Guidance Note Debris Management and Recovery - Crisis Prevention

Focussing on urgent post-crisis and post-disaster assistance, this guidance note provides practical advice to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices (COs) on how to plan, design and implement a short-term project that swiftly links governments and communities in the assessment, clearance, recycling and management of debris following a significant national catastrophe.

When governments and communities are supported by well-designed and timely interventions, both nations and communities are assisted to 'build back better.' The UNDP post-crisis approach aims to build capacities within national and local institutions and facilitate partnerships between government, civil society, the private sector and local communities. This enables local social, economic, institutional and physical assets to be strengthened and made more resilient in the future.

To help countries and communities meet these challenges, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) has developed a range of guidance notes to help UNDP COs develop and implement recovery activities rapidly in the immediate aftermath of a disaster or conflict. Each guidance note focuses on a UNDP 'signature product', or niche area of programming, in which UNDP has the mandate, comparative advantage, competencies and skills in place to be able to rapidly design and implement a project of assistance to support crisis-affected governments and communities.