The Myanmar Information Management Unit, or MIMU, provides information management services to strengthen analysis and decision-making of the humanitarian and development community in Myanmar. It was originally established in 2007 and maintains a common data and information repository with data from various sources on all sectors, countrywide, at the lowest administrative unit for which it is available. This information is then made widely accessible in the form of maps, databases and other tools which support the coordination, planning and implementation of humanitarian, development and peace-focused activities.

MIMU comes under the direct management of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and receives strategic guidance from the MIMU Advisory Board which includes representatives of United Nations agencies, international and national NGOs and Myanmar-based donors. This unique position – as an independent but broadly-owned service – also allows the MIMU to play an important role in promoting standards which enable better sharing, mapping and storage of different types of data. MIMU receives administrative support from UNDP.

Read more about MIMU here.

The MIMU Photo Archive is a platform sharing images of humanitarian, development and peace-focused work being carried out in Myanmar.

The MIMU Photo Archive is not a news site and does not support, represent, comment or report on any particular activity in Myanmar. MIMU and the United Nations do not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. The User specifically acknowledges and agrees that the MIMU and the United Nations are not liable for any conduct of any User of this site and are not responsible for any uses that may be made of the Materials contained in the MIMU Photo Archive. For details, please reference the General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability section in the Photo Archive Terms and Conditions of Use.

The MIMU Photo Archive is a collection of photos contributed by agencies working in humanitarian, development and peace-focused projects throughout Myanmar.

The MIMU Photo Archive is provided as a free service for agencies working in humanitarian, development, and peace-focused sectors to share information on their activities in Myanmar.

Registered Users from these agencies can upload photos of their agencies’ activities, and download photos included in the Photo Archive for non-commercial use. For details, please see the MIMU Photo Archive Terms and Conditions of Use Terms of Use.

The MIMU Photo Archive is openly available for Users to view images, however only Registered Users can upload and download photos.

To become a Registered User, you must be employed by an organisation which is already approved to upload information to other MIMU products such as the MIMU Contact List and Jobs pages. For more information, please contact photo@themimu.info.

All photos on this site are available free of charge and can be used in any format for non-commercial use as long as they are used to support humanitarian, development and peace-focused activities and are used in accordance with the MIMU Photo Archive Terms and Conditions of Use.

Note that photos from this site cannot be altered, sold, redistributed or used to create derivate works unless you have first obtained express permission from the Registered User who uploaded the photo. Any User wishing to use the Materials in these ways must obtain permission directly from the said Registered User.

For more information, see the MIMU Photo Archive Terms and Conditions of Use and guidance on use of the Site in the Photo Archive Manual section, “Using Photos from this Site – Rules and Limitations”.

The full rules and limitations can be found in the MIMU Photo Archive Terms and Conditions of Use and include:

• Do not sell or use photos for commercial, advertising or marketing purposes;
• You must follow the Informed Consent Policy for Photo Subjects
• Acknowledge the copyright owner of a photo as set out on the download page of each photo;
• Maintain the captions as provided, without altering content;
• Do not edit photos in any way that changes its original intent or context; the only permitted edits are basic colour and exposure corrections;
• Usage of photos must accurately reflect the initial intention of the photo;
• Do not use photos in ways which are inconsistent with, or damaging to, humanitarian, development and peace-focused activities;
• Do not alter (including cropping), sell, redistribute or use photos to create derivative works without the express permission of the organisation which uploaded the photo

The use of a photo must reflect the positive work being done by the contributing organisation and the subject. Photos and their usage must portray the subjects with dignity and respect, and not as victims or passive aid recipients.

You can upload JPG and PNG images no larger than 20MB.

Please visit the lost password page to recover your password along with the username. Simply follow the on-screen instructions.

The MIMU Photo Archive is not supported on mobile devices. You are encouraged to use Google Chrome on a PC or Mac for the best experience.

The Informed Consent Policy for Photo Subjects applies to all people who may be identifiable in photos. The policy requires you to ensure that permission is given by the adult subject of a photo – or the parents or guardians if the subject is a child – to use their photo for agency purposes. This is to protect the subject’s right to privacy.

All photos uploaded by Registered Users must meet the following criteria:

1. Photos of identifiable adults are used only with the express and informed consent of that individual.
2. Photos of identifiable children under 18 years of age must have informed consent from the child’s parents or guardians.
3. Photos must promote both the dignity and the rights of the population and the photo subjects.
4. Photos of individuals shall protect the subject’s right to privacy. As such, individual’s personal information will not be used including names and medical information.
5. Photos may include location information down to the township level, but not below this level. The Photo Archive will strip all location metadata from the original file during the upload process.

When using any photo for any reason in any format, the original photographer/organisation must be attributed. The attribution format is as follows:

Photo by [name of photographer]/[Name of organisation]; [any related organisation(s)]; Location [township, state, country]; Date Taken [month-yyyy]. Via photo.themimu.info

[Any other attribution information made available on the download page of each individual photo.]

Example:

A doctor gives medical care to a young child. Jane Doe/OrgName; Bago Township, Bago Region, Myanmar; May-2020. Via https://photo.themimu.info/

© OrgName, all rights reserved.

To report an inappropriate image please contact photo@themimu.info.

Any photos that fail to meet the criteria and/or standards described in the MIMU Photo Archive’s Terms and Conditions of Use can be reported as inappropriate. Further guidance can be found in the Photo Archive Manual section, “Using Photos from this Site – Rules and Limitations”.

To report an attribution issue or misuse of photos from the MIMU Photo Archive, please contact photo@themimu.info. Attribution refers to the information provided by Registered Users on any particular photo which must be included when this photo is downloaded and used for any purpose.