Standards
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COD-PS Required Characteristics (minimum requirements in red)
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In some situations, government sources may not be available (e.g., there may be no data for a particular area of the country that is in conflict; the government is not able to share for various reasons, or a COD-AB is required quickly) and alternative sources need to be identified. The first question to ask if government data is not available: what are operational (including development) partners using? Other considerations when contemplating alternative sources are: why is this source authoritative; will using a non-government source impact the humanitarian community's relationship with the government; is the sharing/distribution of the dataset the biggest challenge and can this be overcome with a "humanitarian only, for emergencies only" agreement required; is the government likely to release data if an emergency does occur (thus requiring the community to quickly analyze, clean, and share a new dataset); what are partners using and why; and will exposing an alternate source push the government to share data? Some ideas of alternative datasets are below both categories may be acceptable and the rationale for choosing this source should be included in the metadata.
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Resources
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- COD-PS Quality Checklist - COD-PS Quick Check and COD-PS Gold Star check
- COD Data Plan Template (continue use table that was completed in the planning phase)
- How to verify the link between COD-AB and COD-PS (See Tom)
- Metadata required by HDX
- Joint letter regarding cooperation between UNFPA and OCHA on CODs