UNDP: How data will help bend the curve on internal displacement
The launch of the UN Secretary-General's Action Agenda on Internal Displacement is an important moment to discuss how data collection, analysis and evidence can be used to improve solutions and, importantly, to bend the curve on the global displacement crisis. We are all aware of the context in which we...UNDP: How data will help bend the curve on internal displacement
Related Topics: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
– Published 25.Jun.2022
JIPS-Norway High-Level Event: Delivering on the UN Secretary-General’s upcoming Action Agenda on Internal Displacement: Making the Key Shifts a Reality for Data
Co-hosted by JIPS and the Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN in Geneva on Tuesday, 14 June 2022, this high-level event brought attention to the upcoming UN Secretary-General's Action Agenda on Internal Displacement and the key shifts it calls for, highlighting positive changes that are already in motion from...JIPS-Norway High-Level Event: Delivering on the UN Secretary-General’s upcoming Action Agenda on Internal Displacement: Making the Key Shifts a Reality for Data
Related Topics: Community engagement, Durable solutions, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IDP policy
– Published 3.Jun.2022
JIPS' Partner Event 2021: Transforming Data into Action for Solutions to Internal Displacement
The evidence we build on internal displacement is essential to design and implement effective and sustainable solutions. However, how this evidence is generated and used matters every bit as much as the evidence itself to drive positive change in displaced people’s lives and promote nationally owned solutions. Jointly organized on...JIPS' Partner Event 2021: Transforming Data into Action for Solutions to Internal Displacement
Related Topics: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Refugee & IDP statistics, Urban, Durable solutions, Capacity development, Community engagement
– Published 27.Apr.2021
Perspectives [PART 1]: Inside the JIPS-Statistics Norway-NORCAP Collaboration
Partnership. The 17th Sustainable Development Goal, and part of a global promise to share the knowledge, expertise, and resources to build ‘a better and more sustainable future for all’. Founded in 2009, JIPS has long advocated for this process. We are known for our collaborative approach and are always working...Perspectives [PART 1]: Inside the JIPS-Statistics Norway-NORCAP Collaboration
Related Topics: Refugee & IDP statistics, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Capacity development
– Published 23.Mar.2021
JIPS-EGRIS Virtual Conference 2020 | Building Capacity for Improved Displacement Statistics
JIPS and the Steering Committee of the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS) jointly organised a one-day virtual conference to discuss ways to improve statistics on forced displacement. Building on the momentum created by the newly adopted statistical frameworks, the International Recommendations on Refugee and IDP Statistics (IRRS and...JIPS-EGRIS Virtual Conference 2020 | Building Capacity for Improved Displacement Statistics
Related Topics: Refugee & IDP statistics, Capacity development, IDP policy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
– Published 27.Oct.2020
The Transformative Potential of Data in Internal Displacement Situations: Recommendations to UN High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
Data can have a significant transformative power in internal displacement situations – which we in JIPS have witnessed throughout our 11+ years of supporting data-related, collaborative efforts in over 25 different contexts around the world. The role of data in addressing internal displacement should be seen as cross-cutting and can...The Transformative Potential of Data in Internal Displacement Situations: Recommendations to UN High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
Related Topics: Durable solutions, IDP policy, Capacity development, Community engagement, Refugee & IDP statistics, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Urban
– Published 18.May.2020
Leaving no (Refugee) Behind: The New Indicator on Refugees in the SDG Indicator Framework is a Game-Changer
For those of us working on forced displacement, it has become undeniable in recent years that any real resolution to refugee and IDP situations requires development as well as humanitarian interventions. This reality has, unfortunately, not always been without question and has had limited traction outside of the community working...Leaving no (Refugee) Behind: The New Indicator on Refugees in the SDG Indicator Framework is a Game-Changer
Related Topics: Refugee & IDP statistics, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
– Published 4.Dec.2019
Statistical Capacity Building on Forced Displacement: An Urgent Need for SDGs & GCR indicators?
Ever since a week full of international meetings on indicator frameworks at the end of March 2019, I am left reflecting on the issue of statistical capacity building, or more specifically on capacity building to improve data on forced displacement. Data – or statistics – is a critical building block...Statistical Capacity Building on Forced Displacement: An Urgent Need for SDGs & GCR indicators?
Related Topics: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Capacity development, Refugee & IDP statistics
– Published 4.Jun.2019
World Reconstruction Conference 4 – Profiling Serves as Key Information Source for Reconstruction Planning
The fourth World Reconstruction Conference in May 2019 in Geneva reaffirmed that "the inclusion of marginalised groups […] during assessment, planning and decision-making processes" is key for long-term recovery from crisis. Similarly, the event underlined the importance of bringing together a place-based with a people-based approach to achieve a comprehensive...World Reconstruction Conference 4 – Profiling Serves as Key Information Source for Reconstruction Planning
Related Topics: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Urban, Durable solutions
– Published 27.May.2019
IAEG-SDGs: Leaving no one behind through disaggregated data
Tasked to develop and implement the global indicator framework for the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda, the Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) recently gathered in Sweden for a three-day meeting aimed to progress their work that started in 2015. Hosted by SIDA, the meeting included...IAEG-SDGs: Leaving no one behind through disaggregated data
Related Topics: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
– Published 21.Nov.2018
National ownership, traditional methods and new approaches to statistics production - Reflections from 2018 World Data Forum
With over 2,000 experts from more than 100 countries and numerous international organisations, civil society, private sector and academia, the second UN World Data Forum was an exciting opportunity to discuss initiatives and challenging nuts-yet-to-crack around IDP statistics. For our part, we organised a session on challenges and solutions to the production of...National ownership, traditional methods and new approaches to statistics production - Reflections from 2018 World Data Forum
Related Topics: Refugee & IDP statistics, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
– Published 5.Nov.2018