Mapping of Humanitarian, development and peace actors (HDPN mapping) is an essential component for the HDPN operationalization process. If the need in advancing the HDPN approach has been identified in the country, the HDPN mapping is an essential tool. The HDPN mapping exercise has the same overall objectives as the regular 5W mapping – to map out who is doing what where in which areas – but expands beyond the humanitarian response, to include also development and peace building actors, within a specific sector or across multiple sectors.
Identifying of existing HDP coordination platforms
The overall responsibility for HDPN is with Government and the RCO, though the FSC can advance the HDPN approach in part of food security and livelihood, thus perform the HDPN mapping. Unlike the humanitarian activities which are being coordinated by OCHA, there is no universal coordination body for development and peace activities. Depending on the context, it could be also multiple platforms, including government, UN (UNDP, UNDAF, Resident Coordinator office, World Bank), NGOs. Try identifying these platforms which could be the starting point to get the list of development actors.
Identifying and mapping existing HDP actors:
- Contact the identified Humanitarian, development and peace coordination platforms.
- Secondary data review – meeting notes from intersectoral or cluster meetings, reports, needs assessment, media, governmental communication etc.
Data collection
Identify the IM/data focal points from the partners’ side and communicate with them regarding the data collection, once existing Humanitarian, development and peace coordination platforms and actors were identified.
Data collection tool. Suggested options to collect development and peace data:
- Dedicated separate data collection tool with the same principles as regular 5Ws. This method is preferable when the matrix of HDP activities is completely different compared to the regular 5Ws, and could be lighter version for development and peace actors easier to fill it in. The gFSC can share the generic template which can then be contextualized and adjusted to fit the specific country context and requirements. While designing the template, remember it should be compatible with the 5Ws one, as we would need to join two datasets into one.
- Adjust the regular 5Ws data collection tool: add options (“Development”, “Peace”) to the drop-down-list with the type of response; make sure the list of activities allow all the partners to report their interventions.
List of activities to be included in the template. Development and peace activities could be completely different from those in humanitarian response. Recommendations to come up with the list of activities:1) try to make a qualitative search on the key types of interventions to be included to the list; 2) make sure there is an option to provide a detailed description to the activity, thus you would be able to add the missing activities at the stage of data cleaning; 3) You can use the guidance “Multi-sectoral approaches to enhancing food security and nutrition - Compendium of activities”.
Frequency of updating the HDPN mapping and thus the frequency of the data collection exercise depends on the context and needs of all involved actors. Recommended once or twice per year.
Data analysis and reporting. Recommended data points to reflect
- Presence of organizations (donors, reporting and implementing partners) by Humanitarian, development and peace pillar or at list possibility to filter out by pillar (for interactive products).
- Presence at the lowest geographical level (at least admin2).
- Geographical areas of convergence. are there locations where all the Humanitarian, development and peace pillars are converging, where are the gaps in the presence of some pillars?
Examples of the FSC HDPN mapping: Chad, South Sudan, Somalia.
Intersectoral HDPN mapping: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Myanmar.
Other HDPN-related products:
- Advocacy notes.
- Detailed profiles of the location – the aim is to support the join programmatic decisions. Example – South Sudan State profiles.
Useful links:
- The HDPN approach: Practical guidance with recommended steps and examples from the county FSCs (gFSC, FSC website, 2023)
- Multi-sectoral approaches to enhancing food security and nutrition - Compendium of activities (gFSC, 2023).
- The FSC Coordinator Handbook (gFSC, FSC website, 2023)
- Main webpage on the gFSC website dedicated to the gFSC pilot on HDPN and all associated products and tools.