REACH initiative 2024-2025 REACH initiative 2024-2025 The REACH initiative is a joint initiative made up of IMPACT, ACTED, and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) with the purpose to "strengthen evidence-based humanitarian decision-making through efficient data collection, management, and analysis – before, during, and after an emergency." As such, REACH has become the leading humanitarian initiative providing granular data, timely information, and in-depth analysis from contexts of crisis, disaster and displacement. The work of REACH directly feeds into humanitarian responses and decision-making by providing accessible and precise information on the humanitarian situation of crisis-affected populations.

This contribution will support IMPACT to conduct its core activities within the REACH initiative through a two-year project. The project seeks to enable IMPACT to both 1) expand its programming to data poor environments and 2) to strengthen its organisational model to continue delivering more efficient and high-quality research to humanitarian decision makers.

The purpose of the contribution is thereby to strengthen the REACH's capacity, implement and advocate for Multi-Sector Needs Asseements (MSNA), especially in underfunded crises, and to promote its operational work at both global and country level. The long-term goal is to see a systemic change where humanitarian action is based on priorities informed by high quality needs assessments. REACH är ett initiativ som syftar till att framställa analys och data som ska leda till evidensbaserad planering och prioritering i humanitära kriser. Dess aktiviteter implementeras inom de samlade humanitära koordineringsmekanismerna (inter-agency coordination mechanisms) och är den ledande inrättningen för datainsamling, information och analys i olika humanitära kriser. 

Denna insats syftar till att stödja REACH:s kärnuppdrag med IMPACT som avtalspart. Stödet har som mål att IMPACT dels ska expandera sin verksamhet på platser med begränsad data och dels ska stärka sin organisation för att fortsättningsvis kunna bidra med effektiv och högkvalitativ forskning för användning av humanitära beslutsfattare. Projektet är två år långt och pågår mellan januari 2024 och december 2025. The objective of the contribution is twofold. Under the first section, IMPACT focuses on programmatic activities aiming to inform evidence-based planning and prioritisation, and inform emergency prioritisation through the availability and use of evidence and analysis. IMPACT intends to scale up MSNAs in high priority crises, that are not prioritised under other funding streams, produce cross-crises information products, strengthen humanitarian responses in protracted, forgotten, and sudden onset crises, and produce dissemination products that will be published and presented to key stakeholders. The organisation also sets out to integrate public health outcomes, mainstream climate and environmental risks in the analyses, strengthen their work with AAP and develop a global alert system to review, and tag information products according to severity of need. Additionally, IMPACT intends to roll out an online portal flagging emergency crises, with links to key products providing information. The second section includes investments in IMPACTs organisational processes and innovations that would facilitate the achievement of the strategic objectives. Under this area, IMPACT sets out to invest in digital transformation, agile, local and effective partnerships, sustainable finances and competency frameworks. It also includes HR guidelines on including learning in management practices to strengthen the organisational capacity.