Multi-Dimensional Risk Mitigation Information Management Centre iMMAP has been running a comprehensive and multi-dimensional Risk Mitigation Information Management (RMIM) center dedicated to the Mosul, Hawiga and Western Anbar humanitarian responses to provide risk information during the critical emergency relief period. The project ended on 30/11/2017. The overall objective of the center is to rapidly assess and analyze the level of known explosive hazard contamination and security situation to set up safety, security and risk-free management systems in new contexts and provide rapid onset emergency response situations to Humanitarian Actors (HAs) involved in the humanitarian responses.

The RMIM center proved to be a critical response program for Mosul, Hawiga and Western Anbar operations, providing regularly updated Information Management (IM) products on explosive hazard contamination and the security situation in these areas. This supported HAs by ensuring they are adequately informed about potential safety, security, and risk. 

This information was fed into clusters and institutional IM systems facilitating the emergency response, while the IM products have been crucial resources for UN and government agencies, cluster partners and (I)NGOs. Through this support, our partners have been able to effectively and promptly prioritize, plan and implement their interventions. 

At the project end, nearly 150 organizations with over 1000 online subscribers regularly accessed our publications, data sources, and dashboards.

iMMAP proposes to continue, adapt and expand this project as the need for risk mapping continues to be vital in newly liberated areas, IDP camp locations, the routes used by IDPs and returnees, and the destinations of returnees. It is widely believed that this project can be applied to new contexts in line with the humanitarian response priorities. 

The support provided via the RMIM unit encompasses:
1. iMMAP’s security incident tracking and mapping products with a humanitarian response focus: We have a dedicated unit gathering daily incident reports for the whole of Iraq since 2006. The RMIM team will focus on priority areas, whose incidents are then analyzed and disseminated in the form of IM products such as online interactive maps, digital maps and reports.

2. Timely Mobile Data Collection (MDC) of explosive hazard contamination via front line partners: iMMAP will provide MDC tools to selected humanitarian actors, community leaders, returnees and government officials to collect explosive hazard contamination data and submit it remotely for iMMAP to verify, classify and analyze before disseminating through offline and online IM products for an accelerated utilization of the collected data and expedited response to the security situation.

3. Mine Action IM: iMMAP provides IM to mine action stakeholders, helping them maintain a clear common operating picture of national explosive hazard contamination. iMMAP will provide layered IM products to identify areas with the greatest need, to plan and prioritize response tasks and manage Explosive Remnants of War mitigation activities of the humanitarian operations.

4. Desktop survey of hard-to-reach areas: A comprehensive desktop survey will be carried out for hard-to-reach areas, allowing HAs to plan and prioritize aid delivery by providing a clearer picture on infrastructure damage, threats and explosive hazard contamination, along with the scope and scale of security/safety requirements, reducing risk to HA staff, IDPs and returnees.

Additionally, iMMAP will support the IM activities of protection cluster members and other HAs of the project area to develop an efficient MDC methodology, and to integrate their data to produce IM products that improve evidence-based decision making and resulting in a more effective response to benefit IDPs and returnees.

iMMAP will reactive the project, but expand the focus to all former ISIS-controlled areas in the Ninewa, Anbar, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, Diyala and Baghd