About Humanitarian Information Centre

The Humanitarian Information Centre is a United Nations Humanitarian Common Service and is mandated by the IASC as a resource for the entire humanitarian community and is not to service the needs of any single individual, agency, or other entity. To this end, all data and information products provided to the HIC are the collective property of the humanitarian community, not the property of the HIC.  

The mission of the HIC is to support the humanitarian community in the systematic and standardized collection, processing and dissemination of information with the aim of improving coordination, situational understanding and decision making. In undertaking this mission, the HIC will complement the information management capabilities of the national authorities, as well as in-country development and humanitarian actors, in order to optimize the response and meet the needs of the affected population. The HIC will only be deployed in new complex emergencies or disasters where IM demands exceed the capacity of the Member State(s) and the IASC. In fulfilling its mission, the HIC will be guided by the principles of humanitarian information management and exchange in emergencies: accessibility, inclusiveness, inter-operability, accountability, verifiability, relevance objectivity, humanity, timeliness and sustainability

The IASC has designated the Emergency Relief Coordinator as the steward of the HIC, with OCHA tasked with its functional management.

About Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)

The Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) provides a common service to humanitarian and development partners. MIMU provides strengthened coordination, collection, data processing, analysis and dissemination of information and improves capacity for analysis and decision making by the United Nations Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC), Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) partners, the UN Country Team, donors and other actors both inside and outside of Myanmar.

Information Products and Services        
The MIMU standard information products and services include:

• Who, What, Where information (3W database) compilation and management
• Compilation, coordination and promotion of standardized place names and place codes (pcodes)
• Inventory of existing relevant documents and datasets on the development/humanitarian situation
• Compilation of relevant baseline data and indicators
• Provision of country base maps and customized thematic maps
• Information products to support scenario development, contingency planning and the identification of trends, hotspots and humanitarian risks
• Contact lists of individuals, agencies and key authorities involved in the Myanmar humanitarian and development response
• Tools to support the dissemination of information

About MIMU Governance

The MIMU Manager reports directly to the UN RC/HC as the most senior IASC representative and guided by a Steering Committee comprising six IASC member including Office of the UN RC/HC, Save the Children, WFP, Population Services International, Action Contre La Faime, UNAIDS.