Overview

Humanitarian Response (HumanitarianResponse.info) is a specialised digital service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provided to the humanitarian community as part of OCHA's responsibility under the Inter-Agency Standing Committee's Operational Guidance on Responsibilities of Cluster/Sectors & OCHA in Information Management.

It is the primary dissemination mechanism for information related to a humanitarian response with in-country operational responders as the primary audience.  There are two levels 1) global and 2) operation specific site:

At the global level you have access to: 
  • Operation sites
  • Coordination guidance documentation on:

    • Humanitarian Leadership

    • GenCap

    • Cluster Approach

    • Clusters

    • ProCap

    • Preparedness

  • Programme cycle detailed documentation
  • Topics include:

    • Cash Transfer Programmes

    • Humanitarian//Military Dialogue

  • Applications including:
    • Humanitarian Data Exchange
    • Indicators Registry
    • Information Management Toolbox

    • Kobo Toolbox

At the operational sites you have access to: 
  • Contacts (links to Humanitarian.id)
  • Events (meeting schedule
  • Documents
  • Maps/Infographics
  • Datasets (links to Humanitarian Data Exchange - HDX)
  • Sub-Offices
  • Assessment Registry
  • Cluster Specific pages
  • Working Groups
  • Funding
  • Themes as defined by the country
To activate a new site:
  • Ask for support from field information support (FIS) in Geneva or send an email to help@humanitarianresponse.info
  • Identify the focal point for the site maintenance.
  • Your office is responsible to provide the necessary support, training and user guidelines to the other field officers for the site maintenance.

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