Types of Humanitarian Responses

Overview

As part of its mandate, OCHA responds to a wide range of humanitarian crisis through its five five core functions in different parts of the world.

Information management is one of this core functions. OCHA provides information management services to the humanitarian community to inform a rapid, effective and principled response.

In any humanitarian emergency, IMOs are expected to provide reliable information on the locations of those affected, what they urgently need, who is best placed to assist them.

Process

All humanitarian responses, regardless of the specifics, should have basic IM products and process in place:

• Contact lists

• Meeting schedules

• Operational information sharing platforms

• Core CODs

• Response monitoring (3Ws)

Outputs/Resources

In addition to the basic IM products and services, IMOs should also be familiar with the below resources:

• Center for Humanitarian Data

• Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)

• UNOSAT

• UN-SPIDER

• Current Emergencies - Emergencies that require system-wide scale up response and corporate emergency response

• IASC Scale-up Responses