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Background to the IDMC/IDD Profiling Guidelines Jens-Hagen Eschenbaecher Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Nairobi, 8 October 2006.
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Background to the IDMC/IDD Profiling GuidelinesJens-Hagen EschenbaecherNorwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring CentreNairobi, 8 October 2006
- Lack of reliable IDP data for most countries- negative implications for programming, advocacy, funding -> IASC WG decision of June 2004: need for an inter-agency framework for system-wide IDP data collection and analysis Origins
- Monitoring and Advocacy
- IDMC and IDD agreed to take up IASC decision and develop inter-agency guidelines in 2005 to improve availability and quality of IDP data - Consultant hired- Steering group established- Draft distributed in May 2006 for comments and testing - Steering groups agreed on adjustments and next steps in early Oct. Process so far
- Field testing in Somalia, Ethiopia- Finalisation of draft early 2007 (incorporating comments and outcomes of Nairobi workshop and field testing) - Workshop to agree on final draft - Endorsement by PCWG and IASC WG Next steps