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Guidance Note on Early Recovery
This
guidance note is designed for practitioners working at country
level on early recovery in natural disasters and complex emergencies.
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Background |
This
document and questionnaire was produced by the Cluster Working Group
on Early Recovery of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC),
in cooperation with the UNDG-ECHA Working Group on Transition.
Early
recovery is a multidimensional process that begins in a humanitarian
setting. It is guided by development principles that seek to build
on humanitarian programmes and to catalyze sustainable development
opportunities. It aims to generate self sustaining, nationally owned,
resilient processes for post crisis recovery. It encompasses livelihoods,
shelter, governance, security and rule of law, environment and social
dimensions, including the reintegration of displaced populations.
During and immediately after a crisis, national actors and the international
community focus primarily on meeting immediate life-saving needs.
Human lives are at risk and quick action is required to minimize
damage and restore order. From the very beginning, however, there
is also a need for more than life-saving measures. The foundations
of sustainable recovery and a return to longer-term development
should be planned from the outset of a humanitarian emergency. The
focus should be on:
- Restoring
national capacities to provide a secure environment;
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Providing services with long-term objectives;
- Restoring
livelihoods by coordinating activities;
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Prevention of any recurrence of crisis;
- Creating
conditions for future development.
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The Early Recovery Guidance Note
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