Governance
Organizational issues, operational management, human resources for recovery operations, policy and regulations, and institutional capacity
moreOrganizations
IRP partner organizations and organizations working in recovery.
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Ministry for Emergency Situations (EMER), Kazakhstan
- Ministry of Defence and National Security, Maldives
- Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Sri Lanka
- Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment, Maldives
- Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Myanmar
- National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), India
- National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Pakistan
- Secretaría Tecnica de Gestión de Riesgos
- South East Asia Community Access Programme (SEACAP)
- State Ministry Of Research And Technology, Indonesia
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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moreMeetings and Trainings
Professional development on recovery issues through conferences, workshops, training and academic programmes
- IRP Regional Workshop in Yogyakarta (PDF, 270.6KB)
Action for Effective Management of Post-Disaster Recovery 3-5 Nov 2009 [IRP] - IRP regional recovery forum
Beyond lessons learned from post-disaster recovery 8 Nov 2007 [IRP] - International forum on tsunami and earthquake
Progress of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and recovery from tsunami and earthquake 15-16 Jan 2007 [IRP] - Strengthening disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific distance learning seminar series: session 3
Session 3: Specialized seminar on local government approaches to disaster risk management: climate resilient cities 6 Mar 2009 [TDLC] - IRP side event at the 1st global platform for disaster risk reduction
A global catalyst for better recovery 6 Jun 2007 [IRP, UN/ISDR] - View all
moreTools and Guidelines
Find tools and guidelines useful for recovery operations
- Guidance note on early recovery (PDF, 3.1MB)
2008 [UNDP] - Guidance note on early recovery (PDF, 3.1MB)
2008 [UNDP] - Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Preparedness (PDF, 272.2KB)
2009 [IRP] - Recovery Framework in Support of Governance of India for a Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (PDF, 457.9KB)
2009 [IRP] - Pakistan 2005 Earthquake Early Recovery Framework (PDF, 658.3KB)
With Preliminary Costs of Proposed Interventions 2009 [IRP] - ACEH RECOVERY FRAMEWORK (ARF) (PDF, 2.6MB)
2009 [IRP] - Aceh Emergency Response (PDF, 1.7MB)
2009 [IRP] - Why Governance (PDF, 478.8KB)
2009 [IRP] - Governance and Governments in Recovery (PDF, 462.2KB)
2009 [IRP] - Governance (Policy) (PDF, 410.4KB)
2009 [IRP] - Goverance in Recovery (PDF, 478.8KB)
2009 [IRP] - South Asia earthquake 2005: Learning from previous recovery operations (PDF, 681.4KB)
2005 [ProVention Consortium] - View all
morePublications
Select recovery documents and publications. Contributions welcome
- Lessons from Pakistan Earthquake: PM speech (PDF, 41.1KB)
- India Reconstruction Following the 2004 Tsunami (PDF, 322.4KB)
- Lessons from Aceh: key considerations in post-disaster reconstruction (PDF, 6.8MB)
2010 [DEC] - Recovery from the Tsunami: Microfinance: Grammen Foundation (PDF, 1MB)
- Report on spending of tsunami funds (PDF, 2.4MB)
- Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) for the Asian tsunami (PDF, 3MB)
[OCHA] - Recovery in Education: UNESCO (PDF, 1.6MB)
[UNESCO] - assessment of disaster impact on food supply in Madagascar (PDF, 128.1KB)
2000 [FAO] - Comparative study of recovery operations (PDF, 145.1KB)
- Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) Structure for Recovery (PDF, 279.2KB)
2005 - ICT for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery (PDF, 1.3MB)
2005 - The Tsunami Legacy (PDF, 5.8MB)
Innovation, Breakthroughs and Change 2009 [IFRC] - Lessons from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
2008 [JICA] - Gender policy for earthquake affected areas (PDF, 530.6KB)
2007 [ERRA] - World Conference on disaster reduction (PDF, 894.3KB)
18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 2005 [UNDP, UN/ISDR] - Reducing risk through environment in recovery operations (PDF, 983.9KB)
2009 [UNEP, UN/ISDR] - Turkey Marmara earthquake assessment (PDF, 820.4KB)
