IASC Weekly meeting (GVA) - 1) Needs Assessment (MIRA) and 2) Age in Humanitarian Action
Geneva
Meeting Documents
1. Operationalising the Multi-Cluster Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) at the field level
In an effort to strengthen inter-agency efforts to produce a better evidence base for humanitarian response, the 80th IASC Working Group endorsed the application of the Operational Guidance on Coordinated Assessments in Humanitarian Crises and the MIRA- the Multi-cluster Initial Rapid Assessment. An action plan to field test these in 2012 is currently under development. Loretta Hieber-Girardet, OCHA Policy Development and Studies Branch, and Chair of the IASC Needs Assessment Task Force, will present the main components of the action plan, and also discuss recent experiences on implementing a coordinated assessment approach in the field.
2. Age in Humanitarian Action
Piero Calvi-Parisetti, Humanitarian Adviser – Age, HelpAge International, will brief on age in humanitarian action. Despite significant progress achieved at the global policy level, evidence shows that older people remain virtually invisible at the planning and implementation stages of humanitarian operations. Whilst this is seen by many as a fundamental breach of the humanitarian principle of Impartiality, a “common front” is forming between the age, gender and disability areas of concern and a number of initiatives are underway to bring these population groups at the core of humanitarian action.
3. AOB