Response Planning and Monitoring Module (RPM)

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Last updated: Sept 30, 2024 by Manon Colas
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Overview

Response Planning and Monitoring Module (RPM) is at the heart of HPC tools, managing and monitoring the plan framework for each tracked humanitarian response plan.

This tool manages the creation and subsequent monitoring of the strategic framework at the inter-cluster and cluster levels, supporting first the HRP planning process, and then the periodic monitoring processes which happen several times a year. 

  • CREATION: This is where humanitarian profile data is stored, at both national and cluster levels, as well as the objectives, indicators and targets making up the results framework.  

  • MONITORING: RPM includes a monitoring component, allowing the submission of data on people reached with aid and other progress against objective and activity indicators. 

Process

The RPM tool manages data at the inter-cluster and cluster level, not at the level of individual partners. 

  1. Flexible framework structure: The tool is fully configurable to support context-specific planning and monitoring: customizing the framework elements, the clusters (or other coordination structures), the number and type of indicators, monitoring periods, level of detail expected, etc. 

  1. Controlled user access. Each cluster coordinator can view what other clusters are entering and edit their own information. OCHA country offices have full access to the entire plan.  

  1. Indicator management. Indicators can be chosen from the global indicator registry or fully customized. 

  1. Disaggregation of targets and results. The tool can support any disaggregation by e.g. gender, age, population type, geography, etc. 

  1. Cluster caseloads and cluster and activity costs, enabling activity-based costing and caseload monitoring. 

  1. Basic plan viewer. Once published, the strategic framework and associated monitoring data can be viewed online, as well as exported to Excel. 

  1. APIs Data can be fed directly into IM products such as dashboards and documents. 

Resources and Guidance