Profiling

The collaborative character is but one of many aspects in which profiling differs from other data collection exercises. It is also the cornerstone of our approach at JIPS, through the buy-in and sustained engagement of government partners, humanitarian and development stakeholders at local and national level, and – importantly – the communities affected by displacement themselves. To learn more about displacement profiling, go this way:

As JIPS we help make profiling exercises a reality in two vital ways:

1. We advise and support them as an “honest broker”, a neutral interlocutor that brings parties with different agendas together to agree on numbers and information objectives.
2. We also provide technical support in shaping objectives and data collection methods, and in data analysis, report writing and dissemination.

Get an overview of exercises we supported around the world, or head over to specific countries to find out about past and present profiling exercises.

Displacement profiling has many applications that go beyond the data they produce. Read about concrete examples where profiling has been useful, for instance to inform policy design, better understand the unique challenges of internal displacement in urban settings,  inform durable solutions analysis, or helped to foster consensus.