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Profiling of Internal Displacement in Basilan, Sulu & Tawi-Tawi, Philippines: Key Findings & Recommendations

Internal displacement is typically thought of as people and families being forced miles far away from their places of origin, compelled to rethink their lives in the places of refuge. However, in some instances, people are displaced within the same province. In the case of Philippines’ southern Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...Profiling of Internal Displacement in Basilan, Sulu & Tawi-Tawi, Philippines: Key Findings & Recommendations
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Methods, Community engagement
– Published 8.Sep.2021

Progress Towards a National Strategy on Local Integration: JIPS' Support in Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine has recently passed its 7th year mark and, as of October 2020, the country counts 1.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. While significant challenges persist, Ukraine has taken critical steps to address internal displacement and work towards longer-term...Progress Towards a National Strategy on Local Integration: JIPS' Support in Ukraine
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Methods, Community engagement
– Published 8.Sep.2021

Sudan: Working With Communities, In-Country Partners & Government to Convert Data into Action in Darfur

The need of putting people at the centre of humanitarian and development efforts is widely acknowledged and emphasised. Yet, “activities [so far] are not enough to be transformational in the sense of the Participation Revolution, a pillar of the Grand Bargain that aims to establish aid recipients’ influence in decision-making....Sudan: Working With Communities, In-Country Partners & Government to Convert Data into Action in Darfur
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Methods, Community engagement
– Published 2.Sep.2021

Pre-Fieldwork Missions & Village Sketching: Finding New Ways to Prepare Data Collection in Darfur, Sudan

The durable solutions analysis and action planning exercise in Darfur, Sudan, is in full swing: the data collection tools for the household survey and the area-level analysis, developed during the autumn 2020, have been tested, piloted, and utilized in the field. JIPS designed and facilitated several virtual and in-person training...Pre-Fieldwork Missions & Village Sketching: Finding New Ways to Prepare Data Collection in Darfur, Sudan
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Methods, Capacity development
– Published 30.Mar.2021

Anchoring Collaboration on Solutions at the National & Local Levels: Update on our Support in Sudan

The durable solutions analysis – aimed at informing solutions programming and generating baseline data for the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) in Darfur, Sudan – is well underway. Following the development of the data collection methodology and tools, JIPS helped deliver tailored training workshops for both field supervisors and enumerators. We are...Anchoring Collaboration on Solutions at the National & Local Levels: Update on our Support in Sudan
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Capacity development, Methods
– Published 15.Mar.2021

Localised Durable Solutions Programming Based on Integration Metrics | 4th Learning Community Webinar

In which ways can local (re)integration assessments help inform solutions for internally displaced persons (IDPs)? Why is it important to consider city- as well as population-level indicators for local integration analysis? In this 4th webinar organised by the JIPS-initiated Learning Community on Durable Solutions Analysis, we looked at two different...Localised Durable Solutions Programming Based on Integration Metrics | 4th Learning Community Webinar
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Methods
– Published 11.Mar.2021

Sampling Guide for Displacement Situations: Choosing & Planning Your Approach

When we want to collect information about a group of people, we have the choice between collecting information on all members of the group (a census), or only from a sample of them. In displacement-related contexts, conducting a census is often particularly vulnerable to bias and generally also an expensive...Sampling Guide for Displacement Situations: Choosing & Planning Your Approach
Related Topics: Methods, Refugee & IDP statistics, Capacity development
– Published 28.Jun.2020

The New Normal: Collecting Data Amidst a Global Pandemic

With the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to contain it through public health measures, social distancing, lockdown and quarantine measures, the data and assessment landscape is facing long-term impact. This could deliver the overdue push for all stakeholders providing international assistance to re-invent not only how...The New Normal: Collecting Data Amidst a Global Pandemic
Related Topics: Methods, Community engagement
– Published 20.May.2020

Composite Measures for Analysing Durable Solutions: Practitioners’ Reflections from Global and Local Level

In recent time, we have seen many actors scaling up their engagement on durable solutions in contexts of displacement. However, analysing and measuring progress towards durable solutions is often a complex undertaking and methodologically challenging. One approach that is increasingly being explored in this context, are composite measures. In which...Composite Measures for Analysing Durable Solutions: Practitioners’ Reflections from Global and Local Level
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Refugee & IDP statistics, Methods
– Published 9.Apr.2020

IGAD-GP20 Regional Exchange on Internal Displacement: Key Takeaways for Durable Solutions Analysis

The last Regional Consultative Process (RCP) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), held in October 2019 in Addis Ababa and co-convened by GP20, was exclusively dedicated to internal displacement. With over a 100 government officials, humanitarian and development practitioners, donors and other actors, the event was a great opportunity...IGAD-GP20 Regional Exchange on Internal Displacement: Key Takeaways for Durable Solutions Analysis
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Methods
– Published 22.Nov.2019

A Training of Trainers to Feed Into the Urban Profiling in Yemen

Since early 2019, JIPS has been supporting UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) in Yemen to implement urban profiling exercises and produce a sound and agreed-upon evidence base that can inform recovery and reconstruction efforts in the country. Having supported earlier profiling exercises in 2010 and 2014 (looking at the...A Training of Trainers to Feed Into the Urban Profiling in Yemen
Related Topics: Urban, Methods, Capacity development
– Published 10.Oct.2019

Building Capacity for Urban Profiling in Cities in Conflict: UrbAN-Syria Consortium Delivered its First Training

From August 26-29, 2019, Urban Analysis Network Syria (UrbAN-S) consortium delivered its first four-day training centered on urban profiling. Developed by JIPS and delivered together with iMMAP and Common Space Initiative (CSI), the course aimed to help organisations responding to urban displacement in Syria, to improve their understanding of analysis...Building Capacity for Urban Profiling in Cities in Conflict: UrbAN-Syria Consortium Delivered its First Training
Related Topics: Capacity development, Urban, Methods
– Published 9.Oct.2019

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