Berlin/Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the recognition of its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) as a lead provider of country-level data on internal displacement in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Management Response to the Independent Review of the Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement. This underscores the critical role that DTM plays in informing humanitarian action globally and will help ensure that core data on IDPs is systematically included in humanitarian needs and response plans.  

The data-focused components of the Management Response seek to improve coordination and operational data management to inform the humanitarian response to internal displacement at the global and country levels.  

The plan specifically calls on IOM—through DTM—to strengthen services to collect and analyse population level data for internally displaced people at the country level to predictably and regularly provide the humanitarian community with real-time Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) caseload and flows data. It also calls for IOM core IDP population data provision, along with other system-wide data-gathering and analysis efforts, to be systematically included in Common Services chapters of Humanitarian Needs and Response Plans (HNRPS).  

“The world is grappling with complex and multifaceted challenges including the intersections of conflict, environmental hazards, and socio-economic shocks,” said Ugochi Daniels, IOM Deputy Director General of Operations. “This recognition highlights the importance of investing in high-quality, comparable and interoperable data to ensure an effective humanitarian response.”  

Data on internal displacement is more crucial than ever to inform planning, response and developing lasting solutions for those displaced. Today, more than 75 million people remain internally displaced worldwide.  

As part of its broader contributions toward implementing the IASC Management Response, IOM will seek to strengthen DTM’s field operations and mobilize the resources and partnerships required to improve data collection activities in the world’s most complex displacement contexts. It will also continue working to ensure that IDPs are integrated across multi-sector needs assessments. This will better inform joint analysis efforts and improve the quality and relevance of data for solutions to internal displacement, in close partnership with national authorities and data actors across the system.  

Since its inception 20 years ago, DTM has been instrumental in shedding light on the needs, mobility patterns, and vulnerabilities of people on the move. With active operations in 100 countries, DTM gathers and analyzes data that enables decision makers and responders to provide these populations with better context specific assistance.  

Moving forward, IOM stands ready to scale up DTM operations and services to provide real-time population-level data on internally displaced people, helping the humanitarian community respond swiftly and effectively.  

Note to Editor  

The IASC Management Response is the result of a consultative process including all interested IASC members, the United Nations Development Coordination Office and the Office of the Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement.  

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For more information, please contact:   

Jorge Galindo, Tel: +4915226216775, Email: jgalindo@iom.int