UNFPA Philippines

The Common Operational Dataset on Population Statistics (COD-PS) is a set of up-to-date (i.e. reference date within the last year) subnational population projections, disaggregated by sex and age (standard 5-year demographic age groups) to the lowest geographic administrative level possible. The COD-PS is constructed according to “best available humanitarian data” standards and designed to support short-term humanitarian decision-making. The COD-PS is one of 3 mandatory common operational datasets, alongside common operational datasets on administrative boundaries and humanitarian caseloads, that are required in all operational humanitarian response countries by the United Nations. Ensuring the availability, quality and usability of the COD-PS is an institutional responsibility of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) within the United Nations humanitarian system.

The Common Operational Datasets is a tool that can help coordinators and managers from government agencies and humanitarian organizations determine the population demographics for advocacy, fundraising and programming at the very onset of an emergency. These CODs work by automatically providing the user with a simple way to access the ‘best available baseline data’ for the Philippines and subnational levels in consideration of the availability, scope, limitation, and quality of data coming from various government sources.