1. Developing a Recovery FrameworK United Nations Development Programme Bureau for Crisis Prevention & Recovery Bangkok, Thailand November 2010

2. Who Prioritizes Recovery Investments? How Should Priorities be Agreed? How Much Resources Should be Invested in Recovery? Who Should Decide? { Presidents? { Ministry of Finance/Planning? { Donors? { Technical experts? { Disaster-affected populations? { Media? { Academics? { UN?

3. Objectives of a Recovery Framework { Reflect the outcome of prioritisation and sequencing of recovery requirements, including reconstruction { Reflect the Early Recovery Framework within the overarching Recovery Framework, thereby linking humanitarian and development financing mechanisms { Demonstrate the resource requirements for comprehensive recovery

5. Recovery Framework What are the relationships among sectors? What is the prioritization of the order of investments? How will recovery facilitate resilient societies? How to ensure key themes are integrated through all sectors?

6. To answer these questions: { Must be committed to a) prioritising recovery initiatives and b) sequencing/staging recovery initiatives { Must commit to ensuring that perspective of disaster affected communities are reflected in recovery priorities and sequencing { Must envision a “recovery pathway”, i.e., how the society will move from the disaster impact to comprehensive and resilient recovery over time { Government leadership is essential; otherwise, international institutional priorities may dominate… { Much needed, but rarely done!

7. Access/Barriers to Access/Threats from Education Health Food Security Water/Hygiene /Sanitation Housing Urban Infrastructure Transportation Energy Telecommunication Community infrastructure With particular consideration for Children/Youth Gender Environment People with special needs (disabled, orphans, HIV/AIDS) Important Policies, Institutions & Phenomena: “Enabling & Disabling Environments” Economy Decentralization Regional Development Land Use Planning Watershed Management Rule of Law/Protection Justice Public Administration and Public Services Democratic Processes Most Affected Livelihood Groups Fish Agriculture Commerce Industry Tourism Police Border Guards Key Recovery Outcomes De-concentration Disaster Risk Reduction Resilience Security Economic growth Increased Incomes Progress on MDGs And the relationship between To Achieve That influence

8. CONDUCTING ANALYSIS { Check that all considerations incorporate key cross-cutting issues { Detect and recognise trends & indicators of problems to be monitored { Link information to actionable strategies { Estimate how the situation might develop in the future { Relate the analysis with risk reduction

9. Thank you. { Questions, observations & comments?