Project Jetson is a predictive analytics experiment to discover, understand, and measure the specific push and pull factors that cause, indicate or exacerbate the forced displacement. Project Jetson gives UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations the potential to become more proactive in their contingency planning, emergency preparedness and response efforts — a transformation that could significantly improve on-the-ground relief services and more importantly the lives of those who are forcibly displaced.

Humanitarian challenge

Drought exacerbating internal displacement in Somalia generated by protracted conflict

Challenge Question

How might UNHCR predict the number of people arriving into the different regions of Somalia?

Data innovation solution

Predictive Analytics (Machine-Learning Time Series Analysis, ML TSA)