{"id":1473,"date":"2016-04-19T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valiconweb.sys.valicon.net\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:39:07","slug":"flood-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-serbia-and-croatia-data-collection-update-20-5-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/flood-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-serbia-and-croatia-data-collection-update-20-5-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia: Data collection update 20. 5. 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The first news regarding possible data-collection activities: National-representative\u00a0surveys are stopped in all three countries till the end of\u00a0May. At VALICON, we are constantly monitoring the mood of respondents\u00a0when the surveys can be conducted again. We are also preparing an alternative\u00a0methodology and sampling plan for those that urgently need fieldwork.There will be a weekly update available on VALICON\u2019s web site.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&amp;H), Serbia, and a part of Croatia are facing catastrophic floods\u00a0and landslides. A significant portion of the territory is under water with thousands of people\u00a0evacuated. At the moment, people are preparing for a new wave of floods from rising rivers.\u00a0People that are not directly affected by floods and landslides are helping others in building\u00a0sandbag flood defense and with other humanitarian activities. Telecommunications\u00a0infrastructure was also severely hit in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>Generally speaking, there are two elements affecting data-collection process: physical\u00a0inability (personal involvement in flood-resolving activities and telecommunications\u00a0infrastructure conditions) and the mood of \u00a0the respondents.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Press_Release_20140520.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1399\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Press_Release_20140520.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Press_Release_20140520.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Press_Release_20140520-300x153.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Press_Release_20140520\" width=\"670\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Data-collection in those countries<\/h4>\n<p>Due to natural disasters in all three countries: Croatia, B&amp;H and Serbia, all data-collection\u00a0project are stopped till the end of May. There are regions where normal field-work can be\u00a0done, but because of the mood of the respondents, we advise our clients to wait util the situation is\u00a0\u201cback to normal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to mode of research.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Qualitative research<\/strong>\u00a0i.e. focus-groups will be the first that will be possible at the\u00a0beginning of June:\n<ul>\n<li>in Serbia all \u201ctypical\u201d locations Belgrade, Novi Sad (representative for\u00a0Vojvodina) and Ni\u0161 (representative for Southern Serbia);<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0in B&amp;H in Sarajevo and Mostar (representative for Herzegovina)<\/li>\n<li>in Croatia all locations, except Osijek (representative for Slavonija).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Web surveys (CAWI)<\/strong>\u00a0will be the first that will start functioning because they can be\u00a0answered when the respondent finds it suitable. First test will be run at the end of\u00a0the next week.\n<ul>\n<li>Due to the situation with telecommunications infrastructure,\u00a0alternative<strong>\u00a0sampling plan<\/strong>\u00a0will be applied \u00a0for\u00a0<strong>CATI and CAPI\u00a0<\/strong>with the combination of\u00a0<strong>mixed-mode<\/strong>\u00a0CAPI and CAWI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In order to provide our clients with best service possible and to minimize potential influences\u00a0of these situation to our clients\u2019 daily business, at Valicon we are preparing an alternative\u00a0methodology \/ sampling plan for those that urgently need data-collection.<\/p>\n<p>If you need additional information please contact Valicon\u2019s Head of data collection in Bosnia\u00a0and Herzegovina, D\u017eenis Mid\u017ei\u0107 (dzenis.midzic@valicon.net) or your local Valicon\u00a0representative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is an estimation (though situation is changing fast) that about a half of B&amp;H\u00a0territory and a half of population is facing either floods or consequences of the\u00a0floods: cut off from electricity, communications, roads, etc. The majority of roads from\u00a0Sarajevo to other parts of the country are closed. The only part of country that is still\u00a0unaffected is Herzegovina (Mostar).<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0FB&amp;H cantons in total collapse: Tuzla Canton, Zenica-Doboj Canton and Posavina\u00a0Canton, inhabited by 45% of FB&amp;H population.<\/li>\n<li>Partly affected FB&amp;H cantons: Central-Bosnia (Travnik with surrounding areas), Una-Sana\u00a0(Klju\u010d and Sanski Most with their surrounding areas), Bosnian-Podrinje (Gora\u017ede\u00a0with surrounding areas), and \u00a0Sarajevo canton (Ilid\u017ea and Vogo\u0161\u0107a with surrounding\u00a0areas).<\/li>\n<li>Not affected FB&amp;H cantons: Herzegovina-Neretva, West Herzegovina and Canton 10.<\/li>\n<li>RS regions in total collapse: Bijeljina and Doboj area, inhabited by 30% of RS\u00a0population.<\/li>\n<li>Additional 36% of RS population inhabit partly affected RS regions: Banja Luka,\u00a0Prijedor, Bosanska Kostajnica, Novi Grad, Prnjavor, Tesli\u0107, Bosanski \u0160amac and some\u00a0other smaller municipalities.<\/li>\n<li>Not affected RS regions: Fo\u010da and Trebinje.<\/li>\n<li>Br\u010dko District is also in total collapse caused by floods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Situation in Serbia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is estimated that over 60% of Serbian population is affected by this situation in\u00a0general, some in need of help, with others providing it.<\/li>\n<li>Western and Central Serbia are in total collapse due to floods and landslides, with at\u00a0least 70% of population either directly affected or helping others.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Vojvodina: Srem county is entirely devastated by floods. Northern and Eastern parts of\u00a0Vojvodina (Backa and Banat) are not directly affected, yet they are heavily involved in\u00a0helping family and friends in other regions.<\/li>\n<li>In city of Belgrade there is more mental pressure and stress due to expected news of\u00a0Sava river rising with Danube following. A major refugee center for affected is also located there with many people helping them.<\/li>\n<li>Eastern and Southern Serbia are in general less or non-affected by floods with few\u00a0cases of landslides.<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cnormal\u201d life in Serbia is paused<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Situation in Croatia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brodsko-posavska and Vukovarsko-srijemska counties are flooded, with Osje\u010dkobaranjska\u00a0and Po\u017ee\u0161ko-slavonska counties also partly affected.<\/li>\n<li>A lot of people are evacuated from those areas and a new wave of floods is expected\u00a0from rising rivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>D\u017eenis Mid\u017ei\u0107<br \/>\nValicon d.o.o.<br \/>\nBranilaca Sarajeva 20, Sarajevo<br \/>\nT. +387 62 339 731<br \/>\nF. +387 33 258 656<br \/>\nE.\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dzenis.midzic@valicon.net\">dzenis.midzic@valicon.net<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first news regarding possible data-collection activities: National-representative\u00a0surveys are stopped in all three countries till the end of\u00a0May. At VALICON, we are constantly monitoring the mood of respondents\u00a0when the surveys can be conducted again. We are also preparing an alternative\u00a0methodology and sampling plan for those that urgently need fieldwork.There will be a weekly update available [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[20,24],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-club","tag-data-collection","tag-floods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valicon.net\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}