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RC 2 RELIEF TOOL OVERVIEW PRESENTATION

OVERVIEW The RC2 Relief Tool is a customized application built on the ODK-X Tool Suite. It facilitates the collection, storage, analysis, and visualization of data more quickly and efficiently. This increases the effectiveness of field workers and thus, improves humanitarian interventions.

OVERVIEW RC 2 Relief improves relief cycle processes from emergency assessment through to distribution, reporting, and monitoring. Adaptable for a variety of humanitarian contexts including cash transfer programming and the distribution of relief items .

OVERVIEW RC 2 Relief Tool is applicable to many scenarios: • Basic delivery using a re-usable barcode (e.g., serving a meal) • Registration of “Beneficiary Entities” with criteria based on delivery of relief items. • Multiple individuals can be grouped in “Beneficiary Entities” (e.g., households) • Beneficiary follow-up for long-term rebuilding programs

DOWNLOAD The volunteer downloads the application onto their smartphone. DATA COLLECTION Field workers collect, update, or verify HOW DOES information from people who may receive assistance, all without the need for an RC2 RELIEF internet connection. WORK? DATA ANALYSIS “Relief Officer” uses RC 2 Relief modules to facilitate the management and analysis of the collected information . DECISION MAKING The analysis supports data-driven decision making for the planning and distribution of humanitarian aid.

THE ADVANTAGES Streamlines the User profiles The mobile The ability to collection and use aligned with the application can custom of information structure of the store data on workflows based though organization past assistance, on field bidirectional control access to without the conditions synchronization increase data need for an reduces errors of data. security and Internet and data privacy for the connection. duplication . assisted people.

THE ADVANTAGES Improves Facilitates Adaptable for a efficiency of accountability variety of field workers , through humanitarian allowing more improved contexts people to be record-keeping . including reached in cash transfer situations with programming limited resources. and the distribution of relief items .

ODK-X TOOL SUITE It is an open-source suite of tools that helps organizations create, administer, and manage mobile data collection solutions. ODK-X had an iterative requirements gathering process: • Surveys • Pilot deployments in 18+ countries by a variety of organizations, • The ODK-X tool suite went through a significant redesign from the original ODK-X vision

ODK-X TOOL SUITE To validate the derived requirements, ODK-X has been tested in 6 case studies. CASE STUDY ODK-X FEATURE REQUIREMENT SUMMARY Childhood Chimpanzee HIV Disaster Mosquito Tuberculosis Pneumonia Behavior Clinical Response / Infection Patient Tracking Trial RC2 Relief Tracking Records Complex/Non-Linear Workflows X X X X X Link Longitudinal Data to Collected X X X X X Data Data Security and Use Permissions X X X X X Reuse of Data Fields Across Forms X X Bidirectional Synchronization X X X X X Customizable Form Presentation X X X Custom JavaScript Apps X X X X X Sensor Integration X Paper Digitization X Custom Data Type Update Multiple X X X X Fields in a Single User Action

THE TOOL SETUP DOWNLOAD ANDROID DISTRIBUTION MODULE MODULE PLANNING APP PC MOBILE

Distribution Planning – Used by Mobile App – Used by field workers to “Relief Officer/Coordinator” to plan register, visit, and deliver supplies to beneficiaries Distributions and Visit Programs. It also provides basic reporting functionality. Download – Downloads data from Setup – Select the Relief Tool server. Performs secondary validation “Mode” and specify data to looking for data integrity issues. It be collected for Registration. generates CSVs to be used by modules.

MOBILE VERSUS PC Desktop Mobile External process

USERS PROFILE RELIEF IM FIELD FIELD OFFICER SUPERVISOR OFFICER WORKER

RELIEF OFFICER “Relief Officer” uses desktop • modules to configure RC 2 Relief Tool. Automatically generates the • “business” logic for the ODK-X Tool Suite Modules are designed to be a • pipeline of smaller processing steps to enable National Organizations to customize their business logic.

FIELD WORKER Disconnected/Offline is standard • operating mode Synchronize data when • connectivity is available Can limit worker’s view of data • based on permissions “User” & “Group” permission • model 15

FIELD SUPERVISOR To support flexibility during deployments, where rule enforcement may need to be “overridden” Example Abilities: View all data (can avoid permission • filters) Authorize a distribution without • connectivity Give multiple distributions • 16

Modular design for changes to “disaster distribution pipelines.” DESIGNED Enables each National Society to • FOR customize or share their forms and FLEXIBILITY templates Multiple output stages as simple CSVs for • human customization in the field A design priority was Enables innovation as small changes to • making the RC 2 Relief tool based on the needs of the disaster flexible so National response or other field conditions can Societies could customize easily introduced RC 2 Relief based on their Future modules can incorporate varying • available resources business logic while still remaining compatible with the rest of the application

Use Spring Security to connect to • standard user/groups providers. Examples DATA are LDAP, ActiveX, etc. PROTECTION Use secure HTTPS which requires • obtaining certificates for servers AND Use Docker so the ports available are • SECURITY limited with private networks created isolating the database from the public Internet.

RC 2 RELIEF TOOL TYPE OF WORKFLOW

RC 2 RELIEF OVERALL FLOWCHART

REGISTRATION ONLY

DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT REGISTRATION

DISTRIBUTION WITH OPTIONAL REGISTRATION

DISTRIBUTION WITH REQUIRED REGISTRATION

DISTRIBUTION WITH ID ONLY

DISTRIBUTION WITH EXTRA FIELD ENTITLEMENTS

RUNNING A VISIT

DISTRIBUTION WITH DATA CAPTURED THROUGH A VISIT

NEXT STEPS Release RC 2 Relief Version 1.0 • https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/rc2-relief-tool/ Develop full training package • Assess further integration with cash • payment systems Add additional reporting features • Verify GDRP requirements and make • improvements to meet standards Improve synchronization protocol to • improve performance in challenged network environments Coordinate Pentaho dashboard creation • Complete work on RC 2 Health Tool by • March 2020

CONTACT INFORMATION Innovation Team Policy, Strategy and Knowledge Department International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Americas Regional office E-mail: innovation.americas@ifrc.org