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We use both Primary and Secondary data to get information to be able to make a change.

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For us during emergency, the primary data are the result of joint needs assessments and the primary data come from the data in the contingency plan of the area, the statistics of population from the Statistics Bureau.

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Primary sources: UNFPA's surveys, data collected, reports, trackers, social media reports, interviews and focus groups conducted by colleagues in the field at country or regional level.

Secondary sources: Reports and data from other partners and stakeholders: UN agencies, credible academic institutions, independent researchers, Think Tanks.

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Primary sources can be consider fresh data collected from direct surveys, expert interviews, on ground observations, FGDs or any direct mean aimed to collect timely information.

Secondary sources can be summarized as the past information collected through research from reports, publications and previous assessments.

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Primary sources would be surveys, focus group discussions, social media posts, media articles, parliamentary debates and discussions

Secondary sources would be government reports and datasets, reports from international organizations and academia

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Primary ressources:

-Institutional data, researches, reports
-Regional office, UN system, sister agencies

Secondary ressources:
-Social media, websites, newspapers, traditional media

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Yohan Senarath - IOM Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands

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Yohan Senarath - IOM Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands

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Primary Sources: surveys, interviews, focus group discussions etc.

Secondary sources: reports produced by UN and other bidoes, journal articles,

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Manuel Mabuiangue, IOM Mozambique, Maputo

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Manuel Mabuiangue, IOM Mozambique, Maputo

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Primary data: Analytics of relevant social media platforms
Secondary data: anthropological studies for communications assessments at inception baseline phase

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I have in mind the work we do on public mood trends related to the war in Ukraine.

Primary sources: particularly social media analytics and social listening, statements by political figures and influencers, media articles by opinion-leaders.

Secondary sources: analysis of trends by think-tanks, research by opinion polling agencies.

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Primary sources including direct observations, first hand collected data

secondary sources such as media, gov, publc reports.

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Primary sources : Our own UNDP reports, social media analytics and media monitoring.

Secondary sources: Reports and publications of other UN organizations, partners, academics or governments.

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What about gathering data by smartphone. Using apps.

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Primary: interviews, surveys, data from the field
Secondary: Reports and publications by different agencies, research.

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Primary sources - include self-conducted or commissioned surveys, observations, questionnaires, interviews, media monitoring and analysis (e.g. Google Analytics, Twitter analytics, Facebook Insights).

Secondary sources - will include existing data reports and platforms, research reports and papers, policy papers, journals, etc.

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Primary Sources: interviews with IP, CSOs, project officers, organization representatives and beneficiaries.

Secondary sources - organization publications, organization/donor reports, UN agency reports/publications

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Primary: interview, colleagues, surveys, field missions-observations

Secondary: corporate reports and publications such as situation reports, bulletins, research, agency publications and reports.

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Primary sources - interviews, testimonies, surveys, analytics, focus group discussions, organization research findings

Secondary - UN and other relevant reports, partner organizations, media monitoring, policy briefs

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Sandra Black, Communications Consultant, Maputo, Mozambique

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Sandra Black, Communications Consultant, Maputo, Mozambique

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Primary sources:
- interviews or surveys with beneficiaries, project officers, organization representatives
- data from project activities

Secondary sources:
- organization/ donor reports
- news agency reports

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To advocate for the elimination of gender-based violence we mainly use two types of data. 1) prevalence data (coming from national studies and surveys), and 2) administrative data, ie data collected by the system of services in place to respond to GBV (crisis centers, police etc)

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Primary sources include social media analytics, media monitoring, the data and research done by the different projects, accelerator lab while secondary data is mainly coming from publications and secondary sources.

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Primary data:
- Social media data (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and their dashboards such as Hootsuite and Tableau)
- Surveys (onsite at the event and online through Microsoft Form / Survey monkey)
- Qualitative interviews with external partners (focused hearing of NGOs, private sector, academia etc.)

