Informing Urban Integration Strategies & Municipal Planning in Thessaloniki - Interview with Knut Maehlumshagen, Profiling Coordinator
In August 2017, we began supporting an urban profiling exercise in Thessaloniki, Greece, looking at refugees, asylum seekers and persons with an irregular status, and aimed to inform urban integration strategies and municipal planning for service delivery. The collaborative data collection exercise brings together a wide range of partners, including: Local...Informing Urban Integration Strategies & Municipal Planning in Thessaloniki - Interview with Knut Maehlumshagen, Profiling Coordinator
– Published 2.Jul.2018
Collecting Micro & Macro level data for Durable Solutions Analysis in Sudan: Interview with Khadra Elmi, Profiling Advisor
https://soundcloud.com/user-787800381/sudan-profiling-mission-april-2018 A lot has happened since July 2017 when we last reported back from the Sudan profiling exercise. At the time we were working with partners to select context-relevant indicators using the Durable Solutions Indicator Library, for a comprehensive durable solutions analysis of the displacement situation in Sudan. We...Collecting Micro & Macro level data for Durable Solutions Analysis in Sudan: Interview with Khadra Elmi, Profiling Advisor
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Urban
– Published 27.Apr.2018
Principles for community engagement in displacement profiling
Building on the results of an internal workshop looking at different methods for engaging with communities, we have elaborated a set of six principles to help us enhance community engagement in profiling processes. These are currently being applied in the ongoing exercises in Greece, Sudan and Honduras. This article is...Principles for community engagement in displacement profiling
Related Topics: Community engagement
– Published 27.Mar.2018
Third Mission to Honduras Focuses on the Quantitative Profiling Component
After two fruitful missions in September and November 2017, we are supporting partners in moving forward with the profiling exercise in Honduras. Our third mission took place in February-March 2018 and aimed at supporting the profiling Technical Working Group with the finalisation of the exercise’s quantitative component, i.e.adjusting quantitative indicators...Third Mission to Honduras Focuses on the Quantitative Profiling Component
Related Topics: Methods
– Published 25.Feb.2018
Methodology development in Thessaloniki, Greece
During our second mission to Thessaloniki (Greece) as part of our support to the ongoing profiling exercise, we worked together with partners on finalising a plan for the analysis of the future profiling results. The Technical Working Group agreed that the results of this study would form the baseline for...Methodology development in Thessaloniki, Greece
Related Topics: Community engagement
– Published 21.Jan.2018
Enhancing Community Engagement in Profiling Exercises: From CRRF Discussions & our Team Workshop
The importance of strengthening the role of displaced and displacement-affected populations in data collection exercises, including profiling, is widely recognised. However, the question of how to do so concretely remains a challenge. A recent half-day event on the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), co-organised by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the Permanent Mission of...Enhancing Community Engagement in Profiling Exercises: From CRRF Discussions & our Team Workshop
Related Topics: Community engagement
– Published 26.Dec.2017
JIPS' 2nd Mission to Honduras: Developing a Context-Specific, Protection-Sensitive Methodology
JIPS’ support is still strong in Honduras, with a second mission in November to assist the Inter-institutional Commission for the Protection of IDP’s (CIPPDV) for the further development of the 2017-2018 profiling exercise. The mission aimed to work with the Technical Working Group that leads the profiling exercise in-country, as...JIPS' 2nd Mission to Honduras: Developing a Context-Specific, Protection-Sensitive Methodology
Related Topics: Protection, IDP policy
– Published 6.Nov.2017
New Exercise Launched in Greece: Profiling Refugee, Migrant & Homeless Populations in Thessaloniki
We at JIPS are excited about the launch of an urban profiling exercise in Thessaloniki in northern Greece, upon request by the Municipality of Thessaloniki and UNHCR. The local context The majority of refugees and asylum seekers in Thessaloniki metropolitan area reside in apartments rather than in refugee camps. As...New Exercise Launched in Greece: Profiling Refugee, Migrant & Homeless Populations in Thessaloniki
Related Topics: Urban
– Published 30.Oct.2017
What Might a Day in the Life of a Profiling Coordinator Look Like? Interview with Steph Matti, Profiling Coordinator in Sittwe, Myanmar
Interview: Steph Matti about her experience in Sittwe (Rakhine) and elsewhere We met Steph on a sunny autumn morning in a café in the middle of busy Rome. She is now working in the Italy office of UNHCR, but we have known her for a couple of years now. She...What Might a Day in the Life of a Profiling Coordinator Look Like? Interview with Steph Matti, Profiling Coordinator in Sittwe, Myanmar
Related Topics: Capacity development
– Published 30.Oct.2017
Evidence Towards a Legal Framework on IDPs: Initiating a 2nd Profiling Exercise
JIPS’ support to the Honduran Government to reach solutions for IDPs continues in 2017. Under the lead of the Interinstitutional Commission for the Protection of Persons Displaced by Violence – CIPPDV (acronym in Spanish), in collaboration with UNHCR, JIPS carried out a two-week mission to Honduras. The mission aimed to...Evidence Towards a Legal Framework on IDPs: Initiating a 2nd Profiling Exercise
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 11.Sep.2017
Bringing in Community Voices & Seeking Feedback on Profiling Results in Sittwe, Myanmar
Following the publication of the profiling report from Sittwe Township in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, and as part of our Innovation Project on community engagement, JIPS and profiling partners are exploring new ways of engaging with communities on profiling results. Building upon the lessons learned from a community workshop...Bringing in Community Voices & Seeking Feedback on Profiling Results in Sittwe, Myanmar
Related Topics: Community engagement
– Published 4.Sep.2017
Agreeing on Conclusions from Profiling Findings in Kosovo: From our Collaborative Workshop
A collaborative workshop was organised on August 24th in Pristina, Kosovo, to jointly discuss the main findings from a profiling exercise aiming to produce evidence on different IDP populations in the country to inform durable solutions planning and programming. JIPS supported colleagues in DRC to facilitate the workshop and group...Agreeing on Conclusions from Profiling Findings in Kosovo: From our Collaborative Workshop
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Refugee & IDP statistics
– Published 25.Aug.2017