ASSESSMENT & PLANNING FOR POST-DISASTER

RECOVERY OF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

United Nations Development ProgrammeBureau for Crisis Prevention & Recovery

November 2010Bangkok, Thailand

Presentation Order

Scoping Community Infrastructure (CI) for Recovery

Data Management for Community Infrastructure

Data Analysis

Estimation of Damage and LossesEstimation of Human recovery

NeedsRecovery Planning for CI

Scoping CI Recovery within PDNA

Common understanding of CI within the PDNA Team “Critical community lifelines”:

essential to sustain community life and support livelihoods; built and managed by communities

Positioning CI with other PDNA sectorsIdentification of CI components,

coordination/links with major national infrastructure, inter linkages with other sectors, e.g., agriculture, health, culture, etc.

Identification of key thematic areas Design consideration, community

mobilization, long-term maintenance, etc.

Data Management for CI Recovery

Identification of source of information• Baseline• Impact assessment• Field verification

Standard format for data collection• Matrix for DaLA• Questionnaires for HRNA

Consistency with IM strategy of PDNA

Determination of sampling approach

Managing human resources for assessment

Data Sources Baseline (secondary data):

National statistics, demographic, social, economic characteristics

Typical sources of information: recent household surveys; updated maps, sectoral baselines, cadasters

Impact assessment (secondary data):Post-disaster remote sensing,

Humanitarian needs assessments, Government’s preliminary assessment reports, NGOs/UN agency situation reports,, etc..

Field verification and stakeholder consultation (primary data)

Information Management for CI Recovery

Data/ Information Management Process: Data collection, processing, analysis,

interpretation , storage, dissemination, monitoring , etc.

Consultative process: Key users of CI and key actors in

recovery including: affected communities (men, women, youth, elderly, leaders, etc.) national and local authorities, CBOs, private sector, NGOs, donors, international agencies, etc.

Data Analysis:Damage and Loss assessment

CI damages will be determined by repair or replacement cost (expressed in current values).

Replacement cost will include environmental and social (e.g. gender, age, disability) considerations, DRR, technological innovations, etc.

Indirect effects or losses will be assessed by the disruption of goods and services (expressed in current values).

Indirect losses will include the additional cost of interim arrangements/temporary solutions.

Data Analysis:Assessment of Human

Recovery Needs

Community participation & empowerment

Community engagement in recovery stages

Community perspectives on recovery needs

Linkages to other sectors and cross-cutting themes

Linkages to governance networks

Data Analysis: Assessment of Recovery NeedsA consultative & participatory

process to capture traditional & local knowledge, wisdom & perspectives.

Recovery needs of the affected community assessed with linkages to: Livelihoods systems Technical &environmental

considerations Socio-political considerations Human development aspects Gender & diversity Disaster Risk Reduction Skill development Local governance

Recovery Planning for Community Infrastructure

CI recovery is an integral part of livelihood restoration process

Conformity with existing plans, policies and strategies

Linkages with recovery planning of other sectors

Integrating cross-cutting issues (e.g., Gender, Environment, Protection)

Capacity building of affected communities

Risk reduction emphasis (disaster and/or conflict risks)

Examples of Assistance for CI Recovery

Clearance of debris & opening up access & community sites

Restoration & upgrading access road networks, including secondary & tertiary roads

Restoration of drainage & small scale water resource infrastructure

Restoration and strengthening of ICT and community Early Warning System

Assistance for recovery of local enterprises, especially communally-managed

Repair of religious spacesCapacity building & training for

community & local government institutions

Objective • To restore community accessibility & support livelihood recovery of affected populations.

• To create short-term opportunities for poor/ unemployed people in affected communities

• To promote ‘build back better’ concept by adopting risk reduction measures

Strategic Interventions

• Identification of community roads & structures to be restored urgently for community livelihood recovery

• Selection of labour-intensive methods & techniques taking into account local practices & resources

• Establishment of appropriate CFW for repair, upgrade and reconstruction of community roads & structures

• Affirmative actions to promote greater participation of women

• Environmental measures e.g. tree plantation, slope stabilization & drainage clearage

• Conduct training for local masons & workers on methods for resilient construction

• Institute mechanism for community-based monitoring

Duration 6-9 months

Partners Local Government Authority, NGOs/CBOs

Determination of Recovery CostsExample - Project Profile : Community Access Roads

Phased Strategy for Full Recovery of CI

Short-term Medium-term Long-term

•Facilitate rescue & relief operations

•Support spontaneous recovery

•Restore essential facilities & infrastructure

•Mitigate health hazards

• Livelihood system restoration

• Repair & reconstruct local infrastructure

• Support self-recovery & local enterprise recovery

• Prepare conditions for long-term development

• Build community capacity

• Strengthen local institutions

• Promote resilience & safety standards

• Sustainable maintenance

Thank you

Questions or comments?