1999 [The World Bank] - Pakistan 2005 earthquake (PDF, 1.2MB)
Preliminary damage and needs assessment 2005 [ADB] - Pakistan 2005 earthquake (PDF, 3.8MB)
Early recovery framework 2005 - IRP regional recovery forum 2007 (PDF, 1.9MB)
Beyond lessons learned from post-disaster recovery 2007 [IRP] - From relief to recovery (PDF, 1.7MB)
The GUJARAT experience 2001 [UNDP] - Indonesia: Notes on reconstruction the December 26, 2004 natural disaster (PDF, 2.2MB)
A technical report prepared by BAPPENAS and the international donor community 2005 [BAPPENAS] - Learning lessons from disaster recovery: the case of Bangladesh (PDF, 523.2KB)
Disaster risk management working paper series No.11 2005 [The World Bank] - Review of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies recovery operations summary report (PDF, 669.1KB)
2006 [IFRC] - Supporting communities to rebuild in Sri Lanka (PDF, 407.3KB)
2007 [IFRC] - Community participation in rebuilding in the Maldives (PDF, 401.2KB)
2007 [IFRC] - International Recovery Forum on Tsunami and Earthquake (PDF, 523.2KB)
Progress of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and Recovery from Tsunami and Earthquake 2007 [IRP] - View all
moreProjects by IRP Partner Organizations
IRP member organizations related recovery projects
- Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction (PDF, 3.6MB)
2009 [UN/ISDR] - Safer Homes, Stronger Communities
A Handbook for Reconstructing After Natural Disasters 2009 [GFDRR] - View all
moreRecovery Cases & Reports
- Mangroves for the Future (PDF, 2.1MB)
promoting investment in coastal ecosystem conservation 2007 [IUCN] - Linking environmental management and disaster mitigation (PDF, 361.2KB)
2007 [UNEP] - Early Warning Systems - the unseen part of the post-disaster recovery process (PDF, 83.7KB)
2007 [UNESCO] - International assistance for recovery: UN institutional and regulatory mechanism for post disaster recovery (PDF, 3.3MB)
Role of the United Nations System in humanitarian assistance for disaster reduction and response: Lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and support for the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 2007 - Organizational and institutional arrangements : Indonesia (PDF, 460.6KB)
2007 [BRR] - Institutional arrangements for disaster management in India (PDF, 173.3KB)
2007 [NDMA] - Organizational and institutional arrangements : Pakistan (PDF, 223.9KB)
2007 [ERRA] - Aceh economic rehabilitation and reconstruction strategy (PDF, 39.2KB)
2007 [BRR] - Progress in building an "end-to-end" Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System (PDF, 498.5KB)
2007 [UNESCO] - Learning from disaster recovery (PDF, 2.7MB)
Keynote speech 2007 - Recovery reports: Pakistan (from South Asia Earthquake 2005) (PDF, 5.5MB)
2007 [ERRA] - Tsunami Recovery Status Report: India (PDF, 1.5MB)
Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tsunami; The Indian experience 2007 [NDMA] - Tsunami Recovery Status Report: Maldives (PDF, 2.1MB)
2007 [Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment, Maldives] - Tsunami Recovery Status Report: Sri Lanka (PDF, 3.2MB)
2007 [Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Sri Lanka] - Tsunami Recovery Status Report: Indonesia (PDF, 3.3MB)
Lessons learned and recovering from tsunami disaster 2007 [State Ministry Of Research And Technology, Indonesia] - Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (PDF, 1.1MB)
New initiative to enable / accelerate the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2007 [The World Bank] - JICA's assistance for disaster management (PDF, 801.9KB)
Reports on regional activities for capacity development and recovery 2008 [JICA] - Disasters and recovery planning in the Caribbean region (PDF, 324.6KB)
Reports on regional activities for capacity development and recovery 2008 [CDERA] - Training on capacity development for better recovery (PDF, 1MB)
Reports on regional activities for capacity development and recovery 2008 [JICA] - Recovery and capacity development activities in Asian region (PDF, 1MB)
Reports on regional activities for capacity development and recovery 2008 [ADRC] - Further implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action - expectations for Hyogo - (PDF, 342.8KB)
2008 [UN/ISDR] - Mainstreaming environment in into recovery: Myanmar (PDF, 592.6KB)
