Timely, reliable, and ethically managed information is the connective tissue of effective humanitarian response — driving analysis, coordination, and accountable decision-making. This advanced programme equips senior practitioners to lead humanitarian information management and to uphold responsible data practice in environments where information itself can create risk for affected populations.
Designed for an international audience from officer to director level, the programme addresses the full information cycle: data governance and protection, interoperability and common operational datasets, analysis and visualisation for decision-makers, and the ethical imperatives of data responsibility. Participants learn to lead information functions that strengthen response while protecting the people it serves.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Critically appraise the role of information management in response
- Lead the humanitarian information cycle
- Establish data governance and standards
- Apply responsible data principles
- Protect personal and sensitive data
- Manage data protection impact assessments
- Develop common operational datasets
- Enable interoperability and data sharing
- Lead analysis and data visualisation
- Build dashboards and information products for decisions
- Manage information in access-constrained settings
- Apply remote and digital data collection responsibly
- Manage information security and risk
- Strengthen national information management capacity
- Apply emerging technologies responsibly
- Anticipate emerging trends in humanitarian data
Course Outline
- Module 1: Information Management in Humanitarian Response
- Module 2: Leading the Information Cycle
- Module 3: Data Governance & Standards
- Module 4: Responsible Data Principles
- Module 5: Protecting Personal & Sensitive Data
- Module 6: Data Protection Impact Assessments
- Module 7: Common Operational Datasets
- Module 8: Interoperability & Data Sharing
- Module 9: Analysis & Data Visualisation
- Module 10: Dashboards & Information Products
- Module 11: Information in Access-Constrained Settings
- Module 12: Remote & Digital Data Collection
- Module 13: Information Security & Risk
- Module 14: Strengthening National IM Capacity
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Humanitarian Data
Who Should Attend
This advanced programme is designed for international information management officers and leads, MEAL and assessment specialists, coordination staff, and senior officers responsible for data and information across UN, INGO, and national NGO operations.
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