Supporting Government Efforts to Measure Local Integration of Persons Displaced in Ukraine (Jan 2021)
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has caused around 730,000 people to flee to other parts of the country. It has created enormous hardships for civilians, such as damaged homes and infrastructures, and difficulties to meet their basic needs and earn a living. To address the increasingly protracted nature of the...Supporting Government Efforts to Measure Local Integration of Persons Displaced in Ukraine (Jan 2021)
Related Topics: Capacity development, Durable solutions, IDP policy, Refugee & IDP statistics
– Published 14.Jan.2021
Joining Efforts to Respond to Internal Displacement in Chihuahua, Mexico
Political will to respond to internal displacement in Mexico has passed a threshold since 2019, with the government turning 180 degrees on the recognition of the issue of forced displacement. Concrete steps are being taken and we are thrilled to announce that JIPS is supporting a profiling process in Chihuahua,...Joining Efforts to Respond to Internal Displacement in Chihuahua, Mexico
Related Topics: Capacity development, IDP policy, Refugee & IDP statistics
– Published 23.Oct.2020
Scaling Up the Durable Solutions Analysis Across 5 Regions in Darfur, Sudan
Between 2016 and 2019, the Government of Sudan (GoS), the UN Country Team, and the wider international community represented by the Durable Solutions Working Group (DSWG[1]) implemented a durable solutions profiling exercise in El Fasher, Sudan. Building on an evaluation and lessons learned of this pilot, a follow-up exercise has...Scaling Up the Durable Solutions Analysis Across 5 Regions in Darfur, Sudan
Related Topics: Durable solutions, IDP policy
– Published 20.Aug.2020
Shaping the Joint Analysis Approach Together With Profiling Partners in the Philippines (March 2020)
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) encompasses the largest portion of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mindanao (Philippines), mostly due to armed conflict. The local Protection Cluster team, led by UNHCR Philippines, and the local government have been monitoring IDP movements in the region since 2012, but it has...Shaping the Joint Analysis Approach Together With Profiling Partners in the Philippines (March 2020)
Related Topics: Capacity development, Joint analysis
– Published 2.Apr.2020
JIPS’ Support in Mexico on Capacity Building for Improved Displacement Data (Nov 2019)
Internal displacement has been present in Mexico for decades and diverse actors have been responding to the phenomenon in different ways. However, it was only recently, in April 2019, that the Mexican government officially recognised internal displacement. The meetings we organised and facilitated during our recent scoping mission to the...JIPS’ Support in Mexico on Capacity Building for Improved Displacement Data (Nov 2019)
Related Topics: Capacity development, IDP policy, Refugee & IDP statistics
– Published 20.Feb.2020
Colombia’s Victims’ Unit Work on IDP Data & The Value of JIPS’ Support
Colombia has experienced a large scale and significantly protracted internal displacement crisis for a number of years. The Government, primarily through the work of the Unit for the Victims Assistance and Reparation (hereafter: Victim’s Unit) has provided strong leadership in shaping the response in the form of both humanitarian action...Colombia’s Victims’ Unit Work on IDP Data & The Value of JIPS’ Support
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Refugee & IDP statistics
– Published 16.Dec.2019
Scoping & Technical Mission to the Philippines: Profiling the Islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi
Over the last decades, the Philippines have been experiencing both disaster- and conflict-induced displacement. The recently ratified Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM, including the three southern islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi) has among the highest number of internally displaced people (IDPs) due to conflict and violence.[1] Due...Scoping & Technical Mission to the Philippines: Profiling the Islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi
Related Topics: Durable solutions
– Published 15.Dec.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
Learning Exchange with ReDSS on Durable Solutions Analysis for Displacement
The recent annual programme workshop, organised by the Regional Secretariat on Durable Solutions (ReDSS) in Nairobi in June 2019, was a rich learning experience. It was great to see the key actors from different parts of the region – including local and national authorities, local and international NGOs, civil society,...Learning Exchange with ReDSS on Durable Solutions Analysis for Displacement
Related Topics: Durable solutions
– Published 31.Jul.2019
Durable Solutions Analysis Methodology Development & Technical Challenges: From our Second Profiling Mission to Ukraine
After an initial scoping mission in November 2018, we returned to Ukraine for a second time in early June. JIPS’ Head of Information Management and Innovation Wilhelmina Welsch and Information Management Officer Melissa Weihmayer met partners in Severodonetsk, in the Luhansk Oblast, located in eastern Ukraine, as well as in...Durable Solutions Analysis Methodology Development & Technical Challenges: From our Second Profiling Mission to Ukraine
Related Topics: Methods, Durable solutions
– Published 16.Jul.2019
Scoping Mission to Nigeria: Assessing Information & Capacity Building Needs for a Durable Solutions Analysis (2019)
A decade of conflict and continued violence by non-state armed groups and military operations are affecting millions of people in north-eastern Nigeria. Estimates put the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) at 2 million (Source: DTM, Round XXIV, August 2018), with over 80% being in Borno State. The government and...Scoping Mission to Nigeria: Assessing Information & Capacity Building Needs for a Durable Solutions Analysis (2019)
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Methods
– Published 10.Jun.2019