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

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Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The Disaster Recovery Framework of the Winneshiek County Comprehensive Emergency Plan (CCEP) provides a comprehensive framework for disaster recovery.

Winneshiek County (USA)
Tasmania State Special Emergency Management Plan- State Recovery Plan
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The Plan is intended to provide a broad scalable framework for recovery that can be tailored to the requirements of each emergency event.

Tasmanian Government
NSW Recovery Plan
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The NSW Recovery Plan is a supporting plan that sets out the strategic arrangements for disaster recovery in NSW and provides the framework for local and event specific plans.

New South Wales Government
Disaster Recovery Framework for the Irrigation Sector of Sri Lanka
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The publication is primarily intended for irrigation sector practitioners, particularly irrigation sector project planners and administrators who are responsible for implementing DRR and recovery initiatives at subnational and local levels.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This outlines the allocation of nearly $298 million in federal CDBG-DR funds to address unmet needs and support long-term recovery and mitigation efforts across 20 counties severely impacted by storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in 2022.

Commonwealth of Kentucky (USA)
Tourism Sector Disaster Recovery Framework Guide
Documents and publications
DRF Guidance

The Tourism Sector Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) Guide assists governments, the private sector, intergovernmental organizations and implementing partners to develop a sectoral DRF, comprising effective and efficient recovery programs for the sector.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Health Sector DRF Guide
Documents and publications
DRF Guidance

The Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) Guide for the Health Sector provides guidance on how to implement a comprehensive, integrated, and structured approach to disaster recovery

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
City of Los Angeles Base Emergency Operations Plan
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for the City of Los Angeles outlines the City’s response framework for all hazards.

City of Los Angeles
FLOOD RECOVERY PLAN 2022
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

The Balochistan Flood Recovery Plan (FRP) was developed in response to the devastating floods caused by torrential monsoon rains in Balochistan during the summer of 2022.

Government of Balochistan, Pakistan
Sustainable Reconstruction: A Framework for Inclusive Planning and Financing to Support Green Transition in the Arab States Region
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

This framework represents a comprehensive guide for Arab countries emerging from conflict and crisis situations to design and implement sustainable reconstruction activities that accelerate efforts towards building forward better.

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

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