Index for Risk Management - InfoRM: Concept and Methodology

Abstract

The Index for Risk Management (InfoRM) initiative began in October 2012 as a convergence of interests of United Nations agencies, humanitarian donors and the European Commission to establish a common evidence-base for global humanitarian risk analysis. A concept was developed by a core group of agencies and presented publicly at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2013. The JRC is the technical partner and has developed the methodology for the composite indicator. The current document describes the final methodology that will be used for the publication of the first InfoRM Index in early 2014.