A guide for humanitarian practitioners across sectors to ensure that, irrespective of the tool used, the key standard of market analysis is being met. By supporting high-quality market analysis, the MISMA intends to contribute to improving response analysis and programme implementation.
The MISMA is a market-specific standard and does not comprehensively cover response analysis, design and implementation (for which users should refer to other humanitarian standards).
The MISMA draws together the ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ of humanitarian work, and encompasses:
- The Humanitarian Charter, providing the ethical and legal backdrop to humanitarian response
- The Protection Principles, which set out how to protect people from violence, avoid causing harm, ensure access to impartial assistance and assist with recovery from abuse
- The Core Humanitarian Standard, which describes the essential elements of accountable, effective and high quality humanitarian action
- The Minimum Standards, which provide universal benchmarks for assistance in shelter and settlement; water, sanitation and hygiene promotion; food security and nutrition; health; education; child protection; age and disability inclusion; livestock; economic recovery and market analysis.
What practitioners say about the tool
"It speaks to the theory and provides helpful links, so very useful."