Field Information and

Coordination Support Section

FICSS

Camp Mapping in

UNHCR’s ContextKarl Steinacker, Chief, FICSS/DOS

steinack@unhcr.org

Luc St-Pierre, Senior GIS Officerstpierre@unhcr.org

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”

Recording events

Refugee Status Determination

Assistance

Registration

Protection

Documentation

Physical file Local integration

Voluntary repatriation

Resettlement

Food Distribution Spreadsheet

Repatriation System

Urban Registration System

RSD Monitoring System

Assistance Monitoring System

Resettlement System Statistics Spreadsheet

Camp Registration System

Protection Monitoring System

PROFILE Realizes a Standard

Standards for RSD

Registration LevelsStandard data sets

3 months* 12 monthsImmediately

Level 3 Registration

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Time after arrival on territory of asylum

Level 1data

Level 2data

Level 3 data

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Level 2 Registration

Standards set by the Unified Approach

WFP/UNHCR MOU

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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

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

UNHCR’sGeographic Information Systems

Registration

Statistics andData Management

•Setting standards

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

Camp Coordinationand Management

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

Web-GIS

Inter-Agency Networks

CAMP MAPPING AT UNHCR

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

Lugufu I and II

• Population 60 000 in Lugufu I;35 000 in Lugufu II.

• Refugees of Congolese nationality (DRC).

• Implementing partners- Tanzanian Red Cross- World Vision- Care International

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!

Available data

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

Available data

2. World Vision sketches of camp layout.

3. Well organized address system.

Available data

4. 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.

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.

Water Sector

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.

Mapping and Analysis

Wat/San

Education

Mapping and AnalysisPeople per Block

Age/Sex breakdown per Village

Mapping and AnalysisAreas and populations >200m

from a water point Square meters per person

Mapping and AnalysisCalculating the average distance traveled to the nearest water tap Number of “vulnerables”, by

type

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