Provision of Research Services for OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data to develop a Product Roadma ...

This is a Request for Expression of Interest for a solicitation process that will follow and not the actual solicitation. Exact requirements will be in the solicitaiton document. The Centre for Humanitarian Data is focused on increasing the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector. It is managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and is based in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Centre focuses on four areas: data services, data responsibility, data literacy, and predictive analytics. The data services workstream focuses the management of the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) platform, the development and use of the Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL) data standard, and support to the International Aid Transparency Initiative. The data responsibility worksteam focuses on the development and adoption of data responsibility guidelines and different techniques for the secure management of data, both within OCHA and the broader humanitarian system. The data literacy workstream focuses on improving the data skills of technical and non-technical humanitarians through the delivery of training programmes and development of capacity-building material. The predictive analytics workstream focuses on model development, including threshold and trigger design, and quality assurance of partner models through validation and a peer review process. The Centre is developing a next phase business plan for 2023-2026 which will take forward the current workstreams and respond to community feedback and demand for additional products and services. The Centre would like support in assessing the current state of HDX and how we might further develop the platform as part of our next business plan. The engagement will include a deep dive into the HDX platform from its history and strategic direction to the tactical details of technology, people, process and tools. The goal is to focus on a few high-priority opportunity areas for the platform with a clear set of recommendations and next steps to inform future phases of work.