Standards
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COD-PS Required Characteristics (minimum requirements in red)
Metadata
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The primary data source of data should always be the government or in-country institution supporting a country’s mapping activities. Ideally, a partnership with UNFPA should be used rather than direct contact with the government to acquire a dataset. Alternatives to government sources should be examined if there is nothing available from an official source, if the official source can not be processed to an acceptable level or if the dataset cannot be shared with the humanitarian community. The COD-PS should be identified via the IM Network and processed at the same time as the COD-AB as they need to have a one to one relationship which may impact the dataset chosen.
Consider the following criteria when identifying sources for COD-PS:
- COD-PS should be operationally relevant and useful.
- What are partners currently using and why?
- Is the data source authoritative? If not, what is the rationale for identifying it as a COD?
- Can it be linked (via P-Code or name) to the COD Administrative Boundary (COD-AB)?
- To what administrative level is the data provided? What is the lowest administrative level is operationally required?
- Is it age and sex-disaggregated (can an estimation be made)?
- Are various sources required to create a complete COD-PS?
- Acquire as much metadata about the datasets and keep a data trail
- If various sources are available or being used by partners compile these in a table for easy analysis and discussion with partners. (Example of the table)
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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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Process
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The COD-PS involves the IMWG and follows the normal COD cycle.
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- Identify (possibly additional) partners in your IM Network who are 'experts' in population statistics/demographic data. UNFPA should be included as defined by Joint letter regarding cooperation between UNFPA and OCHA on CODs
- Identify population datasets for a country that are available at different administrative levels and ideally age and sex-disaggregated. They need to match the COD-AB and should be identified and processed at the same time.
- If datasets require processing to improve them (e.g. estimations, SADD, etc) the methodology should agree to by the IM network and include in the metadata. This should be done during preparedness activities as it is expected that within 48 hours of an event triggering a humanitarian emergency,
- Gain endorsement by the IM Network that the dataset is the COD-PS
- Gain endorsement by the HC/RC of the COD-PS
- The COD-PS dataset and metadata should be widely shared through national, regional, and global channels (HDX) to support data compatibility pertaining to the emergency.
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