1. Uganda Refugee Response: Information Management Perspective
Charles Matovu, Assistant IMO - Noha Khalifa, Associate IMO
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High level National Data Forum Uganda, November

2. Figures At a Glance
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3. Refugees in Uganda by the Country of Origin
(As of 31 Oct 2017)
South
Sudan
75%
Burundi
DRC
Somalia
Others
Country of Origin
Total
South Sudan
1,037,359
DRC
230,358
Burundi
39,289
Somalia
36,245
Others
36,517
Grand Total
1,379,768
* Source OPM
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4. 2.096 million 1.037 million SSD Refugees – Regional Perspective
Total Regional South Sudan
Refugees (As Of Nov 2017)
1.037 million
Total South Sudan Refugees in Uganda (As Of 31 Oct 2017)
UG hosts almost 50% of all SSD refugees
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5. SSD Refugee Influx – Uganda
(Jan 2016 – Oct 2017)
SSD refugee influx from Jan 2016 till Oct, the influx peaked when the emergency started in July 2016 and since June 2016 we noticed a drop in the influx reason….
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6. 2017 Refugee Influx to Uganda (1 Jan -09 Nov 2017)
Total Arrivals 2017
(including others)
370,859
To show the influx from the 3 main situations in UG,
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7. Partners – Operational Presence (As of Oct 2017)
15 Governmental partners
(OPM, 14 District Local Governments)
As of the last update of operational presence the Uganda response has 100 partners with in-line ministries operating under the local districts.
100 Partners 12 73
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8. Inter-Agency Frameworks in Uganda
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9. Coordination Structure
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10. 2017 RRP Inter-Agency Funding update
(As of Oct 2017)
A Refugee Response Plan (RRP) is an inter-agency planning and coordination tool for large-scale or complex refugee situations. RRPs present the inter-agency response strategy and the corresponding financial requirements of all partners to ensure the coherence and complementarity of the humanitarian response
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11. Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework
CRRF in Uganda:
Holistic approach: Cycle of displacement till finding durable solution;
Multi-stakeholder approach: Collaboration with development partners;
Responsibility sharing: Easing the pressure of the country of asylum through providing sustainable support to refugees and host communities.
UG is a pilot of the CRRF, which aims to adopt an integrated approach that integrates both refugees and host communities. That helps in ensuring the protection of refugees by involving host community. UG takes the approach of 70% (services to refugees) to 30% (services to host community).
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12. Key IM partners
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13. IM Partners (Government & NGOs) - MYMPP
Office of Prime Minister Refugees Department
Uganda House of Statistics
Key IM partners from government and NGOs.
REACH (IP)
HOT (OP)
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14. UNHCR IM Strategy ( )
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15. IM Service Area : Coordination
S.O1 The Information Management Cycle (planning, collection, analysis and dissemination) is strategically coordinated for an efficient, harmonized response through forming strategic partnerships with IM service providers
Initiative
Maximize resources by partnering with IM Service Providers (HOT, REACH) and supporting coordinated in-depth assessments;
Establishment of IMWG lead by UBOS and UNHCR jointly;
Partnership on coordinated needs assessments.
Deliverables
Assessments, gap analysis & primary data collection (settlement);
Nutrition assessment (Sept 2017)
Shelter &NFI assessment (Nov 2017)
Crowdsourcing monthly Mapthon at the district level with HOT hosted by UNHCR FO (Geographic data collected by volunteers from refugees & host community);
Invitation is open to all partners with mandate on IM;
IMWG key coordination platform.
Assessment registry linked to data portals (2018);
Needs assessment components (2018).
Ensure the IM cycle ((planning, collection, analysis and dissemination) ) is well-coordinated. Partnership on data collection exercise, assessments, gap analysis. Supported in the nutrition assessments carried-out by MoH, WFP and UNHCR… Carrying-out joint geographic data collection exercise with HOT including monthly mapathons in field locations.
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16. IM Service Area: Programme, Response Monitoring,
Protection
S.O2 Monitoring activities are technically supported by the IM cycle for a coordinated and targeted output against, to provide an evidence based of the response activities/achievements to donors and partners and highlight any gaps within the response
Initiative
Mapping the activities of the partners, monitor indicators against planned target;
Deliverables
Detailed sector activity matrix(4Ws);
Settlement factsheet ;
Sector factsheets & dashboards;
Settlement monitoring tool (settlement facilities);
Online reporting forms for partners and sector focal points.
Address gaps in response monntoring
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17. IM Service Area: Technical Support and Specialized
Service Delivery
S.O3 Appropriate technology, methods and analytical support is provided to support operational priorities.
Initiative
Statistics/visualization/analysis to provide digestible information to senior management;
Provide analysis on ongoing response, CRRF, ReHope;
Online tools to support partner reporting and programming issues.
Deliverables (Ongoing)
Daily influx update;
South Sudan Infograph;
Monthly refugee snapshot;
Operational presence;
Reference maps;
Thematic & statistical maps;
Fund tracking& budgeting tools;
Standardized and systematic data collection mechanism (online data collection platform).
Day-to-day products/ stats update
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18. IM Service Area: Population & Data Management
S.O4 Maximum efficiencies are achieved in the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of population data for prioritized action.
Initiative
Population of Concern Estimation (Host community & refugees);
Caseload Profiling
Deliverables
Develop a geospatial inventory of all population data available and related to refugees and host community;
Initiate the discussion with the government counterparts on the initiative;
Profiling exercise;
Capacity building and SOPs/ data collection plan/methodology (Jan 2018)
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19. IM Service Area: Dissemination
S.O5 Products, messages, information and data are discoverable and available in a timely manner through appropriate media to target audiences for humanitarian action.
Initiative
Operational advocacy using mass dissemination platform;
Data portal maintained up-to-date;
Clear dissemination strategy
Deliverables
Mail chimp account set up;
Updated SOPs for portal maintenance;
Documented Dissemination plan
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20. Thank you