Linking preparedness, response and recovery

• Identify links between short-term humanitarian response and each stage of the disaster management cycle

• Identify importance of preparedness activities in informing the start of an emergency response

Disaster cycle stages are interwoven

Introduce and implement

mitigation and preparedness in

immediate aftermath of a

disaster

“There is no period when disaster risks can be safely ignored or set aside, specifically for countries which are highly vulnerable.”

(World Bank)

Mitigation

Minimise effects of disaster

long-term measures for reducing or eliminating riskor adverse impact

Preparedness

Planning how to respond

Activities before hazards occur to..• forecast and warn• evacuate people and property • reduce lead time for response

Response

Minimise hazards created by disaster

•Need for speed to save lives and address immediate humanitarian needs

Recovery

Returning community to normal

•rebuild destroyed property

•re-employment

•repair of infrastructure and services

Build back better

Resilience

• Which of these activities aim specifically to build resilience?

Resilience......

... promotes not only predictable, effective and timely humanitarian action

but also strengthens relationship between humanitarian and development

programming andcapacities of national and local actors to

manage increasing uncertainty and risk

Joint agency rapid assessment, Letan - ABC-Aid

Case scenario

• What do we already know about the disaster and the response?

• What preparedness activities would have helped?

• How might the effects have been mitigated against?

• Identify one area where you could ‘build back better’?

Degrees of sharing

Information

Joint assessment

s

Uses agreed tools

Agree common

plans and joint budgets

Each does own

Does not share

Each uses agreed tools

And shares

Joint planning

Each does own

And

shares

Individual decision- making