PDNA guidance

These guides support a consistent and coherent approach to the post-disaster assessment, provide an objective and comprehensive estimate of recovery needs, while facilitating quick decision-making and action

  • Featured PDNAs
  • Featured PDNAs

    PDNA is a government-led exercise, with integrated support from the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank and other national and international actors. A PDNA pulls together information into a single, consolidated report, information on the physical impacts of a disaster, the economic value of the damages and losses, the human impacts as experienced by the affected population, and the resulting early and long-term recovery needs and priorities.

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    thai floods pdna
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This report outlines the damage and loss estimates, social and economic impacts, and proposed strategies for resilient recovery and reconstruction planning in the aftermath of the 2011 Thailand Floods.

    Thailand - government
    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    United Nations - Headquarters
    2011 Bhutan PDNA
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This Joint Rapid Assessment presents an assessment of the damage and loss following the 2011 earthquake in Bhutan. A framework for early recovery, reconstruction, and disaster risk reduction is also presented in the latter section of this Assessment.

    Bhutan - government
    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    United Nations - Headquarters
    Floods 2010 Moldova Post Disaster Needs Assessment Main Report
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This assessment provides a clear analysis of the extent of the damage and losses caused by the 2010 floods and identifies financing needs required to formulate recovery actions, implement medium-term recovery plans and develop a long-term DRR strategy.

    Moldova - government
    European Union
    World Bank, the
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This report focuses on an assessment of damage and medium- to long-term reconstruction costs.

    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    Asian Development Bank (ADB)
    Pakistan - government
    Floods 2010 Benin Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This assessment is aimed to identify the structural causes of the floods and develop medium and long term effective flood-reduction strategies, focusing mainly on the areas of agriculture, food security, nonagricultural livelihoods, and urban environment.

    Benin - government
    World Bank, the
    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    haiti 2010 earthquake pdna
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This document presents a multi-sector review of damage and losses incurred following the earthquake on January 12, 2010 and an action plan for the identification of needs for recovery and rebuilding the country in the short, medium, and long term.

    Haiti - government
    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    World Bank, the
    Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)
    European Union
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This document presents key findings from consultations with the children and youth undertook to hear their ideas and priorities for the country’s reconstruction as they are among the most vulnerable groups affected by the disaster.

    Plan International (PI)
    PDNA 2010 Floods Togo
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This post-disaster needs assessment is intended to conduct a socio-economic analysis to assess the damage, losses and reconstruction needs after the 2010 floods in Togo.

    Togo - government
    World Bank, the
    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    El Salvador PDNA
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This assessment provides estimates of the impacts of floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in El Salvador in 2009, and the estimated costs of reconstruction and recovery.

    El Salvador - government
    World Bank, the
    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)
    Floods 2009 Burkina Faso Assessment of Damage Loss and Construction Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Needs
    Documents and publications
    PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

    This post-disaster needs assessment provides estimates of the damages and losses, and the costs for reconstruction and recovery following the 2009 floods in Burkina Faso. 

    Burkina Faso - government
    World Bank, the
    United Nations - Headquarters
    Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)
    European Union

PDNA on-demand training

Training event
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Online
This workshop comes as part of Egypt’s national efforts to build resilience to disasters to reduce their risks on sustainable development plans, by integrating biological hazards, as well as the method of adaptation to climate change in policies, plans, and programs at all levels, within the framework of cooperation between the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) in implementing the regional initiative “Building back better after COVID-19”.
Meetings and conferences
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Online
This Forum aims to engage mayors, sub-national government officials and representatives, and national institutions concerned with SDG implementation at local level in developed and developing countries.
Training event
Online
The UN Environment Programme and the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction are starting the new year with a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Disaster and Climate Resilience.
Meetings and conferences
Kobe
Online
The International Recovery Forum 2022 will provide reflections on the implementation of Priority 4 and the challenges that remain, while setting a forward-looking agenda for continued progress.
Meetings and conferences
Cabo Verde
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In person
The 2021 edition of the African Economic Conference, jointly organized by the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme, is planned to be held in Cabo Verde from 2 to 4 December 2021.
Meetings and conferences
Nairobi
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In person
1 December 2020 16:00 St. Louis / Victoria | 15:00 Nairobi / Addis Ababa | 14:00 Johannesburg / Maputo |13:00 Yaoundé / Abuja | 12:00 Abidjan / Dakar Interpretation: English, French, Portuguese Register here Background and context Our future is urban. By
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