The Process of Conducting a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)

United Nations Development ProgrammeBureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Bangkok, ThailandNovember 2010

PDNA ProcessDecision to Conduct a PDNA Planning Mission

⋲Government decision⋲Partner consultation if international assistance required (UN, World

Bank, EU, others)PDNA Planning Mission

⋲Composition of PDNA teams⋲Stakeholder Engagement⋲Reconnaissance⋲Establishment of the PDNA Management Structure⋲Agreement on PDNA Scope and Objectives, Agreement on Recovery

Sectors⋲ Initiate Assessment Methods, Instrumentation & Sampling⋲ Identification of Resource Requirements (human, logistics and

financial)⋲Draft and agree Terms of Reference

Conducting a PDNA

⋲Formation of the PDNA assessment Teams⋲Training/ orientation of PDNA⋲Data collection, analysis/ Information

gathering⋲Recommendations, Priority Response

Options, “Recovery Pathway”, Recovery Framework

⋲Report writing

PDNA Management Structure⋲High Level Management team

~E.g. President/PM/key Minister, UN Resident Coordinator, World Bank Country Director, EU Delegate, etc.

~Oversees the process, provide strategic guidance, take key decisions & ensure the availability of resources

⋲PDNA Coordination Team

~Works under government leadership & high level team to manage day-to-day planning & management of assessment & drafting of recovery framework

⋲Sector Teams

~Line ministry experts and UN/WB/EU or other sectoral specialists to collect &integrate data on damage, losses, human development impacts & needs.

PDNA Support Teams

⋲Technical Support Cell

~Information and communication technology, information, mapping, logistics, translation, etc.

⋲Report Secretariat

~Support the production of sector assessment reports and recovery frameworks.

Forming Sector Teams

⋲Understanding the thematic key issues particular to the disaster

⋲Choosing key information and the appropriate data collection techniques

⋲Collecting data⋲Conducting analysis⋲Producing sector report including the

recovery framework ⋲Global guidance & templates are available…

Assessment Team Strategies

Joint Planning

Sub-team for the valuation of damage and losses

Sub-team for the human development recovery assessment

Joint Assessment Report

⋲Data/ Information Management Process: ~Data collection, processing, analysis, interpretation ,

storage, dissemination, monitoring , etc.

⋲Consultative process: ~ Key users of CI and key actors in recovery including:

affected communities (men, women, youth, elderly, leaders, etc.) national and local authorities, CBOs, private sector, NGOs, donors, international agencies, etc.

Information, Data & Other Input

Analysis ProcessIdentify Baseline and Parameters

Coordinate with Humanitarian Clusters to integrate early recovery

needs (e.g., “SOS”)

Facilitate validation by National & Local Authorities and Stakeholders

Identify areas of strategic recovery

Align with Gov Planning priorities, andinfuse disaster risk reduction measures

Determine priority needs and interventions

CHOOSING KEY INFORMATION AND THE APPROPRIATE DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES

No Leading questions Required Information /data

Type (baseline, secondary, primary)

Sources

1 yyyy

2 xxx

3 zzzz

Etc..

Data Sources

⋲Baseline (secondary data):~National statistics, demographic, social, economic

characteristics~Typical sources of information: recent household

surveys; updated maps, sectoral baselines, cadasters ⋲Impact assessment (secondary data):

~Post-disaster remote sensing, Humanitarian needs assessments, Government’s preliminary assessment reports, NGOs/UN agency situation reports,, etc..

⋲Field verification and stakeholder consultation (primary data)

CONDUCTING ANALYSIS

⋲Check that all considerations already incorporate the cross-cutting issues

⋲Detect and recognise trends and indicators of problems

⋲Link information to action programmes⋲Estimate how the situation might

develop in the future⋲Relate the analysis with risk reduction⋲More will be covered in session on

recovery frameworks…

REPORT WRITING

⋲Ensure that major partners each provide a report writer. This:~Ensures balance of perspective~Facilitates data/information/analysis exchanges

with sectoral teams~Spreads the writing burden~Promotes transparency

Thank you

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