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Assessment and Analysis

ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS

1. Identify the importance, purpose, and principles

of effective assessment and analysis in overall

food security processes.

2. Describe the role of the cluster coordinator in

coordinating and supporting assessments and

analysis of food security within a cluster

framework.

3. Identify various tools, frameworks, and standards

used to collect and analyse data.

ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS – LEARNING OBJECTIVES


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Challenging Assumptions




KEY MESSAGES

• Assessment and analysis drive strategy and

response

• Cluster provides assessment and analysis

coordination and support

• Joint/shared assessments are ideals but ensuring

coordinated assessment is more important

• Shared analysis is the most important aim

Why is this subject covered?

Cluster staff need to understand the importance of food security

sector assessment and analysis and their role in coordination. They

must also have a basic understanding of the various assessment and

analysis tools available.

How does this relate to my day to day tasks?

Cluster staff help guide the joint or coordinated assessment and

analysis performed together by cluster partners in order to set the

stage for coordinated development of a coherent food security sector

strategy.


RELEVANCE



Project planning & implementation by individual organizations – Sector analysis, planning & monitoring by the Cluster

ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS – WHY

IMPORTANT?

FOOD SECURITY CLUSTER- TOR


What does the FSC do?

1. Ensure predictable and accountable leadership

2. Represent the food security community in the different country level fora

3. Support coordination in assessment planning and response, strategy

4. Develop benchmarks and indicators

5. Advocacy for entire food security community, not just specific partners

6. Strengthen national/local systems

7. Ensure quality of response, promotion of appropriate standards and delivery of

services

8. Ensure shared understanding of early recovery

9. Learn and build upon best practices

10. Ensure partnership and inclusiveness

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ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS COORDINATION – WHY AND HOW

‘ensuring…effective cluster and inter-cluster coordination through collective planning of assessments and response’

• Support coordination in assessment planning, response, and strategy

• Strengthen national/local systems• Ensure understanding of early recovery• Ensure partnership and inclusiveness

Ensure Partnership & Inclusiveness

• Identify key entities for inclusion

• Optimize complement.

Support Coordination

• IM: 4Ws for Assessment• IM: Data consolidation/analysis• Joint or harmonized activities• Gap analysis• Agree on technical standards

and tools• Facilitate inter-cluster

assessment and analysis coordination

Strengthen Nat’l Systems / Early Recovery

• Existing• Training/

assistance• Disaster

Mgmt• Recovery

How?

Why?


The lack of coordination…

“The international response to this crisis has been slow to get off the ground. It has been slowed by a succession of uncoordinated assessments spanning a period of three months since the indicators of drought first became known, and a concern on the part of donors that the use of different assessment tools by different actors rendered it impossible to make informed decisions regarding the scale and nature of the response.”

“The first phase is now complete and affirms that substantial assistance is required to address immediate humanitarian needs. Donors should however be cognisant of the fact that the latest reports exclude the assessments of the majority of NGOs.”

• Timeliness

• Relevance

• Coverage

• Validity

• Transparency

• Accuracy

• Consistency

• Participation

• Cross-Cutting

• Unassessed


ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS, AND STANDARDS - PRINCIPLES

Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment

Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)

Initial Rapid Assessment

EMMA

EFSA

IPC

Seeds Systems Security

Assessment (SSSA)

Methodology for Rapid Humanitarian Assessment

SPHERE

ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS-TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS


Livelihood Assessment Toolkit (LAT)

Household Economy Analysis (HEA)

CFSVA

CFSAM

MCRAM/MIRALEGS

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MIFIRA


ASSESSMENT/ANALYSIS TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS

Primary Data Collection Methods CFSVA: Comprehensive FS & Vulnerability Analysis EFSA: Emergency Food Security AssessmentEMMA: Emergency Market Mapping and AnalysisHEA: Household Economy ApproachMcRAM: Multi-cluster Rapid Assessment Mechanism (Pakistan)MIRA: Multi-Cluster Initial Rapid Assessment – IASC LAT: Livelihoods Analysis ToolLEGS: Livestock Emergency Guidelines & StandardsIRLAG: Integrated Rapid Livelihoods Assessment Guidelines PDNA/PCNA*: Post-Conflict/Post-Disaster needs AssessmentsSSSA: Seed Systems Security Assessment VCA: Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment

