CHALLENGES OF CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS IN SYRIA 2 October 2017 - Geneva

Context

Context

Context

Challenges Background Context – Different areas of control and in conflict Armed conflict situations preventing data collection Government of Syria and certain areas preventing data collection Political sensitivities in data collection No electronic data collection allowed Only KI possible were assessments are prohibited Issues of standardization and harmonization given the different areas of control Challenges with OCHA’s earlier assessments in 2015 and 2016 Until recently, lack of evidence based needs information and lack of proper population figures Lack of updates on IDP tracking on overall persons of concern figures

Action and Remedies Development of a SNFI questionnaire for South, Northwest and North East Syria (both KI and HH formats) Conducting assessment in opposition control areas during November and December 2016 (During Aleppo Crisis) Review of lessons learn from previous assessment Reviewed to create a Whole of Syria common floor questionnaire Need to consult all hubs Request permissions from the Government of Syria Ministry of Statistics Request permission from opposition groups Request permission from Turkish authorities for Euphrates Shield Area Apply lessons learned from previous assessment Implement a new assessment during July and August 2017 in time for HNO process

Complexity of factors for analysis (Lack of representative data) Key Informant – only in areas where HH data collection is prohibited Household Assessment – Where possible Challenge of merging KI with HH data collection Urban vs Rural vs Camp setting data IDP vs Host Community Data NFI / Shelter / HLP / Demographic info Governorate / District / Subdistrict / Community level data Government of Syria / Opposition controlled / Turkey controlled Long reports that are not easily digestable Development of factsheets for summary purposes Simplification of report format Development of dashboards for ease of analysis Promoting the use of the data for targeting and program development purposes

Assessment Coverage in North Syria

Sample Factsheet

Sample Factsheet

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