IMPACT Initiatives

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Geneva, IMPACT Initiatives is a leading applied research organization and the largest independent provider of data in crisis-affected contexts. Through our initiatives—REACH, AGORA, and PANDA—we enable humanitarian and other aid actors to make better, evidence-based decisions by delivering timely, relevant, and methodologically rigorous data and analysis. Our extensive presence across crisis-contexts allows us to collect data directly from crisis-affected people wherever needed, including among the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach. REACH strengthens evidence-based humanitarian decision-making through efficient data collection, management, and analysis - before, during, and after an emergency. PANDA improves the impact of humanitarian and development interventions through programme design, assessments, and monitoring & evaluation. AGORA promotes localised and multi-sectoral aid action in support of the recovery and stabilisation of crisis-affected communities, in partnership with local stakeholders. IMPACT’s team is working to provide evidence to aid actors. We have an established field presence in more than 30 countries. Our team is made up of Assessment and GIS experts as well as a roster of experts who are implementing over 40 programmes across Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Central and South-east Asia, and Eastern Europe.