CORE / In practice

One shared system.
Many ways to make field work easier.

Illustrative situations show how frontline teams, programme managers and support functions use connected information to deliver assistance, collaborate and retain the evidence.

Start with everyday work

From the person to the programme.

Three complementary views of the same operation: understand who is supported, document delivery, and follow the wider programme.

01 / Frontline registration & follow-up

Know the person before the next interaction.

The situation
A registration officer or field colleague meets someone who may already have received assistance through another activity.

With CORE
Search for an existing Individual or Household, check relationships and authorised service history, and update the shared record instead of starting another list. Standard fields, input checks and duplicate detection help keep information consistent.

The practical benefit
Less repeated registration, fewer duplicate records and better-informed follow-up.

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A Household record and its linked members.
A Household record and its linked members.

02 / Activity delivery teams

Prepare once. Track what actually happens.

The situation
A team is preparing a training session or distribution and needs a reliable participant list and a clear record of delivery.

With CORE
Use an Activity Implementation to select participants and track individual Selected and Delivered states. Generate attendance or distribution sheets from existing records, on paper or digitally through Kobo, and document the items provided.

The practical benefit
Less manual copying, fewer transcription errors and a clearer record of who actually received support.

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Participant selection and delivery status within an Activity Implementation.
Participant selection and delivery status within an Activity Implementation.

03 / Programme managers & IM / MEAL

Follow progress across the programme.

The situation
A manager needs to understand delivery across activities and locations; an IM or MEAL colleague needs consistent figures for a reporting cycle.

With CORE
Review implementation histories, compare progress and analyse connected data across programmes. Reuse structured records and configured counting rules for automated reporting rather than rebuilding figures from separate spreadsheets.

The practical benefit
Faster oversight, more consistent reporting and less time spent reconciling the same information.

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Implementation history connects the participant to multiple projects and activities.
Implementation history connects the participant to multiple projects and activities.

04 / Colleagues, managers & cross-programme teams

Hand over the work with its context.

The situation
A colleague changes responsibilities, a manager reallocates work, or a participant needs support from another programme team.

With CORE
Assign or reassign a case or Activity Implementation between team members and managers. Authorised colleagues work from the same centralised records, retaining the history and references needed to continue. Referrals can connect requests to the relevant programme response.

The practical benefit
Clearer responsibility, less information lost in handovers and smoother cross-programming.

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Connected work supports continuity across people and teams.
Connected work supports continuity across people and teams.

05 / Local NGO partners & programme coordination

Support locally led delivery.

The situation
A programme works with local NGOs and needs a shared information structure without creating parallel reporting files for every partner.

With CORE
Localisation means strengthening the role and leadership of local organisations in humanitarian action. A shared CORE setup can support that collaboration through common records, assigned responsibilities and agreed access rights. Partners define who maintains, shares and uses each part of the information.

The practical benefit
More continuity between organisations and less duplicate entry, while keeping information sharing within agreed responsibilities.

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A common information structure can support collaboration with local NGO partners.
A common information structure can support collaboration with local NGO partners.

06 / Programme, Finance, Supply & audit colleagues

Find the evidence years after delivery.

The situation
An audit asks what was delivered, to whom and when, after staff have changed and the original operation has ended.

With CORE
CORE logs actions with timestamps and keeps participants, Activity Implementations and distributed items referenced in the data model. Authorised colleagues can follow those links and supporting records to reconstruct the operational history, subject to applicable retention rules.

The practical benefit
Less manual reconstruction and stronger evidence for audit, Finance and Supply reviews.

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Timestamped actions and referenced records preserve an operational audit trail.
Timestamped actions and referenced records preserve an operational audit trail.

Making the message tangible

One operational data model.
Many concrete uses.

CORE links participants, locations, activities, implementations and referrals in a shared structure. That helps frontline teams today — and creates cleaner foundations for reporting, interoperability and AI readiness tomorrow.

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Illustrated CORE common data model connecting participants, households, facilities, items, locations, projects, activities, implementations and referrals.

Less repetition. More time for delivery.

Shared records, guided data entry and automation reduce manual steps and avoidable errors. Time saved and less rework help teams deliver services more efficiently and reduce administrative costs.

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