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Disaster Recovery Frameworks

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Disaster recovery frameworks enable countries to drive a process forward that unites all government, private sector, donors, development partners, and community efforts with a focus on building back stronger, faster and more inclusively over the short, medium to long term timeframes of recovery. The DRF helps in articulating a vision for recovery; defining a strategy; prioritizing actions; fine-tuning planning; and providing guidance on financing, implementing, and monitoring the recovery. Depending on the scale of recovery required, the framework should be developed within a month or max 45 days after a disaster, or ideally before a disaster occurs.

Expected outcomes of implementing recovery frameworks are:

  1. Informed institutional and policy-setting for recovery.
  2. Prioritization and programming based on an inclusive, transparent process that ensures participation of all stakeholders and uses national and international good practices.
  3. Effective coordination among all parties during the recovery and reconstruction processes.
  4. Comprehensive framework for recovery financing.
  5. Improved implementation and monitoring and evaluation systems for recovery programs.

DRF guidance and frameworks

National Disaster Recovery Framework Building Back a Disaster-Affected Malawi Better and Safer Volume II Drought
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National disaster recovery framework (NDRF): Building back a disaster-affected Malawi better and safer (Volume II: Drought)

Recovery efforts defined within the NDRF are guided by a central vision and goal. An initial vision and goal were determined following the 2015 floods; these have been updated in response to the 2015/16 drought.
Process for Preparing Disaster Recovery Frameworks
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Process for Preparing Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This Process Note explains the process for preparing a DRF. It is intended to support the government officials, partners, affected population, and other stakeholders who will plan and prepare the DRF.
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Post-disaster recovery plan: Sri Lanka, floods and landslides

The PDRP specifies priority recovery needs and financial requirements, embedded in nine key sectors and three cross-cutting areas. It is expected to ensure that recovery is resilient and supports the development agenda of the country.
Fiji Tropical Cyclone Winston Disaster Recovery Framework 2016
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Fiji Tropical Cyclone Winston Disaster Recovery Framework 2016

This DRF guides the planning and implementation of recovery programmes and projects, providing overall direction to the government, the private sector, development partners, civil society and communities.
USA National Disaster Recovery Framework Second Edition 2016
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USA: National disaster recovery framework

The National Disaster Recovery Framework establishes a common platform and forum for how the whole community builds, sustains, and coordinates delivery of recovery capabilities.
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Nepal earthquake 2015: Post disaster recovery framework

This framework document encapsulates the vision and strategic objectives that guide recovery in post-earthquake Nepal. It also includes the policy and institutional frameworks for recovery and reconstruction and outlines implementation arrangements, projected financial requirements and immediate next steps necessary for recovery.
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2015 Earthquake recovery plan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

This plan was prepared in the aftermath of the Oct 26, 2015 earthquake which caused human losses and extensive damages to public infrastructure, houses and other buildings in various areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The document contains a detailed damage assessment and lists priority interventions in areas of rehabilitation of physical infrastructure, housing, reactivation of local economy, and disaster risk reduction and environment recovery strategies. The plan also proposes management mechanisms for recovery and reconstruction.
Tbilisi Disaster Recovery and Vulnerability Reduction Plan. 2015
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Tbilisi Disaster Recovery and Vulnerability Reduction Plan 2015

The disaster recovery plan aimed to build resilience, minimize future vulnerabilities, and create a safer environment for Tbilisi’s residents.
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Guide to developing disaster recovery frameworks: Sendai Conference version

This guide provides the essential information to assist policy makers and other stakeholders in formulating a framework for the medium- to long-term post-disaster recovery.
Malawi National Disaster Recovery Framework Report 2015. Volume 1
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National Disaster Recovery Framework: Malawi. Volume I

This Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) is conducted by the Government of Malawi with technical and financial support from the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank (WB) following the floods in 2015.

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