Potential CODs for Complex Emergencies
The following is a list of potential CODs for an emergency. It is up to the IM network in country to identify what datasets are required as a common reference to prepare or respond to an emergency. Not all of these datasets are CODs!! To identify CODs, use the Identifying a COD flow chart
The list was created with the support of the Coordinated Data Scramble (Global Level IMWG), the analytical framework – part of MIRA), the COD workshops (Berlin, April 2017 and Geneva, June 2017).
There are 2 types of complex emergencies: Conflict and Drought.
CONFLICT
Core CODs
- CODs-AB (Admin boundaries at least at level 2)
- CODs-PS (Population statistics)
- By age
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Economic characteristics
- Household characteristics
- CODs-HP (Humanitarian Profile)
- # of people affected (available through the HNO)
- # of people in need (available through the HNO)
- # of people displaced (by status e.g. in camps, unfinished buildings etc)
- # of people missing, injured and dead
Other country specific CODs
- Shape file of areas which are not accessible / active conflict zone / Number of square KMs in recent conflict areas that are unsafe to access due to mine contamination / ERWs (UN Missions)
- Number of children associated with armed forces or armed groups (UNICEF)
- Road blocks / check points (UN Missions)
- Road Networks
- Bridges
- Railways
- Elevation model
- Building/housing type
- Aerodromes (airports, airfields, HLZs)
- Seaports (if relevant)
- Educational facilities (UNICEF)
- Health facilities (WHO)
- Oil Refineries (if relevant)
- MPI (estimates of proportion of people per grid square living in poverty. This dataset is available for some countries through WorldPop project)
- Refugees ( if relevant)
- Hydrology (not a priority)
- Operational presence of partners
- Spontaneous settlements
- Nutrition outreach centers
- Telecommunication locations (e.g. towers)
- Infrastructure (power, gas, nuclear, oil, waste collection sites, water treatment site etc)
- Disease profile
- Markets
- Clean water access points
- Urban environment (neighbourhoods, etc)
Drought
Core CODs
- CODs-AB (Admin boundaries at least at level 2)
- CODs-PS (Population statistics)
- By age
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Economic characteristics
- Household characteristics
- CODs-HP (Humanitarian Profile)
- # of people affected (available through the HNO)
- # of people in need (available through the HNO)
- # of people displaced (by status e.g. in camps, unfinished buildings etc)
- # of people dead
Other country specific CODs
- Livestock conditions / drought related # of animal deaths (sheep, cows, goats etc)
- Livestock disease situation
- Water points or sources / water availability for domestic use
- Cultivated land / crop condition (available through WFP)
- NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index: an indicator to assess whether the target being observed contains live green vegetation or not)
- Food Commodity prices
- Hydrology
- Average rainfall in the country
- Road Networks
- Bridges (not a priority)
- Railways (not a priority)
- Elevation model (not a priority)
- Building/housing type
- Aerodromes (airports, airfields, HLZs)
- Seaports (if relevant)
- Educational facilities
- Health facilities
- MPI (estimates of proportion of people per grid square living in poverty. This dataset is available for some countries through WorldPop project)
- Refugees (if relevant)
- Operational presence of partners
- Spontaneous settlements
- Nutrition outreach centers
- Telecommunication locations (e.g. towers)
- Infrastructure (power, gas, nuclear, oil, waste collection sites, water treatment site etc)
- Disease profile
- Markets
- Clean water access points
- Internal displacement
- Refugee movement
- Refugee camps
- Famine
- Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSnet data) https://www.fews.net/shapefiles
- Disease Outbreak
Resources
Not all the datasets identified below will be CODs but they provide a place to start your thinking
- Data lists from Coordinated Data Scramble
- Data sources, resources and possible ideas from MapAction
- Disaster Summary Sheets that lists datasets and their use from ACAPS