Post Disaster Needs Assessment Guidelines - Housing Sector - Fiji

The main objective of the guidance notes is to enable the Government of Fiji to carry out a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) and prepare a recovery strategy in the aftermath of a disaster. The purpose is to ensure that the Government of Fiji is in the driving seat of the PDNA process. The guidance notes are designed to provide a good understanding of a disaster’s effect and impact, and the needs of the affected population.

It will help the PDNA team of Fiji to draw a recovery roadmap and recovery action plan. The guidance notes will enable the PDNA team to define a strategy for mobilizing the financial and technical assistance required for housing and settlement response appropriate to the needs in the event of a disaster in Fiji.

Depending upon the scale of a disaster and other factors, the duration of a PDNA exercise will be between 6 and 12 weeks. The guidance notes will assist the Government of Fiji to have an adequate understanding of the effects and impacts of a disaster in the housing sector and improve the qualities of the outcomes from the recovery process. The guidance note is based on the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Guidelines: Volume B – Housing (United Nations Development Programme [UNDP], Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery [GFDRR] and the European Union, 2014) developed by UNDP, the World Bank, GFDRR and the European Union.