Expertise

Data Collection & Analysis

Inter-agency assessments
Data Aid conducts and facilitates field-based assessments in collaboration with other sector partners and led by dedicated teams of data collectors, encoders and analysers.

Remote sensing
Data Aid uses remote-sensing and satellite imagery analysis as complementary tools for rapid primary data collection, damage assessments and the mapping of the impact of disasters and crises.

Joint analysis
Data Aid supports joint analysis implemented in an inter-agency framework based on available information and data.

Data Dissemination

Publications

Data Aid teams analyse and disseminate information to aid actors in the form of tailor-made products such as reports, context profiles, situation overviews and factsheet.

Maps
Data Aid produces maps that visualize information representing research results, field data representation, indicator magnitudes, etc in the scale of influence. Where relevant, Data Aid sets up field-based mapping centres to facilitate access to spatial data by a wide range of actors.

Web-maps & online dashboards
Data Aid develops interactive web-maps and online dashboards to allow aid actors to access and utilise information in their programming. Open and transparent, the information can be used by actors to design an effective response.

Strategic Framework

ORGANIZATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT

Data Aid supports project-specific intervention planning through:

PROJECT-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT TOOLS

Data Aid partners with the Clusters/sectors for intervention to support assessments, information management and planning. Data Aid is the assessment focal point of the Global WASH and Shelter Clusters.

DATA COLLECTION TOOLS

Data Aid supports humanitarian actors to plan and monitor the use of cash as a response modality. Data Aid partners at global and country level with interagency cash coordination platforms and technical actors.

ERP SOFTWARE

Data Aid supports other sectoral platforms of relevance in given crisis. Data Aid provides modules project/program management & coordination platforms on project interventions, migrations, etc.

MULTI-SECTORAL ASSESSMENT PLANNING

Data Aid supports and conducts independent multi-sector assessments that informs aid actors' decision-making. Data Aid facilitates:

MULTI-SECTOR ASSESSMENTS

Crisis-wide and inter-agency multi-sectoral assessments support specific humanitarian milestones such as the Humanitarian Needs Overview and Humanitarian Response Plans.

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION MONITORING

Regular humanitarian situation monitoring provides multi-sectoral, granular and up-to-date information on the humanitarian needs of crisis affected populations, including in hard to reach areas.

RAPID ASSESSMENTS

Rapid assessments inform immediate decision-making and aid responses following sudden shifts in conditions, changes in dynamics and rapid developments in humanitarian situations.

DISPLACEMENT SUPPORT IN MIGRATION

Displacement and migration are at unprecedented levels across the world. Data Aid informs policy-makers and response planning by providing information on:

CAMP & HOST

Assessments on needs and vulnerabilities of internally displaced people, refugees and migrants as well as host communities across camps, villages and cities impacted by displacement and migration.

MOVEMENTS AND INTENTIONS

Tracking movements and numbers of internally displaced people and returnees, while shedding light on movement and return intentions and vulnerabilities.

MIXED MIGRATION

Understanding push and pull factors, intentions and vulnerabilities of migrants in their countries of origin, along the migration routes and in their countries of destination.

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