Secondary data:
- Flagship reports and annual reports of the UN entities
- Articles and journals
- Research papers

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primary sources: interviews and FGDs as well as field work.
secondary sources: observation, reports, articles, books, social media channels, blogs,

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Primary sources: Interviews with communities, local actors; field missions

Secondary missions: reports; media/press articles; social media

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Primary sources for us would be interviews with the communities, stakeholders and actors our researchers are working with. Sometimes we join our researchers to the field to do some interviews and videos and gather information that can help.
Secondary sources would be reports and research, media monitoring, social media analytics.

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Primary sources: interviews with promoters, focus groups, inteviews.

Secondary sources: data of the NGO, publications

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Primary Source: Interviews with Traditional Leaders, beneficiaries, using surveys or questionnaires.
Secondary Source: Using media monitoring companies, publications like Lancet, Demographic Health Survey, Human Development Report, Google Analytics, census report.

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Primary sources: interviews, Inter-agency assessments, facebook insights, google analytics, surveys, polls, including social media polls, such as the recent poll we undertook to gather people's views and perceptions about the priorities they perceive as important for the UN to focus on to build forward better Lebanon. This SM poll fed into the Common country assessment that was undertaken ahead of the formulation of the UNSDCF.

Secondary sources: a wide array of UN reports, policy briefs, publications, and to a certain extent national stats.

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Also interviews, surveys, polls on social media, focus groups in the field, social media analytics. We also engaged online volunteers through our platform - they are selected and strong professionals and help a lot to bring knowledge form the fields where we place them for advocacy campaigns.

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Our primary sources are interviews, surveys, polls on social media, focus groups in the field, social media analytics, influencers... Our secondary sources could be UN reports, government reports, research studies, national statistics..

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As Regional office our primary sources are: stackholders, key events of governments, Youth network, country offices reports etc

Secondary sources : media monitoring, consultants reports, policy briefs, social media reports etc

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Mohammad Safari - IOM - Iran (the Islamic Republic of)

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Mohammad Safari - IOM - Iran (the Islamic Republic of)

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Given the sensitivities in the country, our access to primary sources of information is very limited, however, there are some detours such as reaching out to migrants through social media. This is by far more dynamic, informative, and less sensitive. This would help us better understand root causes and to discuss likely solutions with our target populations. On the secondary source of information, we generally look into Government and other UN agencies' report, though not as in-depth and comprehensive as we need, but it would reasonably contribute towards visualizing big pictures

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Let´s say we are talking about tackling misinformation, something my office does. As primary source we usually check out our social media accounts in Brazil, which are a good thermometer for this. A secondary source could be a report from a fact checking agency, for instance.

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UNDRR has 2 sources for data that is related to disasters and hazards ( Sendai framework 2015 2030) and Disaster and data loss base ( DesInventar. I do relay on these systems, yet we can't ignore the reality of lack of data in the Arab States, the fact that countries are not in favor of sharing information. Part of my role is to advocate for the mentioned 2 systems to obtain the needed data and enable analysis and accordingly plan for prevention measures to face disasters and enable adaptation and mitigation.
In addition to the above and when data is needed to develop campaigns and based on targeted audience, consultants, surveys, and our national focal points in the different countries are our main source of information

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Primary sources can be UN projects implementes in the field, or UN staff and consultants directly working on a subject. Secondary sources can be credible media outlets or organizations.

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We rely more one primary sources since our mission has a strong existence on the field. Their reports gives us a solid ground to understand the situation on the ground zero. Also state stakeholders run significant effort to give a clear picture.

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Primary sources include raw data about the projects being implemented ex on UN info
Secondary sources include studies, reports by UN agencies. These contain more elaborated information and analysis, and can serve for producing evidence in support of advocay efforts

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Primary sources would be first hand interviews, surveys, etc., while secondhand sources would be media, reports and other sources.

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Surveys, focused group discussions and field interviews are best sources for gathering first hand primary data particularly for designing and implementing advocacy strategy to mobilize resources for  immunization and essential health interventions for children. The primary data can help inform on the scale of the problem, causes of the problem, community needs, health seeking behavior, who could do what, what's needed to change and other relevant info which could become instrumental in its designing and implementation the advocacy campaign.

