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MIMU in Review: Activities in H2 2024

Did you know that, in the second half of 2024 …

  • We produced 20 satellite-based flood maps in September/October 2024 in response to the Yagi floods?
  • You can follow our social media channels for latest flood updates?
  • Our infographics highlighted the worsening situation for women and girls in Myanmar?
  • 160 people joined our trainings?

If you've engaged with any of these, thank you for being a dedicated user. We hope you found them useful. If not, don’t worry as this MIMU Bulletin offers an in-depth, interactive overview of these activities that you can look forward to using in 2025.

During this period, our support for humanitarian, development, and peace (HDP) initiatives across Myanmar included:

  • Flood Preparedness and Response
  • 16 Days of Activism Campaign
  • MIMU HDP Nexus 5W
  • Trainings

This edition was developed as an interactive infographic for the first time, allowing you to explore the data in depth. If you prefer offline versions, you can also download the PDF infographics:

Updated Catalogue of MIMU’s Products and Services

In addition to the Bulletin above, if you want to learn more about everything MIMU has to offer, please browse the newly updated catalogue of MIMU’s products and services. Now built as an interactive presentation in Canva, we will keep it updated monthly with our latest offerings.

Updated MIMU Place Codes version 9.6 + Pcoder tool

The latest version of MIMU Myanmar Place Codes (version 9.6, February 2025) includes updates on many villages across the country. These updates result from the MIMU village mapping exercise, which was carried out collaboratively with input from our field partner agencies. The most significant changes in this version are as follows:

  • 44 new villages were added in 19 townships across 7 states/regions.
  • 954 villages’ coordinates were newly added in 75 townships across 14 states/regions.
  • 1,198 villages’ coordinates were modified in 21 townships across 5 states/regions.

Detailed information of these and earlier changes is available in PDF and Excel formats. The updated P-codes can be found on the MIMU website’s Place Codes page, along with a Pcode Submissions and Corrections Form through which to share corrections and information on new villages which may not be included in the MIMU Pcode listing.

MIMU PCoder has also been updated, providing users with several options including a selection among 4 dataset versions (9.6 or 9.5 or 9.4 or 9.2) and the flexibility to opt for place names in English or Myanmar (Unicode). You can use it to match PCode and place names as well as to get the coordinates of villages and towns along with their respective place codes and names. Guidelines in both Myanmar and English are now available. Users can also find the guideline video file on the MIMU PCode Webpage.

With this update, we can now map 53,857 villages out of recorded 66,657 villages in MIMU Database.

Apply now: MIMU Basic QGIS Training

We are pleased to inform you that in March 2025, MIMU will offer a 5-day intensive online training course in the use of Geographic Information System / GIS application for humanitarian and development activities.

The training is free of charge and the number of seats is limited to twenty five (25) only.  Applicants must proactively submit the application by themselves before the deadline. MIMU has the right to select the applicants according to eligible criteria and availability of seats. If you are selected, you must submit an approval letter from your organization or supervisor and you must be able to attend full-time for 5 days.

Apply directly online at https://ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/single/cskiicMf
 
Deadline of application: 18th February 2025
Deadline of Confirmation: 21st February 2025
Training Period: March 3rd to March 7th, 2025 (5 days) 9:00 am to 4:30pm daily

Mapping Historical Floods in Myanmar

Latest map from MIMU chronicles the flood-affected townships in Myanmar from 2008 to 2024 including those affected by Typhoon Yagi last year. In addition, you can easily create your own map based on this data through MIMU Map Maker platform.

New page on Disability Inclusion

We have launched a dedicated page for the Technical Advisory Group on Disability Inclusion. Originally formed as the ICCG Small Group for Disability Inclusion in March 2021, the group was reorganized as the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Disability Inclusion in July 2022. Since then, a significant milestone has been the growing participation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs). Nearly half of the current TAG members now represent local OPDs, highlighting their increasing involvement and leadership in disability-inclusive initiatives.

This new page will serve as a hub for organizational documents, technical guidelines, and other useful resources. If you're interested, be sure to bookmark it!

MIMU Power BI Online Course

Popular MIMU Power BI Training is now also on SeePuuYar, a Myanmar-language learning platform for data management, GIS, and Remote Sensing. The course is free and self-paced, and those who score 80% or above on the assessment will receive a certificate.

New layers on MIMU Geonode

Mapping Myanmar’s industrial and economic zones? The latest additions to the MIMU Geonode platform include point and polygon map layers of these zones and other economic development areas, using publicly available reference data.

Navigating MIMU: Updated Website Guide

Since 2007, MIMU has been providing a wide range of products, services, and collecting resources from humanitarian and development partners, leading to more than 400 webpages in both English and Myanmar languages. We understand that navigating such an extensive repository, despite its many uses, can feel overwhelming.

That’s why we’re introducing our newly updated MIMU Website Guide. This concise guide highlights the main sections of our homepage and banner, directing you toward our key products and services. It also offers quick tips on locating data, maps, assessments, and other valuable resources.

We hope that this guide provides a quick overview of MIMU’s offerings, whether you’re searching for emergency information, in-depth sector resources, or the latest job and training announcements. Take a look and feel free to reach out with any questions or feedback.

Inequality and Insecurity: Infographics on the Situation of Women and Girls in Myanmar

Building on the posts we shared during the 16Days campaign, our latest infographics serve as an informational and advocacy resource to bring much-needed attention to the situation of women and girls in Myanmar.
It works great in digital format, but for field use, you can also print it out in A3 size.
Stay tuned for the Myanmar language version coming out next week.

We’d also like to encourage you to explore the referenced resources further.

  1. Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security. (2023). 2023 Women Peace and Security Index. https://giwps.georgetown.edu/country/myanmar/
  2. ILO. (2023). Myanmar: Labour market update 2023. https://bit.ly/4118qgM
  3. Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor. (2024). Gender and the Mine Ban Treaty.https://bit.ly/49f2Zgf
  4. Myanmar Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA WG). (2024). Gender Impact Flash Update: Myanmar Flooding No. 2.https://bit.ly/3Zso0iX
  5. Myanmar Information Management Unit. (2024). MIMU HDP Nexus 5W August 2024 Round.https://bit.ly/MIMU_5W
  6. UNDP. (2022). Livelihoods Hanging by a Thread: A Survey of Garment Workers and Firms. https://bit.ly/3VeqD6Z
  7. UNDP. (2024). Poverty and the Household Economy of Myanmar: A Disappearing Middle Class. https://bit.ly/3ZqBDPF
  8. UNDP & UN Women. (2022). Regressing Gender Equality in Myanmar: Women living under the Pandemic and Military rule.https://bit.ly/3BfiiJm
  9. UNOCHA. (2024). Myanmar: Humanitarian Needs [Dataset]. https://bit.ly/3CNuuRQ
  10. World Bank. (2023). A Growing Crisis: Work, Workers, and Wellbeing in Myanmar.https://bit.ly/3ZoRxeC