2009 [UNEP] - Barriers to effective disaster assessment; The return to development including environmental concerns and risk reduction (PDF, 742.3KB)
2009 [UNDP] - Overview of innovative techniques in environmentally-aware recovery for infrastructure, and reducing future risk and serving the poorest most vulnerable communities (PDF, 1.8MB)
2009 [SEACAP] - Post event assessment of Tinau River and recent recovery experiences of Saptakoshi Flood in Nepal (PDF, 2.3MB)
2009 [Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal] - Disaster hazards in Bhutan (PDF, 2.7MB)
2009 [Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Bhutan] - Overview of innovative techniques in environmentally-aware recovery for infrastructure (PDF, 694.1KB)
Applications of selected research outputs for the mitigation and management of crisis and recovery operations 2009 [SEACAP] - Environment and disaster recovery (PDF, 2MB)
Assessing environmental dimension 2009 [UNEP] - Recent recovery experience with regards to the integration of environment and climate change concerns (PDF, 2.4MB)
2009 [Ministry of Interior, Thailand] - International recovery forum: Wrap up of Day 1 (PDF, 381.8KB)
2009 [ADRC] - Risk management: Institutionalization process in Ecuador (PDF, 1.6MB)
2009 [Secretaría Tecnica de Gestión de Riesgos] - Resilient recovery processes that take into account ecosystem and ecosystem service (PDF, 1.4MB)
2009 [EMER] - Resilient recovery processes that take into account ecosystem and ecosystem service (PDF, 2.7MB)
2009 [NDMA] - Resilient recovery processes that take into account ecosystem and ecosystem service (PDF, 887.7KB)
2009 [Ministry of Defence and National Security, Maldives] - Current recovery status report 1-Myanmar (Cyclone Nargis) (PDF, 2.9MB)
2009 [Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Myanmar] - Case study: Housing reconstruction in Mexico City
[The World Bank] - Regional workshop on best practices in disaster mitigation
Lessons learned from the Asian urban disaster mitigation program and other initiatives 2002 [UNDP, UN/ISDR] - A case for an international platform (PDF, 145.1KB)
Comparative study on recovery and reconstruction [ADRC] - Survey report on the reconstruction following the earthquake in Marmara, Turkey on August 17, 1999 (PDF, 227.9KB)
Comparative study on recovery and reconstruction [ADRC] - Report on recovery and reconstruction following the Orissa Super Cyclone in October 1999 (PDF, 112.8KB)
Comparative study on recovery and reconstruction [ADRC] - Good practices
Total disaster risk management [ADRC] - Local governance in Tsunami recovery: Lessons learned and emerging principles (PDF, 138.4KB)
2006 [UNDP] - Local governance: Preconditions for effective disaster risk management (PDF, 3.2MB)
Good practice examples of disaster risk management in the Buzi District of Central Mozambique - Project lessons learned in post-disaster recovery and development process in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF, 67.1KB)
Case study: Bolivia 2005 [UNDP] - Project lessons learned in post-disaster recovery and development process in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF, 76.1KB)
Case study: Venezuela 2005 [UNDP] - Project lessons learned in post-disaster recovery and development process in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF, 81.5KB)
Case study: Colombia 2005 [UNDP] - Forearmed for surviving natural disasters
2005 [UNDP] - Gujarat Earthquake 2001 (PDF, 235.7KB)
Comparative study on Recovery and Reconstruction [ADRC] - Eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991 (PDF, 141.1KB)
Comparative study on Recovery and Reconstruction [ADRC] - Sharing Japan's experience in natural disasters
Anthology of Good Practices - to create a global culture of prevention - [Cabinet Office, Japan] - National report of Japan on disaster reduction (PDF, 2.5MB)
for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) 2005 [Cabinet Office, Japan] - South Asia earthquake 2005: Learning from previous recovery operations (PDF, 681.4KB)
2005 [ProVention Consortium] - Rebuilding the shattered lives and livelihoods of Malaysia's tsunami victims: UNDP making a difference
2005 [UNDP] - Joint UN Agency response to the immediate humanitarian needs of the tsunami affected Acehnese
2005 [UNDP] - View all