Assessment Registry or Survey of Surveys

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Last updated: Mar 22, 2022 by Marina Colozzi
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Overview

The assessment registry, sometimes called the survey of surveys, provides a way for organizations to share existing assessments and plans for future assessments.  The registry allows for organizations to share assessment data as well as coordinate future assessments, and hopefully avoid assessing the same location multiple times.

Metadata on each survey/assessment normally includes:

  • Title

  • Geographical Location (Origin)

  • Managed by

  • Participating Organization(s)

  • Clusters/Sectors

  • Status

  • Assessment Date(s)

  • Methodology

  • Data

  • Contacts

The assessment report, questionnaires and, Ideally, the data associated with the assessment should be made publicly available on the Assessment Registry.

Note: In exceptional cases, it may be necessary to establish a stand-alone assessment registry. It is possible to accomplish this at a basic level with a publicly shared cloud storage site with a metadata spreadsheet and copies of the assessments available for download. 

For more information on upcoming changes to the platform click here.

Process

Cluster/sector IMOs should be able to upload their assessments to the registry.  Larger NGOs can also be given admin rights to upload. Otherwise, OCHA IMOs are responsible for filling in the registry metadata.

 

Outputs/Resources

Assessment Registries on Assessment Registry  – Humanitarian Programme Cycle can be shown in List, Table or Map. It can be exported as a CSV file for offline use for different purposes; for example for a geographic, sector and thematic gap analysis. This type of analysis is also useful for the HNOs when providing information on current and planned assessments.

Guidance