Assessment Standards: SPHERE, SMART, LEGS

Analysis Frameworks IPC: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

NAF: Needs Analysis Framework

PCNA/PDNA*

*Often consolidate previously collected data for recovery response planning

ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS –

TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS

Preliminary Scenario DefinitionSecondary data, direct observationBest guess

E.g.: Multi-cluster Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA)

Sampling, questionnaire

Baseline for monitoring

Multi-sector damage/loss assessment (e.g. PDNA)

Situation monitoring / surveillance

Performance Monitoring

Representative sampling, surveys

In-depth assessments

Situation monitoring / surveillance

Performance Monitoring

Re-assessments if needed

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Increasing complexity

1-3 days 2 weeks Weeks 3-4 onwards


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Phase 3

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COORDINATED ASSESSMENT & ANALYSIS – WHAT IS IT?

• Impact on people and support systems

• Forecast of situation• Needs for survival,

protection, and recovery of livelihoods

• Needs for recovery of support systems

• Available resources

1-2 days 5-6 days 3-4 daysInitial

Decision

Planning Field Work Analysis and Reporting

• Compile secondary data• Agree objectives, scope of work,

and timeframe• Coordinate with HC and key

clusters• Agree info requirements,

collection methods, site selection• Agree/prepare tool• Personnel/equip prep• Coordinate with key officials

• Team field visits• Joint or

harmonized• Multi-cluster or

sector specific

• Process/analyze dataSituation analysis• Prioritized problems• Prioritized needs/gaps• Prioritized risks(Response analysis)RecommendationsDisseminate

Desired Information

Your thoughts?

• Joint Food Security Assessments

and/or Individual Organizations?

• Multi-sectoral and/or specific

sector Assessments?

• Joint Situation Analysis or

Individual Organizations?

• Focus on Relief or Relief +

Recovery?

• Sudden on-set vs. Other

situations?


ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS COORDINATION – QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGES

Two questions, then:

1. What are the benefits

of sharing in data

collection?

2. What are some of the

techniques for

coordinating data

collection?


ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS – TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS

TECHNICAL CONSENSUS & COMMON LANGUAGE

Classifying the severity of scenarios and impact

on human lives and livelihoods.

CLEARER EARLY WARNING

Promotes timely and meaningful analysis to

influence decision making.

STRATEGIC RESPONSE

Explicitly state appropriate responses

for immediate, medium, longer term

requirements

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• Analysis Templates

• Cartographic Protocols

• Population Tables

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• Core Reference Tables

RESPONSE ANALYSIS

links situation analysis to the design of appropriate strategic

food security interventions, promoting a broad range of

responses

SITUATION ANALYSIS

Basis for identifying fundamental aspects of a

situation (severity, causes, magnitude, etc.)

Out

put:

ANALYSIS – IPC EXAMPLE


IPC Acute Scale Reference Outcomes

• Mortality

• Nutritional Status

• Food Consumption (quantity and nutritional quality)

• Livelihood Change (assets and strategies)

→CDR & U5MR/ ppd

→% w/2z score; BMI

→Quantity vs 2,100 kcal/pp/day; HH Diet Diversity Score (HDDS); Food Consumption Score (FCS); CSI; etc

→Asset depletion; coping strategies


EXERCISE - BACKGROUND

Situation Analysis: Review templates from Somalia 2009.

1. Use the IPC to help identify phase of the

Key Reference Outcomes

2. Identify the overall IPC Phase

3. Identify 3-5 Priority Problems (access,

availability, utilization-groups, locations)Assessment and Analysis

Why is this subject covered?

Cluster staff need to understand the importance of food security

sector assessment and analysis and their role in coordination. They

must also have a basic understanding of the various assessment and

analysis tools available.

How does this relate to my day to day tasks?

Cluster staff help guide the joint or coordinated assessment and

analysis performed together by cluster partners in order to set the

stage for coordinated development of a coherent food security sector

strategy.


RELEVANCE


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