INFORM – Index for Risk Management
19 November 2014
Web tool developed as a collaboration of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Team for Preparedness and Resilience and the European Commission. The first global, objective and transparent tool for understanding the risk of humanitarian crises. INFORM The InfoRM model is based on risk concepts published in scientific literature and envisages three dimensions of risk: hazards & exposure, vulnerability and lack of coping capacity dimensions.

New, open-source tool to support resilience-building
The Index for Risk Management (InfoRM) sheds new light on what drives crises — and what communities need in order to face them
27 November 2014, Rome – Each year millions of people dependent on agriculture, forestry and fisheries are confronted by droughts, floods, plant pests or animal diseases, and conflict. When that happens, the livelihoods of communities can be left in tatters, while disruptions to food production and distribution undermine the food security of nations and entire regions…
…The index builds up a picture of risk by bringing together some 50 different indicators measuring three dimensions of risk: hazards and exposure of people, vulnerability of communities to those hazards, and their capacity to cope with them. This data is synthesized into a consolidated, simple risk profile for each country, which includes natural and human hazards, vulnerability and lack of coping capacity. Currently, InfoRM covers 191 countries.