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Primary source of information would be an interview with beneficiaries, people doing the job out in the field, social media, focus groups among friends and aquaintances, colleagues

Secondary source of information are reports, articles

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We rely a lot on consultants to conduct surveys online and on the grounds, national agencies such as the statistical entity and ministries to provide data for the programmatic work

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We are dealing with a young audience most of the time and their way of thinking are habits are mainly trackable on the internet, particularly social media . That's why my primary source will be social media listening . Then the secondary source should be reports produced by experts in fields where I have interests ..

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Primary sources at UNMAS Bamako are not available. We rely mainly on secondary sources such as JOC and UNDSS incidents reports on IED use as well as on JMAC analysis of the evolution of the situation.

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Primary sources:

Humanitarian Need Assessment based on surveys, focal groups, interviews with key informant.

Information and data gathered by other agencies

Secondary sources:

Other institutions reports

National Statistical Institute

Thinks tanks
Etc.

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Primary sources: interviews with people living with HIV, community leaders; focus groups.

Secondary sources: HIV Estimates, programmatic data, MICS, KAPBs, population studies etc.

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Primary sources:
Displaced families, drought affected people, community leaders, local authority representative.

Secondary sources:
Previous reports/studies, data and situational analysis produced.

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primary sources:
Migrants, their families, the communities they join and leave behind
Social media, online resources

secondary sources:
Data, Research reports (such as our flagship World Migration Report series)

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Pimary major sources for us include interviews with migrants and also data collected from (migrant) flow monitoring points. Secondary sources include various reports from our various units and partners.

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Our CO, use secondary data from the existing government reports/survey/census to prepare advocacy campaign or message. Regarding the primary, we pick data from our own study that conducted occasionally or in ad-hoc manner.

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Primary: interviews with communities we are working with; technical experts can help set these up. Drawing from surveys conducted with communities by programme teams in country
Secondary: Reports and research from other development actors, such as other UN agencies, World Bank, OECD etc.

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Primary sources: Testimonies and reports by people who have been directly affected by policies and practices, contact with community leaders and with colleagues in the field and internal reports.
Secondary: Reports issued by other UN agencies in the country, Trusted NGO or independent institutions, international organizations, local governments...

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For social media, primary data includes surveys as well as digital analytics tools like Hootsuite and CrowdTangle.

Secondary data includes reports, research papers, human interest stories, news sites

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Primary sources: through Senior Women Protection Advisors collecting hard data on CRSV cases in country or mission duty stations; through analytics (website, social media)
Secondary sources: SG annual report on CRSV, UN Team of Experts annual report, UN Action against SVC annual report

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Primary sources include our baseline study report, focus groups, human interest stories and strong partnerships with CSOs on the ground. Secondary sources include reports from partners, annual reports, and knowledge sharing across other programmes.

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Primary sources : Case studies, digital analytics, human interest stories.
Secondary: literature review, policy briefs, annual reports.

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Primary Sources: Interviews (focus groups, experts interviews,etc.), surveys, etc.
Secondary Sources: Reports (from trusted sources such as governments, partners, other UN agencies, etc.), research papers..

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Primary sources: surveys, interviews.
Secondary sources: publications, reports, research papers, governments.

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Primary sources: surveys, social listening, media monitoring, focus-groups

Secondary sources: publications, reports, research, assessments, KABP studies

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Primary:
Talking to the experts of the organization
Media monitoring tools

Secondary:
Data reports from Member States

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Primary sources: surveys, barometers and reports from the agencies and the UN.

Secondary sources: reports, research papers, publications, statistics, journals from governments and experts. True and verified information.

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Aaron Buckley, UNIDIR Geneva   Primary - Our own UNIDIR reports, event feedback/discussions, social and digital analytics. Secondary - Other UN, academic, partner org reports, Member State policies and data.

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Aaron Buckley, UNIDIR Geneva   Primary - Our own UNIDIR reports, event feedback/discussions, social and digital analytics. Secondary - Other UN, academic, partner org reports, Member State policies and data.

