PDNA Guidelines Water and Sanitation – Fiji Infrastructure Sector

The Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) process is an internationally accepted methodology for determining the physical damages, economic losses, and costs of meeting recovery needs after a natural disaster through a government-led process. In 2008, the European Union (EU), the World Bank (WB) and the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) agreed to mobilise member institutions and resources to harmonize post-disaster assessment methods to better support governments and affected populations with a coordinated approach for recovery.

The guidelines are a set of documents for assessing the effects and impacts of disasters, as well as providing a methodology for planning for the disaster recovery.