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This provides the description to the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards.
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Minimum Economic Recovery
Standards - 2nd Edition
About The SEEP Network
• Improve the effectiveness of member organizations• Build and sustain a large, vibrant, and engaged
learning community• Serve as the leading practitioner voice
• A global network of over 130 international practitioner organizations dedicated to combating poverty through promoting inclusive markets and financial systems
• Members are active in 170 countries, supporting nearly 90 million micro-entrepreneurs
Provides people affected by disaster:
• An opportunity to earn income via employment or operation of a business
• Contributes to dignity • Assists people to recover
from the crisis • A vocation and ability to
practice that allows individuals to meet their own needs
What is economic recovery?
Rapid, tailored support for livelihoods, enterprises and economies in the wake of a crisis
Development of the StandardsFirst edition – released in 2009 Series of consultations & trainings
Ecuador - consultation Kenya - consultation London - consultation Jordan - training and consultation Indonesia - training and consultation
Second Edition –released in Nov 2010
June 2010 Writeshop -Reconvened original writes and some new members Technical review by over 20 experienced individuals and organizations
Pilot tested with 4 programs ACDI/VOCA Sierra Leone CRS Sudan: North Sudan Program AED and Shorebank in the Gaza Strip Mercy Corps Myanmar
In all, 6363 discrete agencies and several hundred individuals contributed or provided feedback to the
Standards
Chemonics
Childfund
DAI IFRCFEG Consulting
IOM
Relief International
International Rescue CommitteeUNHCR
Women's Refugee Commission
World Wildlife Fund
USAID
Tufts University
Sphere Project
Coordination with The Sphere Project
A companion standards to the Sphere Handbook 2011 Edition
The Goal of the Standards
To improve the impact of economic recovery programming by building consensus on good practices.
The Focus
Strategies and interventions that improve enterprises, employment, and cash flow and asset management among crisis-affected businesses and households.
• Practitioners experienced in humanitarian situations, but less familiar with economic recovery initiatives
• Practitioners experienced in economic development, but unaccustomed to crisis environments
• Practitioners and programs working in multiple sectors in crisis environments (e.g. health, education, infrastructure, or HIV and AIDS)
Audience for the Standards
The Benefits of Minimum Economic Recovery Standards
• Promote program quality and accountability
• Ensure consistency across programs
• Educate staff , partners and grantees
• Negotiate with funder
• Learn basic requirements for other sectors
• Compatible with other frameworks
Minimum Economic Recovery Standards
Standards, Key Actions, Key Indicators and Guidance Notes
Structure of the Standards
Qualitative in nature and specify the minimum levels to be attained.
Structure of the handbook
Standards
e.g.: Core standard 1: Market-Oriented programming
Program design and implementation decisions consider economic and market dynamics.
Structure of the handbook
Key Actions
Necessary activities and inputs in order to meet the minimum standards
Key action 1: Market-Oriented programming
Conduct/identify market analyses to develop projects and interventions.
Structure of the handbook
Key Indicators
• “Signals” whether a minimum standard has been attained
• Way of measuring and communicating processes and results of key actions
Key Indicator 1: Market-Oriented programming
Interventions invest only in activities that target viable markets.
Structure of the handbook
Guidance Notes
• Specific points to consider in different situations
• Guidance on tackling practical difficulties, benchmarks or advice on priority issues
• Critical issues or gaps relating to the standards
GN 1: Market-Oriented programming
Viable markets: Understanding the markets….
For more information go to http://seepnetwork.org/mers Or contact Yibin Chu at [email protected]