The Information Management Network (IM Network) is an important component of the COD process. The IM Network can exist at country, regional and global levels and is composed of the humanitarian information management actors active in that country, region or at the global level. Potential IM Network actors include government, UN agencies and programmes, cluster IM staff, and international and national NGOs. If there is an OCHA office in the country the OCHA information management officer is responsible for establishing the IM network. however, OCHA does not have to be present for there to be an active IM Network.
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The IM Network, as it relates to CODs, should have Information Management Officers (IMO) from OCHA, representatives or IMOs from clusters or sectors representatives (if these are not activated then agencies), technical staff from international and national NGOs, and ideally technical staff from relevant government agencies. Possible partners include:
UN: OCHA, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, IOM, WFP, UNDP, FAO, UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women, UN-Habitat, UN Environment, etc.
Cluster IMOs; Health, Logistics, Nutrition, Protection, Shelter, WASH, CCCM, Early Recovery, Education, ETC, Food Security
Cross Cutting Issues: Environment, GbV
Government: May include the following ministries/departments: Cartographic, Geographic, Statistics, Census, Emergency Management, Environment, etc.
Other: ITOS, MapAction, OSM,
Who does the IM Network report to?
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