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HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS: IMMAP SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS BY PROVIDING TARGETED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO PARTNERS ENGAGED IN THIS CHALLENGING WORK. IMMAP IS AN OFFICIAL STANDBY PARTNER TO THE UNITED NATION AGENCIES, PROVIDING SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED HUMAN RESOURCES IN HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES. SUPPORTED BY THE USAID/ OFDA. THE LOCATION, DURATION, AND TASKS OF THESE DEPLOYMENTS ARE DEFINED JOINTLY WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY-BASED OPERATIONAL NEEDS. IMMAP CURRENTLY HOLDS SBP RELATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH 10 UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES: FAO, OCHA, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, UN WOMEN, WHO, AND WFP. IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH USAID/OFDA FUNDING, IMMAP WORKED WITH THE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY TO ESTABLISH A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE (COP) THAT MERGED INFORMATION ON HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS, HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION, FOOD SECURITY, AND WATER, PHYSICAL SECURITY, AND LANDMINE/EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR (ERW) CONTAMINATION. THIS COP ALLOWED ORGANIZATIONS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. THESE ACTIVITIES NOT ONLY FACILITATED MORE ACCURATE TARGETING OF HUMANITARIAN AID PROGRAMMING IN AFGHANISTAN BUT ALSO ALLOWED HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADAPT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING SECURITY RISKS, MINIMIZING POTENTIAL HAZARDS TO THEIR PROJECTS, STAFF AND BENEFICIARIES. IMMAP INITIATED THE DEDICATED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH USAID/OFDA ADDRESSES THE SPECIFIC DRR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT NEEDS OF BOTH THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY. OUR DRR PROGRAM PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS AIMED AT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATING THE SCALE AND IMPACT OF FUTURE DISASTER SCENARIOS. FUNDED BY USAID/ OFDA AND IN PARTHERSHIP WITH OCHA, THE IMMAP INFORMATION MANAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER WAS LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE OF SYRIA STRUCTURE WITH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING SERVICES. SPECIFICALLY, IMRC AIMS TO ENHANCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING CAPACITY OF SYRIAN AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS RESPONDING TO THE SYRIA CRISIS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMON SERVICES, CORRDINATION SUPPORT, CAPACITY BUILDING AND AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. IMMAP IN YEMEN WITH USAID/OFDA FUNDING SUPPORTS CLUSTERS AND INTER-CLUSTER COORDINATION WHICH EXTENDS ITS IM SUPPORT AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION SERVICES TO UN OCHA, CLUSTER/SECTOR LEADS, NGOS, UN AGENCIES (ESPECIALLY THOSE PROVIDING LIFESAVING SERVICES) AND THE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY IN GENERAL; TO ENSURE COHERENT, STRATEGIC AND EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. IMMAP IN NIGERIA WITH USAID/OFDA FUNDING DEPLOYS SKILLED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICERS TO ALL ACTIVE HUMANITARIAN SECTORS, THUS HELPING TO LAY THE FOUNDATION OF SOUND DATA COLLECTION MECHANISM, BETTER ANALYSIS AND REPORTING TO THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE DONORS, THE NGOS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS OF THE CRISIS. IMMAP IN COLOMBIA IS PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPACITY REQUIRED TO BUILD A MULTISECTOR PICTURE OF THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF THE VENEZUELA SITUATION. IN COLOMBIA, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE NUREAU OF POPULATIONS MIGRATIONS AND REFUGEES IMMAP PROVIDED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TO ALL OF THE PRIORITIZED SECTORS, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, ENHANCING COORDINATION AND OVERALL QUALITY OF THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO THIS CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. IMMAP IN ETHIOPIA - THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA BY STRENGTHENING THE IM CAPACITY OF SECTORS' MEMBERS IN THEIR RESPONSE: ADVANCE THE MECHANISM FOR REGULARLY IDENTIFYING NEEDS OF POPULATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE BETTER DATA TO THE INTER-SECTORAL COORDINATION MECHANISM LED BY UNOCHA. IN RESPONSE TO THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND FUNDED BY USAID/ OFDA, IMMAP CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION AND ITS RESPONSE CAPACITIES THROUGH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO HUMANITARIAN ACTORS IN CAMEROON. IMMAP PROVIDED CRITICAL SUPPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS, WFP, WHO AND UNICEF, IN CRISIS RESPONSE ACTIVITIES IN SYRIA, INDIA, PALESTINE AND YEMEN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (IM) SYSTEMS, IM COORDINATION CELLS, STRUCTURED SECTORAL DATA COLLECTION, AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)/MAPPING PRODUCTS TO BETTER INFORM HUMANITARIAN DECISION MAKING.

OTHER PROGRAMS:IMMAP IN IRAQ PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE DURABLE COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES (DCEO) PROJECT IMPLEMENTED BY CHEMONICS INTERNATION IN IRAQ SUPPORTED BY USAID. THIS INCLUDED EFFORTS THROUGH RESEARCH THAT GUIDES STRATEGIC AND LOCALIZED DECISION MAKING, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF GIS, PRODUCTION, DATA COLLECTION, AND DATA SYSTEMS.

HUMANITARIAN SAFETY AND SECURITY (HSS): IMMAP SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS BY PROVIDING TARGETED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO PARTNERS ENGAGED IN THIS CHALLENGING WORK. IN IRAQ, WITH US DEPARTMENT OF STATE FUNDING, IMMAP WORKED TO ESTABLISH A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE (COP) FOR HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION (HMA). THE COP FOR HMA IN IRAQ FOCUSES ON BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND ITS PARTNERS TO MANAGE LANDMINE AND EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR MITIGATION ACTIVITIES. WITH US DEPARTMENT OF STATE FUNDING, IMMAP WORKED TO MONITOR AND VERFIFY US FUNDED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS OF WAR (CWD) ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED INTERVALS TO CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS COMPLIANCE WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS. IN NORTHEAST SYRIA, WITH US DEPARTMENT OF STATE FUNDING, IMMAP PROVIDED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION SUPPORT TO HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION (HMA) ACTORS TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AND INCREASE CAPACITY BUILDING. FOR THE SYRIA CRISIS, WITH USAID/OFDA AND FOOD FOR PEACE FUNDING, IMMAP SUPPORTS RESPONDERS IN COUNTRY AND THE WIDER REGION TO BOLSTER THEIR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPACITY TO IMPROVE INTERVENTIONS AND MORE EFFECTIVELY COORDINATE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER OPERATIONS.

HEALTH INFORMATICS (HI) IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES: IMMAP DEVELOPS AND DEPLOYS CUTTING EDGE HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (HIM) SERVICES AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE AND COORDINATED RESPONSES TO GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES IMMAP STRIVES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STANDARD-SETTING, EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS THAT SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE GREATEST NEED OF ASSISTANCE. IMMAP WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC), AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) IN A NUMBER OF COMPLEMENTARY AREAS. IMMAP BOLSTORS INFORMATION MANAGEMENCAPACITY THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, FACILITATION, AND SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS, OPERATIONS AND SYSTEMS. BY BUILDING UNDERSTANDING AND CONSENSUS AROUND EMERGENCY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. IMMAP BRIDGES INFORMATION GAPS AND FACILIATETS INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING TO BUILD A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE AROUND KEY GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES.