Planning, Budgeting and Financing: Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Activities in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR

Immediately after a province has been affected by a disaster event, humanitarian needs will normally be the primary focus. Early recovery follows once the situation is stabilized and generally focused on gradually shifting towards meeting the medium to long-term needs for recovery and reconstruction. Post-disaster recovery is about re-establishing basic public services to normalize the socioeconomic conditions in the affected areas as well as sourcing capital investments for long-term reconstruction. As such, the recovery and reconstruction plan (the Plan) must be responsive to the identified needs and priorities and should try to avoid delays between the phases of disaster response and disaster recovery and reconstruction. The planning process and urgent implementation of projects must be achieved expeditiously yet with enough transparency and accountability of all the stakeholders.

This draft guideline is intended to be used by the Province of Khammouane, Lao PDR in developing a post-disaster recovery plan in relation to the Post-Disaster Recovery Fund (PDRF) under the Khammouane Development Program (KDP).

The purpose of developing a post-disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Plan is as follows: 

• To provide a framework for the Province of Khammouane for smooth transition from emergency relief and early recovery, towards medium and longer-term recovery and reconstruction. 
• To propose recovery and reconstruction strategies and present activities and outcomes for each of the key affected sector. 
• To propose the implementation modality for coordinating and monitoring recovery and reconstruction. 
• To provide a framework with sufficient information and description of status and needs (based on damage, loss and needs assessment), to allow the development partners to support the medium and longer-team needs for those suffered by the disaster event.