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Protection against sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA)

iMMAP has a Code of Conduct that explicitly enumerates the accepted behavior and attitude expected of all its staff and consultants, both international and national. The code calls for individual commitment to respect for ethics, humanistic ideals, human rights and humanitarian international law as well as a general attitude characterized by neutrality, impartiality and non-discrimination. The Code of Conduct explicitly addresses Protection Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and is consistent with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Task Force on PSEA in Humanitarian Crises. iMMAP holds full responsibility for ensuring that staff and all the personnel deployed under this award are aware and fully comply with the Code of Conduct at all times Beneficiaries, and others with whom iMMAP is working with, are made aware of the Code of Conduct that iMMAP staff must comply with.

IDPs (due to conflict, violence, and disaster)

iMMAP's goal through a subset of its projects is to improve the protection of the most vulnerable by providing operational updates on population, specifically IDP movements, sub-regional profiling, and contextualizing refugee returns through the lens of humanitarian conditions.  iMMAP in Yemen was assigned the task of improving IDPs tracking mechanisms, and one key task was to lead the coordination with other organizations in the field. The goal was to implement efficient reporting tools, to improve cluster coordination and planning, and to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to displaced communities. 

Additionally, iMMAP implements programs to provide timely and evidence-based food security and livelihoods information and analysis on the most vulnerable population groups, ensuing they are responded to and have access to safe and nutritious food. iMMAP has a project in Syria to provide a better understanding of the agricultural market system in Syria, along with identifying constraints and bottlenecks that cut across value chains and promote appropriate community based opportunities for livelihood restoration and resilience.

Strengthening national/local leadership and systems

iMMAP has provided sustained information management support to United Nations (UN) emergency response clusters (UN agencies and International NGOs) including Logistics, Water & Sanitation, Health, Protection, Education, Nutrition, Camp Management & Coordination, Protection, Food Security, Nutrition and Gender-Based Violence. iMMAP has maintained active surge capacity Stand-By Partnership Agreements with eight (9) UN agencies including OCHA, WFP, FAO, UNICEF, IOM, WHO, UNHCR, UNFPA, and UNDP. iMMAP has a proven its ability to support emergency response efforts across multiple widely dispersed geographic locations.

iMMAP has offered its partners the full spectrum of information, knowledge and change management skills linking that expertise with thematic knowledge, e.g. food security, health, coordination, development, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian mine action, security, climate change, agriculture, and much more.  iMMAP has deployed its capacities to both aid and development organizations, helping them to solve operational and strategic challenges in moderate to high risk environments whether from political, economic, stability or security threats.  

Capacity building of national/local actors

Based on well-identified information management needs, the iMMAP Nigeria project has made a positive impact in responding to the priority gaps by helping to tailor the support to the needs and priorities as ascertained through impact monitoring surveys, continuous training and capacity building needs assessments, and partner feedback during technical review mechanisms.

To build and strengthen the capacity of Nigerian nationals, iMMAP conducted “Training of Trainers (TOT) in the Humanitarian Context” in Maiduguri, Borno State and in Yola, Adamawa State. By building and strengthening the capacity of national actors, iMMAP is helping to make a positive impact on the overall quality and capacity for response. These efforts are in line with the localization strategy as outlined in the multi-year Humanitarian Response Strategy for Nigeria, 2019-2021 and are consistent with the core commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit.

iMMAP provided ongoing technical support to the Iraqi government and its partners to establish a common operating picture (COP) to effectively task and mange landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) mitigation activities. iMMAP focuses on improving the capacity of national staff so they can provide better services to the Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) community, which helps to reduce ERW hazards in Iraq more effectively.