Overview
OCHA has many web platforms (probably too many!) Below is a simple guide
highlighting the PRIMARY audience and PRIMARY purpose of the sites managed by OCHA on behalf of the humanitarian community and a few that are specifically for OCHA staff.
Links are to external sites however several have more detailed pages in this toolbox.
(RW Response, HID, HDX)
, March 2018 (if you update this please share!)
HumanitarianResponse.info
Primary Audience:ReliefWeb Response(RW Response)
Audience: Field level
Purpose: operational leveldocument and information sharing, includes
draftdocuments, contact lists, meeting schedules, maps and infographics, data, assessment registry, clusters specific pages
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UNOCHA
Audience: Headquarters level
Purpose: High-level overview of field operations with links to latest products, maps, and infographics, key figures, funding status.
HDX - humanitarian data exchange
Audience: field and technical headquarters
Purpose: an open platform for sharing data related to a humanitarian response
HID - Humanitarian ID
Humanitarian ID platform and its contacts management features is decommissioned on 1 Jan 2021. Note that this will not affect the HID Authentication service, your HID account will remain active to access integrated platforms.
KoBo Toolbox
Audience: field / operations level
Purpose: a free open-source tool for mobile data collection, available to all.
DSR - Digital Situation Reports
Audience: Field and HQ level
Purpose: 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.
RedHum - Red de informacion humantaria
Audience: Field level
Purpose: ofrece información actualizada diariamente, de fuentes oficiales, promoviendo el intercambio de información con actores del mismo sector de trabajo contribuyendo a la toma de decisiones en la gestión de desastres
Virtual OSOCC - on-site operations coordination centre
Audience: UNDAC and first responders
Purpose: Information exchange and coordination of bilateral assistance in the early phase after major disasters.
Humanitarian Programme Cycle Tools
RPM - Response planning and monitoring
Audience: field level response organizations
Purpose: a module of the HPC tools that facilitates the HPC planning process by collecting periodic monitoring information.
Humanitarian InSight
Audience: field and HQ
Purpose: HPC tool that provides global overview to the humanitarian needs, requirements and interagency response plans.
FTS - Financial tracking service
Audience: field and HQ
Purpose: a centralized source of curated, continuously updated, fully downloadable data and information on humanitarian funding flow.
OPS - on-line planning/project system
Audience: field level responders
Purpose: For organizations in a humanitarian crisis to coordinate their implementation responsibilities and peer-review their funding requests
Secondary Data Analysis Platform
DEEP - Data exploration and extraction platform
Audience: field level and technical HQ
Purpose: a tool to collect and analyze secondary data from various publications such as websites and PDF reports.
Assessment Registry (Survey of Surveys)
Audience: field level response organizations
Purpose: a tool to to share existing assessments and plans for future assessments
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CERF - Central emergency response fund
Audience: field and HQ
Purpose: is a humanitarian fund to promote early action and response to reduce the loss of life, enhance response to time-critical requirements, and strengthen core elements of humanitarian response in underfunded crises
Country-based Pooled Funds (CBPF)
Audience: stakeholders and HQ
Purpose: to share information on Country-based Pooled Funds.
GMS - Grant Management System
Audience: field and HQ
Purpose: tool to management Country-based Pooled Funds.
Internal to OCHA Staff (un.org email address with login credentials)
OCHA Hub
Audience: OCHA staff
Purpose: Site for all internal OCHA documents and staff sites (UMOJA, Inspira, LMS)
Inspira
Audience: OCHA staff
Purpose: E-performance, work plan, mid-year and end of year reviews
INFORM
Audience: Field and Headquarters
Purpose: a global, objective and transparent tool for understanding the risk of humanitarian crises. A collaboration of the IASC Task Team for Preparedness and Resilience and the European Commission.
UMOJA
Audience: OCHA staff
Purpose: Travel, time mgt, entitlements, etc.
OCT - contributions tracking systems
Audience: OCHA staff
Purpose: OCT tracks all contributions received from donors to OCHA's annual extra-budget as well as all contributions to 'Specially Designated Contributions'