{"id":23781,"date":"2017-06-20T12:14:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/?post_type=one_press&p=23781"},"modified":"2017-06-20T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:14:45","slug":"one-launches-one-stop-data-tracking-tool-to-reveal-needs-of-worlds-refugees","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/press\/one-launches-one-stop-data-tracking-tool-to-reveal-needs-of-worlds-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE launches one-stop data tracking tool to reveal needs of world\u2019s refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MOVEMENT platform brings together the latest data on displaced people to highlight countries with the greatest need and the largest funding gaps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To help donors and governments make informed decisions about how to effectively support the world\u2019s 65 million displaced people and their host countries, anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign today launches a unique data tool – MOVEMENT.<\/span><\/p>\n

The initiative, launched on World Refugee Day, shines a light on one of the biggest barriers to addressing humanitarian needs – a crisis of data. <\/span><\/p>\n

MOVEMENT weaves together the most reliable, up-to-date official data-sets from humanitarian organisations and records them into a standardised interface to best show where displaced people are today, what the greatest humanitarian needs are globally, and where humanitarian funding flows align\u2014or do not\u2014with those places of greatest need.<\/span><\/p>\n

ONE\u2019s Policy Director for Development Finance, Sara Harcourt, said:<\/b> \u201cMOVEMENT is the first tool that joins best available data on humanitarian needs, humanitarian funding and displaced people in one place, searchable by country. \u00a0It also exposes the massive data gaps that need to be filled in order accurately follow resources to results.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The current humanitarian data system is struggling to offer an accurate picture of the impact of displacement on those forced from their homes and the countries that host them, ONE\u2019s research revealed. In its new report \u2018Movement: Minding the data gaps around displacement, funding, and humanitarian needs<\/i>\u2019, ONE shows that information is siloed and incomplete, and is dispersed across dozens of organisations in different platforms and in different formats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Critically, it is not able to show the real price being paid when humanitarian appeals are not being met.<\/span><\/p>\n

MOVEMENT uses latest data and can incorporate new datasets rapidly,\u00a0 from official humanitarian organisations\u2019 statistics such as UNHCR<\/span><\/a>, IOM<\/span><\/a> and UNOCHA<\/span><\/a>. It presents the statistics in an open-source format that can be used by anyone in the humanitarian sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the challenges will not be overcome immediately, the collective data hub will allow campaigners, donor countries and others to better see where funding flows are misaligned with populations in need, or where they are hugely underfunded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Added Harcourt: \u201cEuropean countries mainly focus on how to support the refugees coming into their borders. But MOVEMENT shows how it is the world\u2019s most fragile countries who are hosting the majority of the world\u2019s displaced people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, out data shows the EU accounts for around 24% of global GDP – \u00a0but hosts only 5% of forcibly displaced people globally. World leaders should be stepping up to support those countries most in need – yet global UN appeals are less than one-third funded, making it impossible to adequately provide support. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

ONE\u2019s Africa interim Executive Director Nachilala Nkombo, said:<\/b> \u201cDeveloping countries host most of the world\u2019s refugees and the challenges they face impact development and policymaking. This interactive tool will assist those working with and for refugees to have updated information from a click of a button and change the way we have read data before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As the world is encouraged to focus on the plight of the displaced millions during World Refugee Week, ONE is calling on governments and donor organisations to increase transparency of their funding, and support data initiatives to help ensure that refugees and their host countries receive the support they need.<\/span><\/p>\n

Viewers can explore and assess the current refugee crisis through an interactive map which displays current needs<\/b>, where displaced people<\/b> are, and how much aid<\/b> is flowing to those countries. Anyone can view the data, and use the tool by clicking here: <\/b>https:\/\/www.one.org\/movement.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Among the highlights, MOVEMENT shows that:<\/span><\/p>\n