Between May and July 2023, a total of 56 professionals representing governmental bodies, humanitarian, peacebuilding, and development organisations embarked on a transformative learning journey through this year’s course on fundamentals of joint data processes of JIPS’ Collaborative Leadership Programme (CLP). Co-organized by the Joint Internal Displacement Profiling Service (JIPS) and...Collaborative Leadership Programme 2023: Unlocking Joint Solutions to Internal Displacement in East and Horn of Africa
Related Topics: Capacity development, Durable solutions, Refugee & IDP statistics, Community engagement
About the Collaborative Leadership Programme 2023 ↓ Building pathways to move beyond critical humanitarian assistance towards longer-term Solutions to Internal Displacement calls for an all-out effort across disciplines. The UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda is clear: it requires working together, at all levels. And making these shifts a reality starts with...Impressions from JIPS' Collaborative Leadership Programme 2022
Related Topics: Capacity development, Durable solutions, IDP policy, Refugee & IDP statistics, Community engagement
Recognizing the scale of internal displacement across the globe, with many displaced individuals remaining uprooted for over two decades, there has never been a more critical moment to address the phenomenon – together. As the global internal displacement situation deteriorates, the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) underlines in his Action Agenda on...More of the Same Not Good Enough: JIPS launches the Collaborative Leadership Programme
Related Topics: Capacity development, Durable solutions, IDP policy, Refugee & IDP statistics, Community engagement, Methods
It is widely acknowledged that engaging displacement-affected communities is critical to ensuring more accountability towards them, obtaining better quality data and analysis, and achieving more effective responses that can support sustainable solutions. Displaced people should drive solutions, and their views and intentions should inform policies and programmes, as highlighted in...[Webinar] Community Engagement in Displacement Studies: Shifts in Practice and Mindset Needed for Meaningful Participation
Area-based approaches, initially developed for urban contexts, marked a paradigm shift in humanitarian assistance. They called for a move away from assistance focused on the individual beneficiary or target population group, to responses that consider the larger geographical scale. They recognize the need to consider all population groups in an...[Webinar] Area-Based Approaches in Durable Solutions Analysis: Practitioners’ Insights from Niger, Somalia and Syria
A technical session and roundtable discussion during ICRC Analysis & Evidence Week How can we ensure the anonymity of people of concern in data-sharing processes while maintaining the value of datasets? Or, in other words, which tools and methods can we adopt to exchange confidential information in a safe and...Is Anonymisation Enough to Protect the Data Privacy of People Affected by Crises?
Related Topics: Protection, Innovation, Joint analysis, Methods
In the Central American region, the number of people affected by displacement has passed one million, including asylum seekers, refugees and IDPs – the latter constituting half of the estimated number. The reasons for displacement are multiple: violence, insecurity, persecution, and the deterioration of the political, social and human rights...UNHCR-CENTROESTAD Workshop: SICA countries work on IRIS implementation
Related Topics: Capacity development, Refugee & IDP statistics, IDP policy
The evidence we build on internal displacement is essential to design and implement effective and sustainable solutions. However, how this evidence is generated and used matters every bit as much as the evidence itself to drive positive change in displaced people’s lives and promote nationally owned solutions. Jointly organized on...JIPS' Partner Event 2021: Transforming Data into Action for Solutions to Internal Displacement
Related Topics: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Refugee & IDP statistics, Urban, Durable solutions, Capacity development, Community engagement
JIPS and the Steering Committee of the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS) jointly organised a one-day virtual conference to discuss ways to improve statistics on forced displacement. Building on the momentum created by the newly adopted statistical frameworks, the International Recommendations on Refugee and IDP Statistics (IRRS and...JIPS-EGRIS Virtual Conference 2020 | Building Capacity for Improved Displacement Statistics
Related Topics: Refugee & IDP statistics, Capacity development, IDP policy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The UN Statistical Commission’s 51st session was a major and long-awaited milestone for the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS). Since the Commission’s 49th session in 2018 – where the International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics (IRRS) and the Technical Report on IDP Statistics had been endorsed – we...UNSC Endorses Intl. Recommendations on IDP Statistics, Welcomes Compilers’ Manual & EGRIS' New Mandate
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