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Overview


IMAC is multi-stakeholder initiative including UN and non-UN partners​. The purpose of IMAC is to provide remote information management and analysis support to sudden-onset large scale emergencies including:

  • Map and analyze existing secondary and primary data from operations and publicly available sources.  ​

  • Align humanitarian population figures and geographic data (per IASC Common Operational Dataset Guidance) ​

  • Showcase information and analysis initiatives from any actor at global or regional level to generate opportunities for others to align.​

​ So far, IMAC has been activated twice; during COVID in 25 priority countries (OCHA, UNHCR< WHO) and in Ukraine (OCHA, UNHCR)​.

Example: IMAC Ukraine

The cell composed of staff loaned by UN and non-UN organisations: DFS, MapAction, GPC, UNHCR, UNICEF, Data Center, RedR, iMMap, UNDRR​.

The cell stayed functional for three months to:

  • Provide support to IASC decision-makers at headquarters (EDGs and IA Ops Cell) and regional levels, as well as the Regional Refugee Coordinator​

  • Promote information management and analysis alignment between two coordination structures (UNHCR leading in countries receiving refugees and OCHA in Ukraine)

Output (Ukraine Example)


  • Early requests: reference maps, 3W, pipeline of incoming assistance, etc.

  • Regular products: DEEP secondary data reports, situation analysis reports, displacement analysis, ArcGIS Online (AGOL), etc.