Guidance for Disaster Recovery

The International Recovery Platform (IRP) provides a collection of comprehensive guidance for disaster recovery to help countries and communities develop effective recovery plans and strategies. These guidelines are designed to ensure that recovery efforts are sustainable, resilient, and inclusive.

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Guidance documents from IRP Steering Committee members.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2019

Communication during disaster recovery

This Guide is intended primarily for local and national government officials and key decision makers involved in disaster recovery planning and operations.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

16 November 2018

Culture in city reconstruction and recovery

This paper guides practitioners, particularly the World Bank and UNESCO teams operating on the ground, as well as authorities, planners, and international organizations to integrate culture in all phases of city reconstruction and recovery.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

4 October 2018

Transport sector recovery: Opportunities to build resilience

This guidance note is intended to provide action-oriented guidance to government officials facing post-disaster recovery challenges related to the transport sector.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

14 August 2018

Gender equality and women’s empowerment in disaster recovery

This Guidance Note aims to provide action-oriented guidance to local and national government officials and key decision makers who face post-disaster challenges and to assist them in incorporating gender-responsive recovery and reconstruction efforts.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

18 May 2017

Words into Action guidelines: Build back better in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction (Consultative version)

This guideline is the product of literature reviews, discussions and contributions from diverse stakeholders, as well as UNDRR-nominated experts appointed specifically for the development of this guideline.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2017

Guidance note for post-disaster health sector recovery

This Guidance Note for Post-Disaster Health Sector Recovery is intended to provide action-oriented guidance to local and central government health sector officials who face post-disaster challenges related to health sector recovery.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2017

Guidance notes on recovery: health - Supplementary edition

The materials contained in this supplementary document complement those found in the existing IRP Guidance Note on Recovery – Health.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

11 October 2016

Guidance notes on recovery: Private sector

This document attempts to fill knowledge gaps regarding the role of the private sector in disaster recovery and draws from the wider body of knowledge and from documented experiences of past and present disaster planning and recovery.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2020

Practical lessons for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: principles for recovery

This publication offers a set of guiding, action-oriented principles and practical cases to support recovering communities as they plan and implement recovery.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2020

COVID-19 Recovery Policy Brief

This brief is offered to define the COVID-19 recovery context and to supplement existing guidance with key principles and practices to guide recovery planning.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2020

Compendium of good practice on post disaster recovery in the Latin America and Caribbean Region

This compendium presents good practices in post-disaster recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to spread and highlight the work and recovery processes taking place in different countries of the region.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

21 August 2019

Guidance for disaster recovery preparedness in Hawai‘i

Hawaii’s communities are highly vulnerable to extreme natural disaster events. Disaster recovery preparedness activities set the stage for recovery from a disaster event informed by and contributing to a county’s planning and implementation framework.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

13 May 2019

Supporting safer housing reconstruction after disasters: Planning and implementing technical assistance at scale

This document is aimed at decision makers to increase the level of knowledge about technical assistance and operationalise its implementation, ensuring the reconstruction of housing in disaster-affected communities results in sustainably safer housing.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

8 January 2019

Disaster recovery guidance series: education sector recovery

This note provides practical guidance to national governments about key priorities for recovery in the education sector following a major disaster or crisis.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2019

Communication during disaster recovery

This Guide is intended primarily for local and national government officials and key decision makers involved in disaster recovery planning and operations.

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Disaster Recovery Guidance

1 January 2019

Pre-disaster Recovery Planning Guide for Tribal Governments

The Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Guide for Tribal Governments provides a basic framework and guidance for tribal leadership and stakeholders as they plan for recovery.