JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (1/4): Use & Usefulness of Profiling Data in Displacement Response
Many of the high-level meetings and processes during the course of 2016 highlighted among other things the need for more and better data to inform responses to forced displacement. In a panel discussion in January, chaired by Professor Walter Kälin*, JIPS aimed to bring this discussion further by reflecting on...JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (1/4): Use & Usefulness of Profiling Data in Displacement Response
– Published 26.Jan.2017
2017-2019 Priorities of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs
The newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, gathered stakeholders together for a meeting in Geneva to discuss priorities for her next three years with the mandate. Joined by her predecessors, Dr Chaloka Beyani and Professor Walter Kälin, advice from past mandate...2017-2019 Priorities of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 25.Jan.2017
Libya/Tunisia: JIPS Delivers Tailored Profiling Coordination Training
JIPS held a five-day Profiling Coordination Training (PCT) in Tunis, Tunisia for participants responding to the displacement crisis in Libya. Representatives from government, UN agencies and NGO’s took part and learned how to design and implement a collaborative profiling process through a simulated training exercise based in the fictional country...Libya/Tunisia: JIPS Delivers Tailored Profiling Coordination Training
Related Topics: Capacity development
– Published 23.Nov.2016
RLI’s 1st Annual Conference on ‘the Future of Refugee Law’: Discussing the Impact of Profiling in Displacement Contexts
In June 2016, JIPS hosted a panel discussion at the University of London’s Refugee Law Initiative (RLI)’s first annual conference on ‘the Future of Refugee Law’. The discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities for generating evidence through profiling in displacement situations. Entitled “Generating Evidence on Displacement: from Needs to...RLI’s 1st Annual Conference on ‘the Future of Refugee Law’: Discussing the Impact of Profiling in Displacement Contexts
Related Topics: Capacity development
– Published 4.Jul.2016
Profiling Coordination Training, June 2016 - New material and methods to enhance capacity
In June 2016, JIPS conducted its seventh Profiling Coordination Training (PCT) in Geneva, Switzerland. Built on over six years of fieldwork experience, this training aims to enable practitioners to have the skills, knowledge and confidence to coordinate or participate in profiling exercises in displacement settings. Based on results from previous evaluations,...Profiling Coordination Training, June 2016 - New material and methods to enhance capacity
Related Topics: Capacity development
– Published 4.Jul.2016
Profiling Coordination Training in Ethiopia (Apr 2016): Focus on the East Africa Region
In April 2016, JIPS held its sixth Profiling Coordination Training (PCT) in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. The event was organised with support from the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University and, following October 2015’s PCT in Jordan, was the second JIPS regional training. The training targeted participants in the East Africa...Profiling Coordination Training in Ethiopia (Apr 2016): Focus on the East Africa Region
Related Topics: Capacity development
– Published 22.Apr.2016
Strengthening Strategic Collaboration: OCHA & UNDP join JIPS Executive Committee (Mar 2016)
In March 2016, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) joined the JIPS’ Executive Committee. This new addition to JIPS’ governance team comes shortly after the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was also welcomed on board in late 2015. Over the last few years of operations,...Strengthening Strategic Collaboration: OCHA & UNDP join JIPS Executive Committee (Mar 2016)
– Published 15.Apr.2016
The value of profiling and JIPS support in displacement situations
On 20 January 2016, the Danish Mission to the UN in Geneva hosted a meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs, Dr Chaloka Beyani, to discuss the value of profiling in displacement situations and share information about the work of JIPS and the current 2015-2017...The value of profiling and JIPS support in displacement situations
– Published 17.Feb.2016