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Pacific Humanitarian Team
Information Management
Day 3, session 7
“Information itself is very directly about
saving lives. If we take the wrong
decisions, make the wrong choices about
where we put our money and our effort
because our knowledge is poor, we are
condemning some of the most deserving
to death or destitution.”
John Holmes, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator
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Presentation overview
Update Information Management
Update DIMS Fiji project
Use of satellite imagery - UNSPIDER
SOPs for IM: baseline data + rapid
assessment
Update Information Management
IM as a cluster: bring in line with global practice
Use of website PDN/PHT
2 Extra Staff IM/HA
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Strengthening Disaster Information
Management Systems in Fiji - project
Government of Fiji (NDMO), FRCS, IFRC,
ISDR, OCHA, SOPAC, TAF/OFDA, UNDP,
UNFPA, UNICEF
3 day workshop in September
Use of baseline data
Rapid Needs Assessment / IDA
Tools and Procedures
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Informa
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Developed from a paper given at RUSI by Peter Power, Visor Consultants, July 2004
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Desired Future Situation
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Information Management Cycle
1. Collection
2. Processing &
Management
3. Analysis
4. Dissemination
Decisions
The ‘Virtuous Cycle’
1. Convince
partner to share
2. Add value to
information
3. Disseminate
quickly
4. Partner sees
net benefit
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Outcomes and follow up
Short term actions with existing resources:
TA to NDMO
Review EOC
Strengthen collaboration NDMO, FLIS, BOS
Collect key baseline information
Harmonize assessment forms
Medium/Long term project planning
Capacity building NDMO + FLIS
Develop data standards
Establish systems
Training
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Month 2 onward
2) Rapid multi‐sectoral
3) Expanded multi‐sectoral
4) In‐depth sectoral
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PHT use of Baseline Information
OCHA to liaise with data holders, NDMO and
cluster leads to acquire relevant baseline data
Activation of International Charter/UNSPIDER
Liaise with SOPAC, SPREP, Dept of Lands,
MapAction and other technical orgnanisations
to bring in mapping capacity
PHT Rapid Needs Assessment – Quick
fix
Rapid Situation overview / fly over Y/N
Initial Rapid Assessment/IDA undertaken already
(Govt/Red Cross) Y/N
IRA provides necessary information Y/N
PHT support to IRA (assessment, processing, analysis)
Y/N
PHT undertake IRA or specific rapid assessment Y/N
In close consultation with NDMO, Red Cross and key
sectors.
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Q & A