Country-specific CODs (COD-CS)

Overview

Country-specific CODs (COD-CS) represent local hazards and operational requirements such as key infrastructure that could be impacted or used during relief operations such as schools, health facilities, and refugee camps, or topographical data such as rivers, land cover and elevation.

Unlike COD-AB, COD-PS, and COD-EM datasets, which should be prepared before an emergency, COD-CS datasets may be prepared before or after an emergency. The appropriate types of COD-CS depend on the nature and context of a country or emergency. See the following pages for further guidance.

Existing databases must satisfy various conditions to be a classified as a COD-CS.

Decision tree for designating a dataset as a COD

DEVELOP THE FOLLOWING:

What is expected from IMO/COD focal person?

Make COD-CS agenda item for IMWG - generic presentation to facilitate discussion on COD-CS
Have the COD-CS ready (identified, processed and cleaned) before any disaster hits