The Early Recovery and Reconstruction Cluster in Pakistan Lessons Learned

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The Early Recovery and Reconstruction Cluster in
Pakistan- Lessons Learned -

• Angelika Planitz
• UNDP BCPR
• IASC Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery
• June 2006

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The Event

• Earthquake of 8 October 2005
• Richter scale 7.6
• Affected area 30,000 sqkm
• Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK)
• North Western Frontier Province (NWFP)
• Impacts
• Deaths - over 73,000
• Seriously injured over 69,000
• Population affected - 3.5 million
• Homes damaged and destroyed 600,000
• Food insecure 2.3 million

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Milestones

• Preparation of revised early recovery component
  of the Flash Appeal
• Completion of a multi-sector rapid assessment of
  early recovery needs
• Formulation of a government approved UN strategic
  framework for early recovery to guide programme
  identification
• Negotiation and agreement on guiding principles
  for recovery between UN and key donors/IFIs
• Inclusive platform to discuss recovery concerns
  in the early humanitarian response phase
• Establishment of working groups within the ER
  Cluster specializing on livelihoods and housing
• Preparation of selected sector plans under the
  ERRA-UN Early Recovery Plan

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Overall Challenges

• Early application of the humanitarian cluster
  approach
• Inconsistent understanding of early recovery
• Early recovery priorities competing with
  overwhelming humanitarian needs
• No standard arrangements for early recovery surge
  capacity
• Lack of pre-arranged working relationship with
  IFIs for conducting needs assessments

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Key Lessons Learned

• Cluster Management
• Standard cluster activation procedures need to be
  developed
• Awareness of cluster TORs among members is
  important
• The leadership and coordination role must be
  maintained beyond the early recovery needs
  assessment and planning stages
• Continuity of cluster leads with high technical,
  coordination and leadership skills is crucial
• Full government ownership of the cluster is
  essential

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Key Lessons Learned

• Cluster Management (cont.)
• Relationship with other clusters needs to be
  clarified
• Accountability of cluster members towards the
  cluster lead needs to be strengthened
• A cluster exit strategy is devised early and
  communicated clearly

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Key Lessons Learned

• Cluster Functions
• Adequate financial and human resources to support
  the cluster lead function are important
• Early recovery needs assessments methodologies
  needs to be developed
• Effective utilization of Early Recovery Framework
  for resource mobilization needs to be ensured
• Agreed to guiding principles for recovery are
  monitored and translated into policy
• ME Framework needs to be prepared to monitor
  results of early recovery initiatives

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Recommendations

• Develop global advocacy strategy for early
  recovery
• Prepare comprehensive set of guidance material
  for the early recovery cluster
• Standard ER cluster TORs, SOPs, policy
  statements, ME tools, Checklists, assessment
  TORs and methodologies, etc.
• Reflect early recovery related functions more
  strongly in the TORs of the HC/RCs
• Establish a global surge capacity mechanisms to
  meet cluster needs in the field
• Develop a standard agreement to delineate roles
  and responsibilities between UN and IFIs in early
  recovery

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