International Recovery Platform

The Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) was established in November 2005. RADA is the result of His Excellency President Rajapakse’s vision to create a single government agency to focus on reconstruction and development issues across all sectors

This report highlights the value of involving communities in their own recovery, the benefits of long-term over an exclusively short-term focus, and the need to establish community independence over dependence, rather than continuing to foster a cycle of

In the early stages of the tsunami disaster, regional coordination of logistics, procurement humanitarian coordination, information systems, resources allocation, and management were essential to respond to the vast needs throughout the tsunami affected