive and accountable response and recovery planning to meet the needs of affected people.

Through its public events in 2021, CDAC Network explored digital communication and accountability – in particular, asking how technology could offer a tipping point in shifting the power in aid. This policy brief outlines our key takeaways.

This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in Afghanistan, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media.

Produced in January 2022, this Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media at that time in Belarus. It includes an analysis of the recent shocks to the media landscape and an overview of the different types of media and information sources available for Belarusians.

This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in the Palestinian territories, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media.

This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in Malawi, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media.

This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in Burkina Faso, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media.

This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in Morocco, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media.

This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in Pakistan, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media.