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Developed with the assistance of Thematic Funding from the
Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission.
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Humanitarian Information Centres and Partners
Humanitarian Information Centre for Lebanon
August 2006 - October 2006
In consideration of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Lebanon and in the interests of providing
immediate information management (IM) products and services, OCHA established a Humanitarian
Information Centre to respond to immediate information needs.
Click here to access the Lebanon HIC website
Humanitarian Information Centre for Sumatra
January 2005 - September 2005
HIC Sumatra was deployed to Banda
Aceh in January 2005 immediately following the tsunami as a common service to
the humanitarian community working in Sumatra and the surrounding countries.
As the relief efforts transitioned into recovery and development, the focus
of the HIC shifted as well. In September 2005 the HIC was re-named the United
Nations Information Management System (UNIMS), concurrent with the
establishment of the Office of the United Nations Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias (UNORC) to support the Government of Indonesia in its
reconstruction efforts. In June 2006 UNIMS merged with UNORC and became an
internal unit (IAS) within the UNORC office. Click here to access the HIC-Sumatra website
Humanitarian Information Centre for Sri Lanka
January 2005 - March 2006
HIC Sri Lanka was established in early January 2005 in response to the Indian Ocean
earthquake and tsunami. As the initial emergency phase subsided and
additional HIC staff were in place on the ground, the HIC expanded its available
products and services and established field offices in five districts to better
service implementing partners information needs. The HIC as a common
humanitarian service tried to ensure that ownership of products belonged to the
broader humanitarian community and to this effect partnered with various UN
agencies, INGOs and the Government of Sri Lanka.
In mid 2006 the HIC closed but its core functions transitioned into the OCHA
Sri Lanka office with the establishment of an Information Management Unit (IMU).
Click here to access the HIC-Sri Lanka website
Humanitarian Information Centre for Pakistan
October 2005 - June 2006In the days following the earthquake that shook Southeast Asia on 8 October 2005,
an HIC was established in Islamabad to support relief efforts in Pakistan, the
country hardest hit by the disaster. Working from the inter-agency Emergency
Response Center, the HIC provided standard information products for the
humanitarian community in Islamabad and regional humanitarian hubs as well as
support to thematic coordination groups in need and response tracking.
The relief response quickly transitioned to longer-term recovery and
reconstruction efforts, and government capacity to manage information and data
was also restored. HIC Pakistan closed June 2006.
Click here for more information...
Humanitarian Information Centre for Niger
October 2005 - December 2005
In response to the crisis in Niger, the Humanitarian
Coordinator (HC) formally requested OCHA to deploy a Humanitarian
Information Centre (HIC) on 8 August 2005. This HIC was intended as a
limited-duration intervention to meet immediate humanitarian crisis
information management needs. As such it was operational for only five
months. In January 2006 the data, information and assets were transferred to
UNDP and the national government.
From the outset, the HIC engaged development actors to ensure that all
activities, where possible, would be compatible with the future development
needs of Niger. HIC Niger worked closely with IM practitioners and national
authorities on the ground to avoid duplication of effort.
Click here to access the HIC-Niger website
Humanitarian Information Centre for Darfur
July 2004 - May 2006
A Humanitarian Information Centre
(HIC) for Darfur was established July 2004. The HIC served as a common
service to the humanitarian community, providing timely, accurate and
operationally targeted technical assistance and products to this community to
maximize the effectiveness of the relief efforts.
HIC Darfur officially ceased to exist as an independent entity in March 2006,
when it became part of the OCHA Sudan office.
Click here to access the HIC-Darfur website
Humanitarian Information Centre for Liberia
August 2003 - June 2006An HIC (Humanitarian Information
Centre) was deployed to Liberia in August 2003 in response to the ongoing
crisis caused by civil war. The HIC acted as a central location for data and
information resources, with the aim of reinforcing coordination and
humanitarian response activities. HIC Liberia was managed by the UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).
As part of the national recovery strategy, in July 2006 the HIC formally
transitioned into the National Information Management Centre (NIMAC) Project.
NIMAC is jointly administered by the Government of Liberia and UNDP.
Click here to access the HIC-Liberia website
Humanitarian Information Centre for Iraq
March 2003 - May 2004
The HIC (Humanitarian Information
Centre) for Iraq was an OCHA initiative, operational from March 2003 to May
2004. By June of that year, the HIC’s data repository had been handed over to
the Iraqi Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and HIC products and
services that supported humanitarian coordination were transferred to UN
Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Click here to access the HIC-Iraq website
Sierra Leone Information System
March 2001 - January 2004
The Sierra Leone Information System (SLIS)
was established in March 2001 in order to implement a simple and robust
Management Information System (MIS) that could draw primarily on data already
collected by the humanitarian community and the Government. Click here to
access the SLIS website.
Click here to access the SLIS website
Afghanistan Information Management Service
2002 - ongoing
Afghanistan Information Management
Service (AIMS) is building information management capacity in government and
delivers information management services to organisations across Afghanistan.
Click here to access the AIMS website
Southern Africa Humanitarian Information Management System
2002 - ongoing
The Southern Africa Humanitarian Information
Management initiative aims at improving and widening the knowledge base of
the humanitarian operations in the region. SAHIMS serves humanitarian clients
through the provision of understanding and quality information products.
Click here to access the SAHIMS website.
Data Exchange Platform for the Horn of Africa
The data exchange platform for the Horn of Africa (DEPHA)
was established to provids data and information management services to
existing humanitarian and developmental information systems and operational
organizations in the Horn.
Click here to access the DEPHA website.
United Nations Humanitarian Information Centre for the occupied Palestinian territory
May 2002 - December 2004
The oPt-HIC was deployed to support the
humanitarian coordination and response after prolonged Israeli military
operations into the West Bank. The HIC served as a focal point for timely,
relevant information on curfews and the changing humanitarian situation in
the occupied Palestinian territory - West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It's main
services were maps, a web site and database support to decision-makers and
operational organisations. The HIC was always co-located with OCHA and
formally transitioned into the office structure in December 2004.
Click here to access the oPt-OCHA website.
Humanitarian Development Resource Centre - DPR Korea
This site is no longer active and is only kept on-line
for historical purposes.
Click here to access the HDRC website
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