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Steps to achieve harmonized assessments. Information in Disasters Workshop Tanoa Plaza Hotel, Suva, Fiji June 2011. Introduction. The crisis has happened, based on the scenario of yesterday.
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Steps to achieve harmonized assessments Information in Disasters Workshop Tanoa Plaza Hotel, Suva, Fiji June 2011
Introduction The crisis has happened, based on the scenario of yesterday. You have thought about the consequences, you have defined the main areas which are affected and the possible consequences of the disaster. You will decide amongst your groups what assessments will take place, and you will follow the guidelines in the IASC document that outlines the requirements of a coordinated assessment (pg5) You will then continue the Preliminary Scenario Definition from yesterday by adding the list of steps that you will take to ensure the assessments are harmonized, and the common datasets
First, why coordinate assessments promote a shared vision of needs and priorities establish an understanding of priority needs increase coverage use resources more efficiently obtain a more comprehensive picture of needs serve as a foundation for planning promote inter-agency learning encourage coordination during response reduce duplication of effort minimize beneficiary ”assessment fatigue” better guide donor funding identify gaps with greater precision support shared monitoring processessupport consistency between and within cluster/sectors support assessment preparedness
Key Actions for Coordinating Assessments Create an Assessment Working Group(!) • Designing, planning and managing, when required, a joint multi-cluster initial or rapid assessment. • Supporting the coordination of needs assessments across Clusters/Sectors, in line with this Operational Guidance. • Promoting the harmonization of assessments, including through the use of common operational datasets and sectoral indicators. • Sharing results from needs assessments undertaken, as well as information on needs assessments being undertaken/ planned. • Promoting partnerships with national authorities around needs information. • Serving as a forum for open analysis of the humanitarian situation.
Key Actions for Harmonizing Assessments • Establish an assessment coordination structure – Collaboration mechanism – sample ToRs • Ensure geographical and temporal synchronization – Survey of Surveys • Use consistent set of data sets on administrative boundaries, humanitarian profile, population statistics etc. • Common Operational Datasets • Use agreed sectoral indicators • Key Humanitarian Indicators • Collate data from multiple assessments and conduct a shared analysis
Key actions for Coordinating Assessments (cont’d) Key actions for harmonized assessments... • Ensure geographical and temporal synchronization of assessments • Use a consistent set of common operational datasets: • administrative boundaries, humanitarian profile, population statistics etc. • Use a consistent set of agreed sectoral indicators • Establish a process for collating data from multiple assessments • Establish a process for conducting a shared analysis of data. Key actions for joint assessments... • Agree on collaborative arrangements when conducting a joint assessment, including roles and responsibilities • Jointly design and plan the assessment • Jointly collect, analyze and interpret assessment data • Ensure the clearing of assessment results, and a shared communication strategy.
