Digital Feedback and Complaint Channels
Channel
Strengths
Limitations/Risks
Help Desk/
Information
Support
Centres
Provides an in-person dialogue
Time and resource consuming
Provides a direct and immediate response
Requires physical presence and community
ability to move
Radio
A popular/familiar medium
Radio usage varies across MENA
Reaches communities with low literacy
Often used as a one-way communication
channel
Accessible to community members in different
location
Does not require physical presence
May allow for participation through call-in shows
Listeners need a radio or access to internet
Can be used for awareness raising on other
feedback channels
SMS
Can reach people in real-time
Sometimes used as a one-way communication
system
Provides a person-to-person dialogue
Only short messages can be sent
Does not require physical presence
Requires access to phones and mobile
coverage
High costs
Messaging
Apps (e.g.
WhatsApp,
Snapchat,
Viber, WeChat,
Telegram, Sign,
and LINE)
Can reach people in real-time
Provides an in-person dialogue
Requires access to phones or other smart
devices
Facilitate a direct and immediate response
Requires access to internet
Enables voice messages, as well as images,
captions, and sign language videos
Can compromise confidentiality and security
Accessible to people with hearing difficulties
Reaches all communities with access to phones
or similar devices
Reaches communities with low literacy
Does not require physical presence
Is used extensively among forcibly displaced
and host communities
End-to-en encryption improves confidentiality
A popular/familiar channel.
Digital Feedback and Complaint Channels, UNHCR MENA RB, 2021
4.2.5 Satisfaction Surveys
Satisfaction Surveys are used across the MENA region
to collect feedback on specific services from people
of different AGD.30 They can be conducted through
bilateral interviews with enumerators or submitted by
users through digital and non-digital forms that collect
quantitative and qualitative data.
Survey steps
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Decide on the need for a survey
Gather additional background information
Define geographic area and population groups
Inform stakeholders and respondents
Decide on timing and locations
Design the survey/questionnaire
Obtain equipment and supplies
Select communication channels
Develop survey TOR and train teams
Test questionnaire and procedures
Conduct data collection
Enter and clean data
Check data quality and analyze
Write and disseminate report
Survey Steps and Sampling Table, UNHCR MENA RB, 2023.
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The survey steps and sampling table have been adapted from the UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey: Survey Steps and
Sampling and the UNHCR Socioeconomic Survey Planning Guide
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