The IASC has produced this manual in 20-pages long and comes with an additional five annexes providing supporting Information about the Multi-Cluster/Sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA), carried out by key stakeholders during the first weeks following a sudden-onset disaster. It’s an operational guidance for coordinated assessments, outlining some of the key steps and requirements for undertaking coordinated assessments. They also have a defined approach specifically for rapid assessments, at which point in time it is strongly recommended that an assessment be multi-sector.
IASC (2012): Multi-Cluster/Sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA). Geneva: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affaires URL [Accessed: 13.01.2016]