What you will learn
- Organise the information cycle: needs, collection, processing, analysis, dissemination.
- Use reference data and common tools (KoboToolbox, Excel, HDX, QGIS) to produce reliable products.
- Design clear dashboards and maps, while protecting personal and sensitive data.
Course information
- Level
- Beginner to intermediate
- Study time
- 12 hours over 2 days (lessons, case studies, exercises)
- Format
- Online, at your own pace, free and unlimited access
- Assessment
- Daily quizzes + final exam of 20 randomly drawn questions (30 min, pass mark 70%)
- Credential
- Named, numbered certificate of achievement, verifiable online (QR code)
- Reference frameworks
- OCHA · OCHA · IASC / JIAF
Programme
- Day1Data: from information needs to a clean databaseThe information management cycle · Reference data · Mobile data collection and quality · Cleaning data Scenario: The assessment database
- Day2Analysis, dashboards, maps and data protectionAnalysing and presenting · Humanitarian mapping · Data protection and data responsibility Scenario: The map that reveals too much
- Final assessment and certificate20 questions · 70% to pass · 3 attempts per 24 hours
Who is it for?
Information management (IM) assistants and officers, MEAL staff, cluster coordinators, programme officers who produce dashboards and maps.
The certificate
With at least 70% correct answers in the final assessment, you receive a certificate in your name, with a unique code that recruiters can verify on Humanitaires Jobs. A free Members area account is required.
Key concepts
The vocabulary you need to master for this course and the exam.
- P-code
- A unique code for a place or administrative unit.
- HXL
- Standard hashtags added to tables to exchange data.
- Choropleth map
- A map that shows rates or proportions by area.
- Weighting
- Correcting selection probabilities to obtain representative estimates.
- Data cleaning
- Documented correction of errors, duplicates and outliers.
- Least privilege
- Access limited to what each person needs.
- DTM
- IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix.
- Data responsibility
- Safe, ethical and effective management of data throughout its life cycle.
References and recommended reading
The official texts and sector reference works on which the course is based.
- OCHA (2024). Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) and Centre for Humanitarian Data. data.humdata.org
- OCHA (2023). HXL standard (Humanitarian Exchange Language). hxlstandard.org
- IASC / JIAF (2023). Joint Intersectoral Analysis Framework (JIAF 2.0). www.jiaf.info
- IASC (2023). Operational Guidance on Data Responsibility in Humanitarian Action. interagencystandingcommittee.org