Familiarity with these five pieces of guidance will provide an IMO with a solid foundation of the role of information management in an OCHA office and how IM fits within the larger humanitarian context. Collectively, these documents outline a list of IM responsibilities that individual IMOs and IM teams are responsible for in every OCHA office.
What are the 5 operational priorities of an OCHA country office?
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Who is responsible for establishing Information Management Network at the country level?
OCHA IMO in the country (IASC Operational Guidance on Responsibilities of Cluster/Sector Leads and OCHA in Information Management, 2008) |
List the two IM minimum preparedness actions.
Familiarise humanitarian partners with the IASC operational guidance on emergency Information Management Develop common data preparedness sets (CODs) |
List the two "essential enablers" in the humanitarian programme cycle.
Coordination and Information Management. (HPC) |
What is the definition of a COD?
Common Operational Datasets (CODs) are authoritative reference datasets needed to support operations and decision-making for all actors in a humanitarian response. |