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Overview

The Digital Situation Report aims to simplify OCHA's current portfolio of field reporting products (Flash Update, Situation Report and Humanitarian Bulletin) by moving out of static PDFs and consolidating into a single online format. It will be more dynamic, visual, and analytical. The platform will save users' time by automating distribution and design. Read More>>

The DSR is built on the content management platform Contentful. The code is open source on GitHub.

Login credentials are shared and stored on the password management platform LastPass.

Offices interested in launching their first DSR or adding another DSR to their account can contact support@unocha.org. For more information, visit DSR Confluence space.

Sample DSR

Process

The Digital Situation Report is:

• Faster​

• More dynamic content (real-time)​

• More graphic and visual content​

• More Analysis​

• Flash + Sitrep + Bulletin = Digital Situation Report​

Step-by-step guidance on how to setup DSR?

IMOs role in the DSR setup?

Output/Resources

Country Situation Reports

Manuals?

Tutorials?

supports country and regional offices. Examples can be found at the links below.

• Yemen Example (Country Office)

• Asia and the Pacific Example (Regional Office)

• Flash Update Example

The minimum requirement for a DSR:

• Highlights (min 2, max 5)

• Key Image

• Key Figure (min 1 figure)

• Contact (min 1 contact)

• Content item (min 1 item)

Descriptions of the content types and more can be found on the DSR Confluence space.

Integration - ReliefWeb

The DSR Highlights and Key Image appear on a country’s reliefweb.int Profile Page. The information will be hidden if not updated after 30 days. For examples, see Burundi and Sudan pages.

Example of DSR on Sudan RW Country Profile Page

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Each time a DSR is published, an automated email is sent to submit@reliefweb.int. ReliefWeb editors will review the DSR and post to ReliefWeb.

Integration – UNOCHA

Offices can request for the Highlights and Key Image to appear on their UNOCHA page. Content will update automatically. For examples, see ROAP and Sudan pages.

Example of Sudan DSR on UNOCHA Sudan Country Page 

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Social Media Sharing

DSR content appears as “cards” on the DSR website. Each card has a unique link available for easy sharing. Links remain active even after the content is removed from the DSR.

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Unique URL for the card above: https://reports.unocha.org/en/country/sudan/card/2ji7Ee7kjM/