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BEST PRACTICES: THE KENYA INITIAL RAPID ASSESSMENT @ INNOVATION MEET,

KOSOVO 4-6 DECEMBER 2013

Information Overload No decisions!!

OSSOC

UNHCR

UNHCRGeneva

NGOsNGOs

WFP

NGOs

WFPRome

NGOs

UNDAC

OCHANew York

HumanitarianCoordinator

Sec Gen

OCHACoordinator

CMOC

CJTF

USAID/DART

Ambassador

DonorGovt’s

NGOs

UNICEFNew York

UNICEF

NGOs

National Authorities

Clusters

Cluster

National RC

IFRC

ICRC

Relief Coordination – is this the reality?

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MOST affected in emergencies

Kenya: Child Deprivation Index

80% Children subjected to (at least)single deprivation

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Post Election Violence 2007/08

Killed :Over 1,100Displaced: Over 600,000

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Focus: “tool(s)” to supported INFORMED DECISIONS during

emergency

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KENYA INITIAL RAPID ASSESSMENT (KIRA)

What is the big picture?What is the big picture?

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UNCoordinated to Coordinated

9Focused on: Processes and Partnerships

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1 32Collect and consolidate Analyse Interpret

What is important

Why is it important

Identify

INFORMATION PROCESSING STEPS

Focused on: Mechanisms

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• 4 page report Context MethodologyPriority needsResponse CapacityConstraintsInformation GapsRecommendations

ASSESSMENT REPORT

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consolidation

It worked in Kenya because..

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ProgrammesProducts(Tools)

Processes Partnerships

KIRA phase 1: Multi Agency Innovation

Tana Delta in Sep 2012

Baragoi/Samburu Dec 2012

Tana Delta in Jan 2013

Floods and Landslides in Jan 2013

+ 6 Additional Assessments after

elections

14270+ Trained

Agencies participating @ KIRA

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Phase 2: Mobile Data Collection

Facts About KIRA

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13*KIRA conducted

18+ Districts

Before After

4 9Kenya Elections 2013

Nairobi, 30 Sept – 5 Oct 2012

Kenya Initial Rapid Assessment (KIRA) initiative, a partnership of:

(On behalf of Core Assessment Team)

Minu K Limbu, Emergency Specialist (Information Management and Analysis)UNICEF Kenya Country OfficeKenya Country Office