ACAPS provides ongoing analysis of humanitarian crises at a global level. ACAPS project started end of 2009 and it is currently based in Geneva and Oslo but ACAPS provides surge support to acute crises where more in depth analysis and assessment support is required. In 2018 ACAPS will, in collaboration with the INFORM technical group, test a global crisis severity index to provide a basis for comparing the scale and severity of crises across the world. Provided that a successful prototype is developed, ACAPS plan to publish a regular global ranking of crisis from the beginning of 2019.