CIRM on Track

The Centre for Information Resources Management (CIRM) is the institutional successor of the Integrated Food Security Programme Trincomalee. CIRM addresses three focal areas: Knowledge management, dissemination of lessons learnt and good practices and information technology (CIRM Profile). Starting in January 2004 CIRM has developed planning and decision-support tools for the North and East, which includes administrative maps for all districts of the North East Province and Vulnerability-Poverty Profiles (VPP) for all districts of the province, a customised data base for the North East Housing Reconstruction Programme (NEHRP) and, training on Participatory Needs Assessment (PNA) for and with staff and partner NGOs of NECORD (Annual Report 2004). The year 2005 saw CIRM’s involvement in the post Tsunami rehabilitation with intensive engagement in producing VVPs and related maps for all districts in the North and East. Subsequently, capacity development in areas like human security, monitoring, community mobilisation including training of trainers and dissemination of good practices became core activities (Annual Report 2005). CIRM’s focus for 2006 are on further shaping its own capacity, developing topographic maps for all DS Divisions in NEP, a vulnerability atlas for NEP, knowledge management and also strengthening the institutional cooperation with stakeholders.