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Primary data sources for OCHA CAR would be interagency humanitarian needs assessment reports, data collected through direct interviews, social media and web analytics, media monitoring analysis

Secondary data sources would be the population movement commission and DTM statistics, market monitoring, perception surveys, partner organization reports, national census data

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Primary: Studies from own agency, reports, social media analytics, surveys, media monitoring

Secondary: Reports of other organizations, agencies or governments.

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Primary - national census data

Secondary - published government reports

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Ulrike Kelm, UN-Water, Geneva, Switzerland

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Ulrike Kelm, UN-Water, Geneva, Switzerland

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primary source - experts / secondary source - the material the produce, data available online and offline

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Primary sources: human interest stories, questionnaires, social media polls, media analytics

Secondary sources: global and local publications, policy briefs/ memos, government statistics

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Primary data sources will include advocacy briefs, surveys, digital analytics, and studies by UNFPA. Secondary sources would include government data, other UN agencies' reports and data, studies and research by academic institutions, etc.

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Primary sources: interviews, analytics, human-interest stories, polls, surveys, census, contact with community leaders and with colleagues in the field.

Secondary sources: publications, reports, government data, news, policy briefs and statistics.

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Primary sources from various UN agencies and funds around the country as well as annual and quarterly reports. Daily, monthly and yearly monitoring using analytical tools.

Secondary sources - reports, publications, interviews and features.

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Primary sources: interviews, data collection
Secondary sources: data analyses, literature review

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Primary: Questionnaire addressed to Sahelians, discussion platform like spark blue, community opinions

Secondary: Monitoring and evaluation report, partner organization report

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Primary sources are/can be questionnaires, surveys, tools like Menti Meter, social media analytics, field visits, success stories, stakeholder feedback, while secondary sources are usually reports, studies, media articles, data reports and surveys.

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Primary sources: Interviews, case studies, surveys, etc.
Secondary sources: Strategies from HQ or RBB, existing reports, written published stories, etc.

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Primary: Our work, our reports, social media analytics, surveys, media monitoring

Secondary: Reports of other organizations, agencies or governments.

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Primary Sources: Analytics and data, first-hand experiences, field visits, success stories, surveys

Secondary Sources: Publications, Policy Briefs, News Clippings, statistics from the Government

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Primary sources we use include testimonies and reports by people who have been directly affected by policies and practices and require help and support and surveys where such people have participated.

Secondary sources include reports and datasets put out by our partner organizations.

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As a communications coordinator looking for novel angles for storytelling, I am in constant contact with technical officers in HQ and in countries. My first port of call on relevant issues are recent survey's done on the ground, workshops, as well as global questionnaires or databases. I confirm the data with the technical experts to make sure the interpretation is accurate.

As a secondary source, I often use the flagship reports published by FAO or sister UN agencies depending on the topic at hand (IPCC, climate/ WHO, health, etc).

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Primary: social media analytics, surveys, media monitoring

Secondary: following and using research done by others.

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Primary sources: we use Justice, law and order sector periodic reports on cases on violence against women and girls. We also use data generated by surveys conducted by the Statistics Bureau. For secondary data we use Demographic and Health surveys.

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Primary: analytic tools that provide quantitative data, surveys, feedback softwares for qualitative data.

Secondary: Researches, social listening tools, comments on social media.

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Primary: surveys and commissioned market studies, interviews with beneficiaries, focus groups, SM analytics, internal reports.

Secondary: Reports issued by other UN agencies, Trusted financial institutions, international organizations, local governments ...

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Primary source
Internal reports, social medias analytics, surveys, discussions, mission reports

Secondary source
Government official websites, Partners reports, World bank data, Trusted Media reports

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Primary: social media,. surveys with young people, focus groups...

Secondary: reports by relevant Ministries and other bodies, UN documents, websites by relevant partners...

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Primary - social media analytics, survey's and questionnaires from our UNCT and consultative workshops / dialogues with stakeholders.
Secondary - UN reports and briefings, development partner reports and briefing, and government sources of information.

