The document summarizes Kenya's Initial Rapid Assessment (KIRA), a tool used to support informed decisions during emergencies in Kenya. KIRA is a coordinated multi-agency assessment process that collects and analyzes information to provide a concise 4-page report on priority needs, response capacity, and information gaps within 72 hours of an emergency. It has been used for over 13 assessments across 18 districts since 2012, improving coordination between the government, UN agencies, Red Cross organizations, and NGOs. Key aspects of KIRA include its focused methodology, consolidated information sharing, and partnerships that transformed emergency response in Kenya from an uncoordinated to a coordinated effort.
Kenya Initial Rapid Assessment Presentation @ UNICEF Innovation Lab Meet Kosovo 4-6 December 2013
1. BEST PRACTICES: THE KENYA INITIAL RAPID
ASSESSMENT @ INNOVATION MEET,
KOSOVO 4-6 DECEMBER 2013
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2. Relief Coordination – is this the reality?
OCHA
New York
Donor
Govt’s
Sec Gen
OCHA
Coordinator
UNHCR
Geneva
CJTF
UNICEF
National Authorities
New York
ICRC
UNICEF
CMOC
Clusters
NGOs
NGOs
National RC
Information Overload
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OSSOC
WFP
UNHCR
Humanitarian
Coordinator
UNDAC
USAID/
DART
IFRC
NGOs
Cluster
WFP
Rome
Ambassador
NGOs
NGOs
NGOs
No decisions!!
13. KIRA phase 1: Multi Agency Innovation
Programmes
Processes
Products
(Tools)
Partnerships
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14. Tana Delta in Sep 2012
Baragoi/Samburu Dec 2012
Tana Delta in Jan 2013
Floods and Landslides in
Jan 2013
+ 6 Additional
Assessments after
elections
270+ Trained
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18. Nairobi, 30 Sept – 5 Oct 2012
(On behalf of Core Assessment Team)
Minu K Limbu, Emergency Specialist
(Information Management and Analysis)
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Kenya Country Office
Kenya Initial Rapid Assessment (KIRA) initiative, a partnership of:
Hinweis der Redaktion
So what are we trying to do to improve assessments in Kenya?the collective aim of the KIRA is for a coordinated approach to assessments to cover the humanitarian community in Kenya….so that NGOS, UN, government, and donors and have a joint platform to share information, plans, best practice on assessments, reduce duplication of effort, use human and financial resources better, and capitalise on each others’ strengths.The inter sector working group (ISWG) identified a gap in multi sector assessment from the Real Time Evaluation (RTE) of the 2011 Horn of Africa drought. Addressing the gap of multi sector assessments was an agreed area of follow up to the RTE. A project was launched to support the development of a coordinated, multi sector rapid assessment mechanism, and this is how the Kenya Initial Rapid Assessment (KIRA) was born.
June to Aug 2012: Consultative phase Sept to Oct 2012: Tool development phaseNov 2012 to March 2013: Roll out phase including training (at least 250 people)April – June 2013: Lessons Learning (10 April workshop, external review) This is the timeline which was originally conceived earlier in the year. Given the elections and the desire to be well prepared, the timeline was very ambitious – hence having strict methodology input and review deadlines, so that we had something to train people in. The good news is that we are pretty much on track!