1. EARLY RECOVERY IN LOGISTICS
Working-level linkages between the CWGER and the other clusters have confirmed that a common understanding of ER is emerging, both in terms of an overall conceptual understanding of ER within particular sectors/thematic areas, and with regard to the application of this understanding across all areas of work.
What is early recovery for the IASC?

2. HUMANITARIAN RECOVERY
RELIEF
DEVELOPMENT
CRISIS
HUMANITARIAN
RECOVERY
Breakdown
Lost momentum
Partial solution
Rebuilding risk
Dependency
Forgotten
Relapses
ETC.
Let's observe how the international community used to respond to a crisis:
When a crisis occurred, only humanitarians were expected to immediately respond. The humanitarian needs decreased and the crisis progressively disappeared. The humanitarian actors moved to another crisis. It took some time before the development actors arrived to start recovery, reconstruction and development work, prolonging the dependency to handouts and decreasing humanitarian aid.
The transition phase was identified as a phase between humanitarian and development phases. It was also called the development gap.
As a consequence of this gap, we often lost momentum, and the gap rebuilt risks, sometimes creating a new – silent and forgotten - humanitarian crisis…
TRANSITION PHASE

3. HUMANITARIAN RECOVERY
Humanitarian phase
DEVELOPMENT
Focused
Resilience
Self-reliance
Reducing risks
Comprehensive
Smoother transition
Continuity
ETC
CRISIS
RELIEF
EARLY
HUMANITARIAN
RECOVERY
Breakdown
Lost momentum
Partial solution
Rebuilding risk
Dependency
Forgotten
Relapses
ETC.
DEVELOPMENT
To avoid this gap, the humanitarian reform proposed to start recovery as early as possible during the humanitarian phase, the transition phase being the overlap between the humanitarian phase and the development phase.
Recovery is the process of transformation from relief to development during the transition period.
“Early recovery” is recovery that begins in a humanitarian setting. It is not a separate phase within the relief-development continuum, but rather an effort to strengthen the effectiveness of the linkage, by engaging both the humanitarian and development communities.
The earlier in the humanitarian phase the planning and work on recovery begins, the sooner national institutions can move forward in providing basic services and assuming governance functions to stabilize affected areas.
Early recovery provides a unique opportunity for humanitarian and development actors to work together as early as possible in support of nationally-led recovery efforts.
Within the UN system, the Humanitarian Coordinator/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) has the lead responsibility for coordinating the early recovery efforts of international organizations in cooperation with national actors.
TRANSITION PHASE

4. What is Early Recovery? Recovery that starts early, at onset of crisis
Application of development principles to humanitarian situations
Relief and Early Recovery = humanitarian response
Early Recovery is NOT a new concept: builds upon many years of practices
It is a new approach that contributes through humanitarian mechanisms to the transition from relief to development
Establishes the foundations of longer-term recovery
Generates/reinforces nationally owned processes for post-crisis recovery

5. Early Recovery Coordination Architecture
Agriculture
CCCM
Education
Emergency Shelter
Emergency Telecoms
Health
Logistics
Nutrition
Protection
WASH
Governance & Livelihoods
Early recovery is a multi-dimensional process (as opposed to a sector) and needs to be organized differently from other sector-based groupings. As a common concern it cannot be limited to the work of one cluster.
Early recovery is done first and foremost by the other clusters. The work of each of the other IASC Clusters on the ground - such as Health, Protection, Education, etc – evolves from emergency response to early recovery. These clusters need to systematically plan and implement early recovery interventions within the context of their own specific areas of work
UNDP, in its lead role may set up and run a cluster to cover the ‘core areas’ of early recovery, such as for example, livelihoods, reintegration, land and property, infrastructure, governance, and the rule of law. The focus of the cluster will be determined by identifying the early recovery ‘gaps’ i.e. those areas of early recovery not covered by the other clusters.
Early recovery is represented in this diagram in green. It is recommended, therefore, to establish an early recovery network which includes all the clusters, to work together on the integration, mainstreaming and coordination of early recovery issues;
A number of other players, in both the humanitarian and development spheres, also have a key role to play in the collective response and recovery effort. It is the responsibility of the network - with the support of an ER Advisor - to reach out to these key development stakeholders in early recovery, such as the International Financial Institutions, Civil Society Organizations, international and national NGOs, the private sector, etc. – and include them in the planning and implementation of early recovery interventions;
The cluster lead agencies share responsibility with the HC/RC to ensure that cross-cutting issues, such as gender, age, human rights, environment and HIV/AIDS, disaster risk reduction and conflict prevention are taken into account and tackled in a coherent and integrated way throughout the early recovery process, together with the specialized agencies (e.g. UNFPA: Gender; UNEP: Environment).
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES
Early Recovery network 5

6. Scope of early recovery in Logistics?
From a Logistics Coordination perspective, is early recovery
the resumption of basic services ?
ability of local actors to step up and participate or continue providing or facilitating the provision of assistance to the affected areas ?

7. Logistics Cluster
Supplementing the humanitarian community’s capacity to deliver relief assistance at the initial onset of an emergency
Providing logistics coordination, information management and transport services for the humanitarian community.
Supporting the rehabilitation of infrastructure and building local logistics capacity
Involvement in early recovery activities has not been a part of the standard approach.
Civil engagements to secure access for delivery of relief and recovery. Access to humanitarian relief supplies and commodities.
Identify local vendors and encourage the humanitarian community to source locally – re-establish markets
Negotiate with the Governments to re-establish functionality of ports, harbors, airports, and airstrips
Negotiate with Governments to approve various types of air assets required by the humanitarian community for cargo and passenger movement
Negotiate with Governments to approve the import of communication equipment required within the humanitarian community for effective information management. This will have ripple effect and have some influence on the rebuilding of the communication network.
Based on capacity assessments, advocate repair, maintenance and rehabilitation of priority infrastructure to facilitate access and free movement of relief aid and re-establishment of access for people and goods to return areas – supporting restoration
Civil engagements
Identifying local vendors
Negotiating - functionality, maintenance and
rehabilitation of infrastructure (supporting restoration)
Negotiating Governments approvals
Logistics involvement in early recovery

8. JOINT WORKPLAN
From Logistics perspective

9. Roles and responsibilities Country support
Conceptual clarity
Roles and responsibilities
Country support
To identify early recovery elements in the Logistics cluster work
To develop a matrix and identify preferred areas of collaboration
To develop a matrix clarifying roles and responsibilities
To identify channels and clarify respective responsibilities for mobilizing resources for Logistics Cluster in early recovery

10. Logistics & Early Recovery
Rehabilitation/Building infrastructure
Livelihood stabilization through cash for work/ public works programmes & rehabilitation of markets
Mainstreaming HIV prevention in transport sector
Local/Regional procurement
Development policies, guidance & tools
Secondment staff logs to ER and vice versa 10 10

11. Ideas,
questions,
feedback……