InterAction and USAID have launched the Pandemic Preparedness Capacity Project to help prevent and understand pandemic disease outbreaks, in particular bird flu. The project platform has been crafted by Development Seed over open source technology with a great range of functionality for system administrators to access and manage data. The project offers a tremendous departing point to build up a platform to share knowledge and resources in order to prepare for pandemics. The bigger challenge remains in generating the needed conversation to see the effort grow to its full potential.