Field Information and Coordination Support Section FICSS Camp Mapping in UNHCR

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Field Information andCoordination Support
Section FICSSCamp Mapping inUNHCRs Context
Karl Steinacker, Chief, FICSS/DOS steinack_at_unhcr.o
rg Luc St-Pierre, Senior GIS Officerstpierre_at_unhc
r.org
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FICSS Responsibilities
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Responsibilities (1)Registration

• Management of the registration stockpile
• Support missions (assessment, planning, capacity
  building)
• Application Development (proGres, GIS)
• Provision of data for population analysis
• Support roll-out of Project Profile

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Recording events

• Refugee Status Determination

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PROFILE Realizes a Standard
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Registration LevelsStandard data sets
Level 3 Registration
Level 2 Registration
Level 1
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Responsibilities (2)Statistics and Data
Management

• Field support and capacity building
• Set and disseminate standards and best practices
• Develop common language and methodologies
• Create a network of people and data
• Compile, analyze, triangulate and
  disseminate/publish data
• Answering internal and external data requests
• Provide data analysis and interpretation advises
• Develop and improve of data collection
  instruments and other tools

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Example Urban refugee database in SO Bukavu

• BEFORE
• - 4 different Excel spreadsheets and
• - 1 Word document to monitor urban caseload
  (300 persons)
• - Much of the information duplicated in all
  documents
• - Same information has to be updated in all
  documents
• - Cumbersome to retrieve specific type of
  information

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SO Bukavu Before consolidation
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Example Urban refugee database in SO Bukavu

• AFTER
• 1 consolidated Excel list containing
• - Entire bio-data
• - Address
• - Assistance-status
• - Refugee children in school/not in school
• - Type of school

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SO Bukavu After consolidation
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Responsibilities (3) Geographic Information
Systems (GIS)

• Support missions
• Develop tools in support of registration
• Facilitate Camp Coordination / Camp Management
• Disseminate specialist information
• Participate in publications
• Coordinate networks ofdata exchange

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Responsibilities (4)Camp Coordination /
Management

• Refine concept
• Set and disseminate standards and best practices
• Develop common language
• Create a network of NGOs, people and data
• Support Operations
• Develop linkages with other IDP clusters
• Tool development

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Data Integration
Statistics andData Management
Web-GIS
UNHCRsGeographic Information Systems
Camp Coordinationand Management
Inter-Agency Networks
Registration

• Setting standards
• Tools and guidelines
• Field support / capacity building
• Data compilation, verificationand analysis

• Provision of specialized services
• Dissemination / Publication
• Networking / Partnerships

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CAMP MAPPING AT UNHCR
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The case of Lugufu I and II, Tanzania

• Use Satellite imagery, GPS points, and
  information from our partners to map Lugufu
• Develop a set of best practices for using
  satellite imagery
• Link existing ProGres/registration data to GIS
• Develop a capacity and system for continually
  updating the maps and databases

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Lugufu I and II

• Population 60 000 in Lugufu I35 000 in Lugufu
  II.
• Refugees of Congolese nationality (DRC).
• Implementing partners- Tanzanian Red Cross-
  World Vision- Care International

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Facts - Camp structure

• The structure in Lugufu I is
• Village (32) admin 1
• Block (768) admin 2
• Plot (approximately 18 250) admin 3
• The structure in Lugufu II is
• Zone (7) admin 1
• Cluster (60) admin 1
• Block (approximately 360) admin 2
• Plot (approximately 6 500) admin 3
• In total approximately 25 000 plots!

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Available data

1. QuickBird satellite image from July 2003 (0.6 m
   resolution).

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Available data

• World Vision sketches of camp layout.
• Well organized address system.

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Available data

• Sectoral Data
• Water
• Tanzanian Red Cross hand-drawn water map.
• GPS measurements of many water points, not in
  standard system WGS 84.
• Education
• Data about schools in Excel.

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Mapping of Basic Structures

• Digitize the administrative structure of the
  camp.

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Mapping of Basic Structures

• Digitize the road network of the camp.

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Water Sector
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Education, Health, Security, Environment, etc.

• Traveled in camp with the Implementing partner
  for each sector to identify each facility in
  their sector as well as collect attribute
  information.
• Facilities were digitized using the satellite
  image or with GPS points collected in the field.

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Mapping and Analysis
Education
Wat/San
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Mapping and Analysis
People per Block
Age/Sex breakdown per Village
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Mapping and Analysis
Areas and populations gt200m from a water point
Square meters per person
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Mapping and Analysis
Calculating the average distance traveled to the
nearest water tap
Number of vulnerables, by type
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Broadening camp management to local environment
case of Sierrra Leone

• Local impacts of camp activities?
• Where are located the projects?
• What is the accuracy of the information?
• What is the level of achievement of projects?
• Who are the beneficiaries?
• Which area is the covered by the projects?
• Need for others actions?

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Opportunities for Partnerships

• Tools and guidelines
• Camp mapping, remote sensing data interpretation,
  data management, camp coordination software
• Field support / capacity building
• Telecommunication, regional GIS and Data
  Management Officers (secondment or others)
• Provision of specialized services
• Networking tools, site planning, urban locations
  mapping, resources for durable solutions
• Dissemination / Publication
• Translation of registration database, map atlas
  for decision-makers
• Networking / Partnerships
• Infrastructure, capacity building, network
  support and development costs

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