IASC Technical Manual, Joint and Intersectoral Analysis Framework (JIAF) 2.0

What is JIAF 2.0?

The Joint and Intersectoral Analysis Framework (JIAF) version 2.0 sets global standards for the estimation and analysis of humanitarian needs and protection risks. The JIAF’s primary objective is to inform strategic decision-making, response analysis, and response planning through a rigorous, evidence based, and comprehensive joint and intersectoral analysis framework.

JIAF 2.0 has been developed by a partnership of donors, United Nations agencies, NGOs, global clusters and areas of responsibility, and specialized agencies1 under the auspices of the Grand Bargain2. It builds on learnings from the application of JIAF 1 and a two-year process of consultations, (re)design, testing, and learning, including academic and applied research.

The JIAF 2.0 standards enable the production of foundational information for Humanitarian Needs Overviews that are conducted globally, on an annual basis. Through JIAF 2.0, humanitarian actors commonly estimate the magnitude and severity of humanitarian needs and build a narrative about the drivers, linkages, and overlap of sectoral needs3, and the characteristics of those most affected by the crisis. Box 1 outlines the key outputs of JIAF 2.0.

JIAF 2.0 is people-centered. People affected by crises have multiple humanitarian needs, spanning different sectors. JIAF 2.0 is based on an analytical approach that considers the coexistence and intersection of different needs, and how their combined effects lead to humanitarian conditions. 

JIAF 2.0 enables robust, transparent, impartial, replicable, and comparable analysis of humanitarian needs and protection risks for any humanitarian crisis in the world. JIAF 2.0 promotes collaboration among humanitarian actors and brings them together to collectively analyze and assess the needs of affected populations. JIAF 2.0 utilizes simple, yet rigorous, methods that are applicable to different contexts and complement and enhance
existing structures and processes at country, regional and global levels. The JIAF 2.0 methods and collaborative approach enable transparent and impartial analyses that are replicable and reproducible.