Selecting core durable solutions indicators in Sudan: Back From our 3rd Mission
JIPS has just returned from a three-week mission to Sudan. The objective was, among others, to support the Government and other partners to agree on core indicators to feed into an analysis plan, as part of the on-going durable solutions profiling pilots in the country. The mission came shortly after...Selecting core durable solutions indicators in Sudan: Back From our 3rd Mission
Related Topics: Durable solutions
– Published 10.Jul.2017
Securing Durable Solutions for IDPs in Colombia: Interview with Oscar Rico Valencia, Victims’ Unit
Oscar Rico Valencia is an Advisor to the Deputy Director of the Victims’ Unit, the Government agency in Colombia responsible for providing assistance and reparations to victims of the internal armed conflict. He has worked with the Government for over 5 years and developed expertise designing indicators to assess the...Securing Durable Solutions for IDPs in Colombia: Interview with Oscar Rico Valencia, Victims’ Unit
Related Topics: Durable solutions
– Published 29.May.2017
JIPS' mission in Sittwe, Myanmar: Community Participation & Validation in Profiling (Apr 2017)
One key challenge when undertaking a profiling is to ensure results reflect the reality experienced by displaced communities so that evidence-based interventions can be more effective. Involving communities in different stages of the profiling process can help to achieve this. In the context of the on-going profiling exercise in Rakhine...JIPS' mission in Sittwe, Myanmar: Community Participation & Validation in Profiling (Apr 2017)
Related Topics: Community engagement
– Published 4.Apr.2017
JIPS' 2nd mission to Sudan: Advancing work on durable solutions through evidence
In early April we completed a second mission to Sudan. The objective was to support the Government and international partners in developing a set of joint tools that can be used to acquire the necessary evidence to inform durable solutions programming. These tools will also be piloted at a later...JIPS' 2nd mission to Sudan: Advancing work on durable solutions through evidence
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Urban
– Published 1.Apr.2017
Supporting Colombia's Efforts Towards Durable Solutions: Mission on Comparative & Area-Based Vulnerability Analysis
How to transition from an assistance-driven model to durable solutions in contexts of protracted displacement with large numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs)? How to better target efforts supporting IDPs in overcoming vulnerabilities linked to displacement? In Colombia, with over 7 million registered IDPs, finding durable solutions is a challenging...Supporting Colombia's Efforts Towards Durable Solutions: Mission on Comparative & Area-Based Vulnerability Analysis
Related Topics: Durable solutions
– Published 26.Mar.2017
From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (4/4): Changing the Narrative on Internal Displacement in Mogadishu & How the IDP Durable Solutions Initiative Came About
“In Mogadishu, the profiling provided compelling protection and solutions arguments” As Nina Schrepfer (former Protection Cluster Coordinator) laid out in the context of the panel discussion chaired by Walter Kälin on the uses of profiling data in displacement response. Profiling helped to get humanitarian, development and government actors on board...From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (4/4): Changing the Narrative on Internal Displacement in Mogadishu & How the IDP Durable Solutions Initiative Came About
Related Topics: Durable solutions
– Published 28.Feb.2017
From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (2/4): From Little Data to Developing a Public Policy on IDPs in Honduras
In the case of Honduras, the profiling exercise proved to be a crucial step in the public policy formation process in response to internal displacement. Alongside presentations on the cases from Iraq and Somalia, Sandra Ponce, Counsellor at the Honduran Mission to the UN in Geneva, spoke at the recent...From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (2/4): From Little Data to Developing a Public Policy on IDPs in Honduras
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 26.Feb.2017
Back from an Urban Profiling Mission in Libya: Combining Analysis of Populations & Urban Systems
We recently undertook a mission to Tunis to discuss with Libyan authorities and various humanitarian partners the relevance and scope of an urban displacement analysis in the Libyan situation. Urban contexts present particular challenges in terms of identifying and accessing displaced people. At the same time they offer an important space where...Back from an Urban Profiling Mission in Libya: Combining Analysis of Populations & Urban Systems
Related Topics: Urban
– Published 19.Feb.2017
From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (3/4): Capacity Sharing & Profiling in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
At the recent panel discussion, organized by JIPS at the end of January 2017 and chaired by Walter Kälin, four panellists spoke about their experiences on how profiling data was useful in specific displacement contexts. In the case of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Jozef Merkx (UNHCR) explained how the...From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (3/4): Capacity Sharing & Profiling in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Related Topics: Capacity development, Urban
– Published 7.Feb.2017
Joint Analysis of Profiling Data & Preliminary Findings in Kosovo: Workshop in Pristina (Dec 2016)
A joint workshop was organised last week in Pristina, Kosovo to present and discuss the preliminary findings from profiling data generated on the displacement situation in Kosovo. JIPS together with Statistics Norway supported the working group with technical expertise. Collaborative process for agreed-upon data The profiling exercise in Kosovo aims...Joint Analysis of Profiling Data & Preliminary Findings in Kosovo: Workshop in Pristina (Dec 2016)
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Refugee & IDP statistics, IDP policy
– Published 5.Dec.2016
Understanding Internal Displacement in El Salvador: Agreeing on the Objectives & Methodology (Aug 2016)
In August 2016, JIPS went on mission to El Salvador to support a profiling exercise of the internal displacement situation in the country. Following a request from the Government of El Salvador and UNHCR, we agreed to provide technical support to the process that aims to produce a comprehensive picture...Understanding Internal Displacement in El Salvador: Agreeing on the Objectives & Methodology (Aug 2016)
Related Topics: Refugee & IDP statistics
– Published 1.Sep.2016
Measuring Progress Towards Durable Solutions in Ukraine: Scoping Mission to Kiev (Aug 2016)
JIPS conducted a scoping mission in Kiev following a request for support from the Shelter Cluster for the Ukraine response and UNHCR. With various Government and Cluster partners, the Cluster aims to conduct an assessment of the situation of IDPs residing in collective centres, where needs are thought to be...Measuring Progress Towards Durable Solutions in Ukraine: Scoping Mission to Kiev (Aug 2016)
Related Topics: Durable solutions
– Published 29.Aug.2016