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Initial/Rapid Assessment Initial/Rapid Assessment In-Depth Assessment Monitoring

(72 hrs) (2 weeks)

Objectives  Definition of nature, scale and  Refining of nature, scale and severity  Definition and quantification of needs  Analysation of situation and trends
severity of the impact of the impact  Provision of detailed and statistically  Feeding of same into performance
 Identification and location of affected  Assessment of affected groups, areas, representative information monitoring
populations and groups sectors  Establishment of baseline for needs
 Estimation of population in need  Identification of information gaps and and performance monitoring
 Establishment of key priorities needs
 Identification of access constraints  Estimation of population in need
 Establishment of key priorities
 Identification of access constraints

Decisions to be informed  Initial response  Strategic response plan  On-going response  Phasing out of life-sustaining
 Rapid assessment design  Focus for follow-on in-depth  Detailed planning for humanitarian activities
 Preliminary response plan assessments relief/early recovery  Detailed planning for humanitarian
 Recommendations for immediate,  Recommendations for immediate, relief and early recovery
short-term and longer-term short-term and longer-term  Recommendations for long-term
interventions interventions interventions
Methodology  Secondary Data:  Secondary Data:  Secondary Data:  Secondary Data:
Media, government, local services, Media, government, local services, Media, government, local services, Media, government, local services,
humanitarian agencies’ reports, humanitarian agencies’ reports, humanitarian agencies’ reports, humanitarian agencies’ reports,
monitoring systems, etc. monitoring systems, etc. monitoring systems, etc. monitoring systems, etc.

 Primary Data:  Primary Data:  Primary Data:  Primary Data:


Flyover, direct observations, key Community group discussions, key Household/individual interviews, focus Household/individual interviews
informant interviews informants interviews, direct group discussions, direct observation
observation, focus group discussions in  Field tool:
 Field tool: some instances.  Field tool: Structured questionnaire
Open checklist Structured questionnaire
 Field tool:
Semi-structured questionnaire
Sampling strategy  Convenience (Non-Probability  Purposive (Non-Probability Sampling)  Representative (Probability Sampling)  Representative (Probability Sampling)
Sampling)  Purposive (Non-Probability Sampling)

Level of assessment  Province, district or sub-district level  Community/institution-level  Community/household/individual-  Community/household/individual-


 Community or village, neighbourhood assessment level assessment level assessment

Assessment team  Experienced generalists with skills in  Experienced generalists and sector  Generalists, possibly supported by  Individual sector and agency
assessments, emergency specialists with skills in assessments, specialists, individual sector and assessment teams
composition programming and local knowledge emergency programming and local agency assessment teams
 Experienced specialists in secondary knowledge
data review  Experienced specialists in secondary
data review
Outputs  Situational Analysis  MIRA report  Detailed sectorial/agency-specific  Detailed sectorial/agency-specific
reports reports
 Recovery framework

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