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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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People’s Process in Post-disaster and Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction
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Disaster Recovery Guidance

This guide presents a community-centered framework for recovery and reconstruction after disasters and conflicts, advocating for the involvement of affected populations in a seamless transition from emergency response to sustainable recovery efforts.

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

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PDRP Guide State Govts
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Disaster Recovery Guidance

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designed this planning guide to help States and territories prepare for recovery by developing pre-disaster recovery plans.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide
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Disaster Recovery Guidance

The ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide (the Guide) aims to help the ASEAN Member States prepare for recovery, and deliver timely, efficient and effective recovery programmes.

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
A Guidance Note National Post-Disaster Recovery Planning and Coordination
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Disaster Recovery Guidance

This Guidance Note provides practical advice to UNDP Country Offices on how to design and implement recovery initiatives that will strengthen government capacity to lead and manage national recovery efforts in the early, medium and long-term.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Guidance Note Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation- Crisis Prevention and Recovery
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Disaster Recovery Guidance
Publications

This provides practical advice on how to plan, design and implement a short-term project that swiftly links governments and communities in the assessment, repair and reconstruction of essential community infrastructure.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Shelter After Disaster (second edition)
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Disaster Recovery Guidance
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This edition adds new insights to the original text of the 1982 Guidelines , provides a more updated format and gives updated resources and reflects current thinking within the shelter sector.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance

This handbook provides a framework to identify an effective recovery strategy following a biological incident, as well as a compendium of practical, evidence-based recovery options to assist with the remediation of environmental biological contamination.

Public Health England
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Disaster Recovery Guidance

This guide lays out processes and good practices for developing disaster recovery frameworks to assist governments in detailed recovery planning at the inter-sectoral and programmatic levels.

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
World Bank, the
Guidance Note Debris Management and Recovery  - Crisis Prevention
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Disaster Recovery Guidance
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Tools and guidelines

This guidance note provides practical advice on how to plan, design and implement a project that swiftly links governments and communities in the assessment, clearance, recycling and management of debris following a significant national catastrophe.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)