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United Nations Development Programme

REVIEW OF Bangladesh PDNA Process

Lessons Learned and Key Reflections

Cyclone Sidr (15 Nov 07)

Cylone hit 30 districts• 9 M people affected, • 3M evacuated, • 3,500 killed, 900 missing, • 1.5 M houses damaged/destroyed, • Embankments & infra damaged

International (UN) response• “Clusters” roll out agreed by GoB• Included an ER Cluster• GoB: “No formal humanitarian appeal”

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1. ER themes established early in the response

2. ER Needs Asmt conducted jointly with the MoFDM, 2 day enumerators training (120 Enmrts, 6 dist, 3 wks, 50 FGDs, 150 HH itvs)

3. Broad participation by all clusters & NGO partners

4. GoB-led process: 1 year ER Action plan (ERAP)

5. GoB requested Dev partners to finance ERAP 360 M requirements.

Sector Lead Agencies Partners Food Security WFP with the Dept

Relief & Rehab20 nat & INGOs

Shelter IFRC with the Public Works Department

The Bdesh Red Crescent Society

Livelihoods (agriculture)

FAO with Dept of Agri Extension

Livelihoods (non-agri)

ILO with the Ministry of Labour

Environment UNDP (Env) with Forest Dept,

Centre for Env. and GIS Services (CEGIS)

Health WHO with Dept of Health

Early Recovery Issues

UNDP with the Dist Mgt Bureau

CDMP, nat NGOs

ER Needs Assessment

Dec 086 -11: Inception, planning, instruments12-20: Field data collection22-26: Analysis & Report

Jan 7, 09: Nat Workshop

Feb 09: ERAP completed

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Joint Damage & Losses Needs Assessment (JDLNA)

1. WB was “requested” by GoB (Min of Finance) to lead a “joint” assessment

2. Deployed DaLA methodology, with new added component: ER3. Mobilised some 30 sectoral external experts & hundreds of enumerators4. Participated also by some UN agencies5. Report was produced in April 20096. Signed by WB & EC – minus the UN

REQUIREMENTS (USD 5.3 Bn) ER : 360Med & Long Term : 950Risk Reduction : 4,000

Infrastructure 1. Housing 2. Transport3. Power4. Telecommunications5. Water Supply and Sanitation 6. Urban and Municipal Infrastructure 7. Embankments and Water Control StructuresSocial Sectors 8. Education9. Health and NutritionProductive Sectors 10.Agriculture (Crops, Livestock, and Fisheries)11. Industry, Commerce, and TourismCrosscutting Issues• Environment

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Modus Operandi ActorsEmg Resp mechanismsFirst weeks, established joint nat & field

Immediate life saving and stabilisation

• PM’s office • Engaging the US Forces• MoFDM acted as a ‘secretariat’

Strong DM leadership posture operating during normal time, managing humanitarian response

Life saving & sustaining including ER

• Min of Food, & DM (MoFDM)• GoB – UN programe: CDMP• Engaging HCT’s clusters• Co-led ER Cluster

Motivation for a better rehabilitation and reconstruction

A comprehensive recovery and build back better

• Min of Finance (Econ. Relations Div)• Engaging the WB• And ‘development partners’

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Proliferation of Assessments

1. UN Rapid Assessment Report_Bangladesh2. Action Aid Bangladesh Needs Assessment3. UNESCO - World Heritage Centre Report4. SCG Sidr Shelter Conditions & Needs5. CARE Bangladesh - Rapid SIDR Gender Assesment6. Food security assessment-SIDR cyclone by WFP and partners7. Early recovery needs assessment8. Joint Damage, Losses, Needs Assessment9. Rapid environmental assessment in the cyclone-Sidr affected areaEffect of cyclone sidr on

Sundarbans10. Emergency livelihood protection and rehabilitation programme appraisal11. Preliminary assessment of the impact on decent employment and proposed recovery

strategy12. Rapid Education Assessment by Save the Children

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1. What worked? Effect of joint efforta) Operating a multi-sectoral assessment involving clustersb) Coherent scheme (sampling, organisation, recruitment, training,

deployment)c) Development of a full-blown instrumentation (HH itv, FGD, KII)

2. What didn’t work? Main constraints of joint approach.a) WB team leader unaware of the existing inter-institutional

commitmentb) Different government agencies drove different agendac) The turfing was too strong to reconcile despite efforts towards

integration

Lessons Learned

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Lessons Learned

1. Reflections on improving relationship between partner agencies, communications, logistics, decision making, etc.

a) Should have run it as multi-cluster assessment from the UNRC Office instead of as ER Cluster / UNDP programme

b) Should have used more leverage at HQ level to deal with WB

2. How much did your institution invest in the PDNA (financial, technical, logistical, resources)?

a) Trac 3.1.1 up to USD 100 Kb) Counterpart contributions from partner agenciesc) ER Advisor to UNRC, ER Coord./Asmnt. Specialist, ER Advisor

3. Sectoral follow through assessments a) Livelihood, environment, agriculture, education

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Lessons Learned Cont.

4. Utility of the recovery framework?a) GoB ambivalent position re appealb) Competing scheme confused the donorsc) 12 Month ER Action Plan served more as programmatic advocacy toold) Cyclone Nargis took the spotllight away from BDesh

5. What is the ability to monitor the recovery framework?a) UNDP and MoFDM followed through the ERAP

6. Have best practices been identified, institutionalized and shared?a) UNCT lessons learnt workshop, March 2008b) After-Action Review conducted involving Dhaka/Bangkok/NY/GVA

7. Other major issues raised by assessment processa) No readily available models and toolsb) UN assessments in isolation did not work well

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Relationship of assessment and the recovery process

1. What recovery strategies have been undertaken since the crisis?a) GoB’s Early Recovery Action Planb) United Nations Early Recovery Framework

2. How much has been invested in recovery?3. Nature of relationship between assessments undertaken/PDNA recovery

framework developed and actual strategies and investments? 4. Documentation of recovery activities: existence/effectiveness of

monitoring system? 5. Do recovery needs persist that require further assessment and

investment?

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