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Primary sources we use the reports and publications ,technical reports and surveys.

Secondary source of data on the same topic we use the repository of National Statistics Committee of Kyrgyzstan.

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Primary: UNEP reports, UNEP survey results, analytics provided by social and other digital platforms
Secondary: Other UN and trusted partner organization reports, Member State data

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Primary: discussions with field partners, surveys carried out by clusters, interviews with beneficiaries

Secondary: research reports published by UN agencies or INGOs; flagship OCHA publications like the HNO/HRP

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Primary: surveys, in-house data tools (barometer, dashboards), questionnaires, polls, social media and media analytics.

Secondary: statistics from Member States, research data, publications by other UN agencies.

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UNAIDS uses as primary sources mainly community-led surveys, questionnaires, interviews, reporting of data and indicators on HIV/AIDS (incl. HIV prevalence, condom use, people on treatment...);

Secondary sources include annual Global AIDS reports, Global AIDS Monitoring, portals like AIDSinfo which provide analysis and recommendations informed by data collected from primary sources, to guide countries in addressing the HIV response with evidence-based and impactful interventions, for e.g.: global AIDS strategy 2021-2026 was elaborated in consultations with 10k stakeholders accross the world

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Working as a communication officer at FAO's social media team, analytics are a primary source of data to develop any campaign, as they allow us to understand what kind of content is more relevant to our audiences and to know what works better to achieve our objectives. FAO is a knowledge organization that produces many reports and  research about different topics. These publication are also a primary source of data.
Secondary sources of data are articles and publications by other UN agencies and partner organizations, and also by media.

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Berny Figuereo - UNFPA Dominican Republic

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Berny Figuereo - UNFPA Dominican Republic

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As a primary source we use the reports and publications our CO produces; for instance: on press releases or talking points on early pregnancy we have used the technical report Early union and  adolescent pregnancy in the Dominican Republic: Two challenges that persist.

As a secondary source of data on the same topic we have used the repository Statistics and data production of the National Health Service (SNS).

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Primary: Our own agency’s reports, surveys and trackers, social media and media monitoring reports, interviews and focus groups conducted by UNDP colleagues.

Secondary: Reports and data from other UN agencies and credible organizations/academia, news articles, external surveys and polls, etc.

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Primary: surveys, data from Member States
Secondary: Social Media and media analytics, Google Analytics.

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My primary resources consist of analytics from our social media channels and our own research and reports, e. g. the Young Voices survey. Concerning secondary sources, I rely heavily on global UNICEF, especially in terms of situation reports from emergencies which are especially useful, and research from the Innocenti office. There is often the need to use other UN agencies' resources – for example the data of the Czech WHO branch regarding the refugee crisis in the Czech republic.

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Primary data includes interview, focused group discussions, information gathered from consultation workshops, surveys, and data from UN Women-comissioned researches on gender equality and women's empowerment while secondary data includes government statistics on women in politics, women entrepreneurs, survivors of violence, etc. as well as existing literatures or policies on gender.

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Primary: Interview, analytics, focus groups, surveying.
Secondary: Statistical data, researchers' data.

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Primary sources: GISIS, audit, interviews, questionnaires
Secondary sources: reports, research papers, government statistics, publications

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Primary sources: Surveys, focus groups, as well as analytics for social media, interviews.
Secondary sources: reports, research, official websites like reliefweb.

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For Primary sources, my organization uses Interviews, Social media analytics, polls, progress reports, and research/assessments.

on Secondary sources, we use, newspaper articles, reports from HQ or other agencies, interviews recorded and broadcasted by others can also be used as sources.

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Primary sources: Surveys, focus groups, as well as analytics from our website, webpages and social media channels.
Secondary sources: reports, research and policy papers, national statistics and data on demographics from other IOs

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Working with refugees directly makes the collecting process of primary data easier, we interview them, have meetings with them, call them for information, or send a link to a survey for them to complete.
the secondary sources often are the same, other UN agencies intersecting with our work, Google analytics, governmental statistics,...