What is the IMU?
The IMU is managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), and operates in co-ordination with a number of partners including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Joint Logistics Cell (UNJLC), the Department for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the UK Department For International Development (DFID), USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Aid Workers Network.

.Why is Humanitarian Information important?
Access to timely and accurate information is essential to making relief efforts more effective. The IMU has been established to provide you with access to that information - and to help you to share your information more widely with the rest of the community.  But access to information is only part of the story.  Our goal is to help the humanitarian community improve the management of information, by making better use of basic  ‘building blocks’ such as place codes and links to mapping.

What does the IMU do?
The IMU provides a range of services and products designed to help you and your organisation to make operational decisions during the emergency period.  These include orientation products (including contact lists and meeting schedules), map products (covering issues from administrative boundaries to security concerns), and technical advice to organisations to help them manage data and information more effectively.  We are always seeking to develop more ways to help you, and our staff will be happy to discuss the specific needs of your organisation.  We are developing new products and services all the time – so if you want to get involved, visit us soon!

How can I find out more?
For a full explanation of how we can help your organisation, please contact us.

We look forward to hearing from you!