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Self Report for Initiatives in 2018

The updates on initiatives shown below allow members or signatories to WHS initiatives to report on actions taken in support of the respective initiative. They are not intended to replace reporting processes undertaken by initiative secretariats.

• WHS Commitments
• Initiatives

• Centre for Humanitarian Data

  What concrete actions have you taken in support of the initiative.

  • To support the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), IOM and OCHA-HDX jointly recruited a Data Management Officer for the new Centre for Humanitarian Data in The Hague during 2017.
  • The purpose of the Data Management Officer is to ensure that DTM data and other migration datasets within IOM are available on the platform to promote accessibility and usage by the broader humanitarian community. 
  • During 2018, processes for preparing and uploading datasets to HDX will be piloted and refined, expanding over time to ensure all publicly available DTM datasets are available on the HDX platform. 
  • Automated workflows to streamline uploading processes and create more sustainable integration with the HDX platform will also be developed. 
     

• Grand Bargain

  

  Report on The Grand Bargain Commitments

• New Way of Working

  What concrete actions have you taken in support of the initiative.

  The International Organization for Migration's (IOM) 2012 Migration Crisis Operational Framework and 2016 Progressive Resolution of Displacement Situations (PRDS) Framework are strongly aligned with the New Way of Working (NWOW), promoting holistic approaches to migration crises and strong collaboration across a wide range of actors, including Government counterparts. IOM supports the NWOW, drawing from both humanitarian and development spheres, and is committed to ensuring that comprehensively addressing the mobility dimensions of crisis, from prevention to mitigation to solutions, are central to this new approach. Following its active participation in the World Humanitarian Summit and its Grand Bargain commitments to bridge humanitarian and development divides, IOM continues to engage in various fora at the global and country level in discussions on how to operationalize the Humanitarian Development Nexus and the New Way of Working. 

• Platform on Disaster Displacement

  What concrete actions have you taken in support of the initiative.

  IOM supports the implementation of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda and the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) Strategic Framework and Workplan 2016-2019. IOM is a PDD Steering Group Standing Invitee, PDD Advisory Committee member and key implementing partner. Between 1 January-31 December 2017, IOM supported PDD to: address data and knowledge gaps through environmental migration research, and the PDD Data and Knowledge Working Group, co-chaired by IOM; enhance effective practices through capacity building for policymakers and other workshops in Central and North America, Hindu Kush Himalaya region, South America, Greater Horn of Africa, and through joint guidance tools for policymakers on planned relocation and DRR; promote coherent policy development and dialogue around the Cancun DRR Global Platform, Global Compact for Migration, 108th IOM Council, 10th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), Human Rights Council, COP23.