1.2 Core and centralised data repository and tools
Improving decision-making through the better management of secondary data
Over time, humanitarian workers have dealt with increasingly complex and varied fields of intervention that require a thorough understanding of the context and the issues it raises. In order to be effective and to implement interventions that are truly adapted to the needs of targeted populations, humanitarian workers need to rapidly collect all kinds of information on a variety of topics. Indeed, to be fully efficient, information that has already been studied and surveyed must be readily available to them so that efforts and resources are not wasted on already conducted studies.
Currently, information and core knowledge are either scattered across many websites in poorly indexed libraries or unavailable because not sufficiently shared. In either case, it is always difficult to access for practitioners around the globe. Therefore, after assessing the existing data gap, this initiative aims to provide a major data repository for practitioners to access WASH-related data sector in emergency and development contexts.
The development of a virtual space gathering core secondary data for the WASH sector will allow the access to all kinds of information including epidemiological, environmental, socio-economic data, at the highest spatial and temporal resolution. By providing humanitarian workers with a more detailed knowledge of the context, this data will enable better decision-making and can be the basis for the design and prioritization of WASH humanitarian responses.
The repository will be maintained on an ongoing basis to ensure the relevance and accuracy of information. The data gaps identified will also be used to develop an action plan on how to fill these gaps to harmonize data processes through inter-sectoral, institutional and innovative approaches.
Currently, information and core knowledge are either scattered across many websites in poorly indexed libraries or unavailable because not sufficiently shared. In either case, it is always difficult to access for practitioners around the globe. Therefore, after assessing the existing data gap, this initiative aims to provide a major data repository for practitioners to access WASH-related data sector in emergency and development contexts.
The development of a virtual space gathering core secondary data for the WASH sector will allow the access to all kinds of information including epidemiological, environmental, socio-economic data, at the highest spatial and temporal resolution. By providing humanitarian workers with a more detailed knowledge of the context, this data will enable better decision-making and can be the basis for the design and prioritization of WASH humanitarian responses.
The repository will be maintained on an ongoing basis to ensure the relevance and accuracy of information. The data gaps identified will also be used to develop an action plan on how to fill these gaps to harmonize data processes through inter-sectoral, institutional and innovative approaches.
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International Organisation of Migration, UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and United Nations International Children Emergency Fund
CONTRIBUTORS: Global WASH Cluster, International Committee of the Red Cross, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees |
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