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Special note about COD use versus COD development

Since about 2020 COD administrative boundary development has evolved to be less of a burden on a wide group of stakeholders and more focused on OCHA Regional and Country Offices, while more and more strategically required CODs had become available and were being routinely updated. At the same time population statistics COD development became the responsivity of UNFPA. The emphasis of the IM Toolbox has therefore moved away from COD development roles and responsibilities and toward humanitarian COD use. The exception is the section describing development of Country-specific CODs which can be identified and launched by field teams at short notice.

CODs

  • are authoritative reference datasets needed to support operations and decision-making for all actors in a humanitarian response.

  • pertain to a recognized country or territory1.

  • are standardized datasets that are commonly used and referenced by all operations.

  • are of four types2:

  • reflect the local hierarchical administrative structure,2 are annotated with place names and P-codes, and are generally accompanied by a tabular gazetteer.

  • are best available datasets that ensure consistency and simplify the management of key data.

  • are accepted in country3 or in their region by the relevant Information Management Working Group.

  • are catalogued at the COD Portal [LINK SUBJECT TO CHANGE SOON].

  • are disseminated at the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX); COD-AB and COD-EM datasets are also available as live GIS geoservices.

  • enable consistency and harmonization among actors working on humanitarian preparedness and response by providing:

    • a common operational picture of the crisis

    • a geographic framework (P-codes) for data collection, analysis, and visualization.

  • are available in two quality classifications:

    • ‘enhanced CODs’ with full quality control, compatibility, and reliability

    • ‘standard CODs’ not yet fully quality controlled.

  • facilitate informed decision making both pre- and post-crisis.

  • reduce duplication of work on baseline data by partnering organizations.

  • strengthen valuable humanitarian networks and relationships.

  • drive API look-up information

1 CODs are generally prepared for sovereign states recognized by the UN Secretariat, but in some cases reflect sub-national territories. For example, there are CODs for Puerto Rico, which is a part of USA, but not for Taiwan, which is not a recognized member state.

2 Previously a ‘Humanitarian Profile’ COD-HP type existed, which presented tabular People-in-Need information derived from Humanitarian Needs Overviews. This information is now provided in country-specific ‘Humanitarian Needs’ (non-COD) datasets disseminated in HDX by OCHA Humanitarian Programme Cycle Tools (HPC Tools). For further information see HPC Tools.

1 Except some COD-CS datasets

Finding CODs

CODs are available for download from the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX). Approximately six hundred HDX datasets are CODs. All HDX dataset views contain a filter near the top-left for all CODs and a sub-filter for “Standard CODs” and “Enhanced CODs”. (These distinctions are described below.)

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All COD datasets visible in any HDX dataset view have a “COD” icon (for Standard CODs) or a “COD+” icon for Enhanced CODs.

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HDX provides a ‘Common Operational Database’ page (found in the “PRODUCTS” pull-down near the top of any page) which is merely a dataset view of CODs held on HDX.

HDX datasets contain ‘Data and Resources’ and ‘Metadata’. The Data and Resources are the actual files (shapefiles, spreadsheets, etc.) or external links (ITOS live geoservices) comprising a COD. Resources can be individually downloaded.

COD Portal

COD branding and visibility

COD development, reviews and management

COD development

Stakeholder validation

Annual COD-AB reviews

COD governance, responibilities, and development document

Tutorial

Advocacy Resources

COD Flyer FR (2016) 

COD Flyer EN (2016) 

COD Poster (2018)

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