REACH

Inter-cluster/sector assessment workshop25 November 2012

PART 1:INTRODUCTION TO REACH

A joint initiative of ACTED, IMPACT and UNOSAT.• GIS/DB team in Geneva• REACH focal points in countries of intervention

(e.g. Kyrgyzstan, South Sudan, Philippines)

Fill information gaps that limit aid actors’ planning, coordination, targeting i.e. decision making (e.g. in post-emergency responses, support to early recovery efforts, refugee camp management)

WHAT

WHY

Support to, and collaboration with, aid coordination bodies Know-how & capacity in data collection and analysis.Operational information products

HOW

Refugee settlement according to tribal affiliation in Yida camp, Unity State, South Sudan

Coverage of water points in Yida camp, Unity State, South Sudan

Added value is in combination of data collection and analysis/mapping capacities: geo-referencement

Association of DBs enables variety of spatial analyses and the tracking of various information

DB set up for information management in Jamam camp, Upper Nile State, South Sudan

PART 2:SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ASSESSMENT

PLATFORM

Obj: centralisation of operational data for the whole humanitarian community

Support to the establishment of an assessment framework:Inter-agency process (e.g. assessment TWG)Methodology, indicators, tools, SOPs, etc.

Centralisation of data:Association of existing datasets to geo DBCollection of georef. data during new assessmentsData entry: what interface?

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• Current REACH interface: traditionnal DB

• Development of a more suitable input interface?E.g.: Data sent directly to a server where it is aggregated and then processed/extracted as required

Analysis/mapping & outputs:Availability of raw data Static mapping Interacive web-mapping

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Example of interactive web-map

yemen.reach-initiative.org

COMMENTS AND

QUESTIONS?

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