GADM

Database of Global Administrative Areas project created the spatial data for many countries from spatial databases provided by national governments, NGO, and/or from maps and lists of names available on the Internet.

GAUL

Global Administrative Unit Layers. The GAUL compiles and disseminates the best available information on administrative units for all the countries in the world, providing a contribution to the standardization of the spatial dataset representing administrative units. The GAUL always maintains global layers with a unified coding system at country, first and second administrative levels. (Where data is available, it provides layers on a country by country basis down to third, fourth and lowers levels.)

Gazetteer

A table of administrative unit attributes at each administrative level. Attributes include administrative unit names, in one or more languages, and their P-codes. Gazetteers are provided in .XLSX format with COD-AB and COD-PS datasets.

GIFT

Global IM Functional Team

GLIDE number

GLIDE number a globally common Unique ID code for disaster to be associated with the dataset after the onset of a natural disaster. (See about GLIDE number) It is used ReliefWeb, HR.info, (HID, Events, Assessment Registry)

HC

The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) is responsible for assessing whether or not an international response to the crisis is warranted and for ensuring the humanitarian response efforts if needed, are well organized. The HC is accountable to the Emergency Relief Coordinator. HCs lead the HCT in deciding the most appropriate coordination solutions for their country, taking into account the local situation. The agreement must be reached on which Clusters to establish, and which organizations are to lead them.

HCT

Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) is a strategic and operational decision-making and oversight forum established and led by the HC. The composition includes representatives from the UN, IOM, international NGOs, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Agencies that are also designated Cluster leads should represent the Clusters as well as their respective organizations. The HCT is responsible for agreeing on common strategic issues related to humanitarian action.

HDX

Humanitarian Data Exchange is an open platform for sharing data, launched in July 2014. The goal of HDX is to make humanitarian data easy to find and use for analysis.

HoO

Head of Office

HPC

Humanitarian Program Cycle

HPC.tools

HPC.tool sare the information services provided by OCHA which enable the humanitarian community to manage the structured information around the humanitarian programme cycle (HPC): needs indicators, strategic and cluster plan frameworks, response indicators, activities and projects, 3W, and financial data. They support the cycle at all stages: identification of needs; strategic, cluster-level and project planning; periodic monitoring; presence mapping and financial tracking.

HID

Humanitarian ID helps responders coordinate during disasters and crises by providing up-to-date contact lists. Humanitarian responders can create and manage their own profile.

HR.info

HumanitarianResponse.info is a platform where humanitarians can share, find, and collaborate on information to inform strategic decisions. Its purpose is to support efficient, effective, and coordinated humanitarian response through the sharing of operational information.

L3

An L3 emergency is the classification for the most severe, large-scale humanitarian crisis.  An L3 declaration by the IASC principles means that a system-wide mobilization is required to significantly scale up a humanitarian response and improve overall assistance. Level . L3 Guidance -  Current L3 Emergencies.

Important note: The term "L3" is not longer correct. The new terminology to refer to this concept is "SCALE-UP". Please refer to the IASC Transformative Agenda for further information.

Une urgence de niveau 3 correspond à une crise humanitaire de grande ampleur, elle considérée comme étant la plus grave. Selon les principes du IASC, une déclaration d’urgence de niveau 3 signifie qu’une mobilisation à l’échelle du système est nécessaire pour augmenter considérablement l’ampleur de l’intervention humanitaire et améliorer l'assistance globale. Directive sur les urgences de niveau 3 – les urgences de niveaux 3 actuelles.

Note importante: Le terme "L3" n'est désormais plus approprié. La nouvelle terminologie pour se référer à ce concept est "SCALE-UP". Pour plus de détails, veuillez consulter IASC Transformative Agenda.

Live service

Map and feature services of administrative boundary and populated places Common Operational Datasets (COD-ABs and COD-PP).

See How to consume COD live services.

P-code

Unique place code associated with an individual administrative unit. P-codes have a hierarchical structure so that each contains the P-code of the parent administrative unit. For example, the P-code for the “Chulumani” administrative level 3 unit in Bolivia is BO021101. “Chulumani” is contained in the “Sud Yungas“ administrative level 2 unit, which has the P-code BO0211. “Sud Yungas” is contained in the “La Paz” administrative level 1 unit, which has the P-code “BO02”. Finally, “La Paz” is in the “Bolivia” administrative level 0 unit which has the P-code “BO”. Administrative level 0 P-codes are normally set to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, although there are exceptions.