UNDP's strategy on crisis prevention and recovery

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UNDP's strategy on crisis prevention and
recovery From peace-building to natural disaster
prevention
2 March 2006
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About UNDP
Crisis Prevention and Recovery is one of UNDPs
5 practice areas because

• Growing number of violent conflicts or recurrent
  natural disaster that erase decades of
  development progress.
• In many countries, accumulated losses from
  conflict and natural disaster exceed limited
  development gains.
• 24 of 50 LDCs face high levels of disaster risk
  and are affected by major natural disasters every
  year.
• HDI countries classified with low development
  56 experienced civil war in 1997-2001.
• 20-25 million internally displaced persons
  worldwide.
• Long-term consequences new landmine victims in
  69 countries.

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About UNDP
Crisis Prevention and Recovery is one of UNDPs
5 practice areas because

• Increasing recognition of the role of development
  in CPR environments (e.g. need for longer-term
  vision)
• Giving development programming a CPR lens
• Brahimi Report in 2000 emphasizing UNDPs
  untapped potential in peace-building
• 2001 Executive Board paper UNDP in CPC
  highlighting importance of development dimensions
• New UNDP Administrator considers CPR as a key
  growth area for UNDP (January 2006 Executive
  Board)

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About UNDP
Value added of UNDP

• Country presence before, during and after a
  crisis
• Historical perspective and in-depth understanding
  of contexts
• A credible partner with a long term relationship
  with national actors
• Coordination of the UN presence on the ground
• Expertise developed in key service lines
• Flexible financing mechanisms (ex CPR TTF)

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About UNDP
UNDP highly values its partnership with Japan

• A common focus on peacebuilding and human
  security
• Joint collaboration in countries
• Key contributor to core and non-core resources of
  UNDP

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CPR in the World

• CPR is a rapidly growing practice area for UNDP
  worldwide

Eastern and Central Europe Albania, Azerbaijan,
Bosnia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Tajikistan
Arab States Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Somalia,
Sudan, Yemen, PAPP
Asia and the Pacific Afghanistan, Cambodia,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sri
Lanka
Central America and the Caribbean Colombia, El
Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras
Africa Angola, Burundi, CAR, Chad, Cote dIvoire,
DRC, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Guinea- Bissau, Lesotho,
Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, ROC, Sierra Leone,
Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe etc. Sub-regional
Great Lakes, Southern Africa, West Africa, Horn
of Africa
Countries where Japan supports UNDPs programmes
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About BCPR

• Purpose
• The core purpose of BCPR is to advance peace and
  development by strengthening capacities to
  prevent and recover from crisis.
• Values
• Embracing respect and commitment, partnership and
  excellence as core values.
• Goal
• Transform UNDP into a global leader in crisis
  prevention and recovery.

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About BCPR
Japans contribution to the CPR TTF
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BCPRs approach
BCPR supports UNDP to work effectively before,
during and after crisis. We do this by

• Strengthening country office capacity and
  mainstreaming CPR into development programming.
• Bringing together UN peace-building and
  development efforts.
• Linking relief development.
• Working through partnerships.

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BCPRs outcome areas
For BCPR, peacebuilding includes both

• Prevention and Risk Reduction
• Addressing the development dimension of conflict
  prevention
• Mitigate the risk and impact of natural disasters

• Recovery
• 1. Securing a sustainable and nationally owned
  recovery process

THROUGH

• Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
• Justice and Security Sector Reform
• Livelihoods and early economic recovery
• Mine Action
• Small Arms and the reduction of Armed violence

THROUGH

• Capacity building
• Facilitating and convening in order to build
  consensus
• Mainstreaming prevention and risk reduction into
  development

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BCPRs outcome areas
Key challenges related to prevention/risk
reduction and recovery

• Prevention and Risk Reduction

• Recovery

• Ensuring the early inclusion of development
  considerations into humanitarian plans and
  activities (Early recovery)
• Putting relevant national authorities in the
  drivers seat as soon and as fully as possible

• Finding the appropriate entry point in a given
  country (themes, actors and geographic scale)
• Ensuring the sustainability of institution-buildin
  g efforts (importance of process)

Agreeing on a coherent and coordinated approach
(within the UN and among international actors)
based on country priorities
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Prevention
Example 1 The Peace and Development Analysis in
Indonesia

• Partnership with government, local institutions
  and research centers, which
• Used the conflict sensitive methodology.
• Created safe spaces for dialogue.
• Identified lessons learned.

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Prevention
Example 2 Mainstreaming a risk sensitive
approach to recovery in Post-Tsunami countries

• At the regional level development of a
  multi-hazard early warning and preparedness
  system for the Indian Ocean.
• At the national level, support to national
  authorities in integrating disaster risk
  reduction into national and local planning
  frameworks.
• Building back better integrating a risk
  sensitive approach.

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Recovery
Example 1 The UNs cluster approach to early
recovery in Pakistan

• Early Recovery
• Shifting focus from saving lives to restoring
  livelihoods
• Preparing the ground for sustainable long-term
  reconstruction
• Reducing future disaster risks
• Early Recovery Cluster
• Inter-agency Standing Committee in Geneva
• Regular Early Recovery Cluster meetings in
  Islamabad
• Pilot Early Recovery Cluster meetings at field
  level
• Start planning for early recovery as soon as
  possible.

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Recovery
Example 1 The UNs cluster approach to early
recovery in Pakistan - Ctd
Early Recovery UN Framework
Reconstruction WB/ADB report
Relief UN Flash Appeal
6 months
12-18 months
3-5 years
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Recovery
Example 1 The UNs cluster approach to early
recovery in Pakistan - Ctd

• Lessons Learned
• Governments leadership is key.
• Focus on transition from relief to development.
• Pooling of resources allows timely scale up.

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Recovery
Example 2 Securing a more definitive recovery
process in Liberia

• Community based recovery programme
• Support for local governance structures and
  community participation through District
  Development Committees (DCCs).
• Capacity-building in the planning and management
  of recovery activities.
• Support for the creation of sustainable
  livelihoods.
• Assistance with the provision of basic services.

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Recovery
Example 3 The International Recovery Platform

• Origins
• Objectives
• Key areas of support
• Advocacy and Knowledge Management (Kobe)
• Training and Capacity Development (Turin)
• Enhanced recovery support to countries (Geneva)

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About the UN
The future UN reform

• Strengthening the RC/HC system
• Innovative funding mechanisms
• Peacebuilding reforms
• SGs High-level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence

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