Brief on the PostConflict Early Recovery Rapid Needs Assessment Guidelines David Bassiouni

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Brief on the Post-Conflict Early Recovery Rapid
Needs Assessment GuidelinesDavid Bassiouni
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Ultimate Goal

• To explore, design and develop an appropriate
  tool for the field level
• To be able to
• Undertake a rapid assessment and prioritization
  of Early Recovery Needs for an effective local
  level early response

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Background and Context

• Previous Post-Conflict transition efforts
  lacked
• An agreed overall vision (storyline)
• Sufficient realism in the timeline for key
  recovery outcomes
• Sufficient integration of cross-cutting issues
• Sufficient integration and coordination during
  Post-PCNA implementation

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What is Early Recovery?

• An approach to restore the capacity of national
  institutions and communities to recover from a
  conflict or natural disaster, enter transition or
  built better to avoid relapses
• A multi-dimensional process of recovery that
  begins in a humanitarian setting
• Represents the application of development
  principles national ownership, capacity
  utilization and support, people participation- in
  a humanitarian setting

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Link with Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

• Close linkage between PC-ERRNA and assessment
  tool for natural disasters PDNA
• Prioritized needs, losses or damages identified
  by both tools feed into common programming
  framework Programming Framework for Local Level
  Early Recovery (PF-LLER)
• Tools work hand-in-hand in Early Recovery sphere

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Why a Post-Conflict Early Recovery Rapid Needs
Assessment?

• Tool to support the CWEGR globally and the H/RC
  at country level in leading Early Recovery
  efforts
• Lighter, rapid, more user-friendly tool for solid
  Needs Assessment
• Particularly useful for local pockets or windows
  of opportunities for peace and recovery
• Includes only most essential elements from
  comprehensive Post-Conflict Needs Assessment
• Enables early interaction with humanitarian
  actors Early Recovery actions alongside delivery
  humanitarian assistance
• Prepares the ground for launching post-conflict
  reconstruction and development phases

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Purpose and Objectives of the PC-ERRNA

• Undertake a rapid assessment and prioritization
  of Early Recovery Needs for an effective local
  level early response
• Provide opportunities for initiating the Early
  Recovery activities prior to a peace agreement
• Provide the UN, IFIs, donors, national
  authorities, NGOs and other stakeholders with an
  estimate of prioritized needs
• Provide a platform for national and international
  actors to agree on joint priorities, define their
  commitments and prepare their activities
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Purpose and Objectives of the PC-ERRNA (Continued)

• Focus on the root causes of conflict (drivers of
  conflict) and measures to address them in the
  context of recovery
• Enhance political momentum and support for the
  peace process
• Enhance international visibility of the needs
  resulting in more substantial financial
  commitments for recovery

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Key Assumptions

• Peace dividend from pocket(s) of partial or
  localized peace could be capitalized towards
  broader or fuller peace through early recovery
  projects
• Maintaining an inclusive, participatory
  consultative process ensures national and local
  ownership
• Providing a sharp, flexible instrument with
  capacity for rapid assessment and prioritization
  of needs
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• Consolidating peace to translate the commitments
  of warring parties emerging from conflict into
  visible and tangible peace dividends
• Establishing an effective interface and
  coordination between humanitarian emergency and
  early recovery

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Timing and Time Frame

• Total Rapid Assessment period 6-8 weeks
• Pre-Assessment Phase 2-3 weeks
• Desk Review conflict and risk analysis,
• population profiles, institutional and capacity
• analysis, baseline social statistics leading to
  Concept Note
• Assessment Phase 3-5 weeks
• Validation of pre-assessment analysis,
  establishing the socio
• economic context, integrating cross-cutting
  issues, identifying
• and prioritizing needs, developing a Recovery
  Plan, validation
• and funding, linking to PF-LLER

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Timing and Time Frame

• The timing and short time frame proposed for both
  periods and
• speed are the defining difference between
  PC-ERRNA and any
• other assessment instruments
• PCNA distinguishes the following three major
  phases
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• Phase Time Horizon Absorptive
  Capacity Econ.Growth
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• Stabilization/ 12 mnths Low
  Low
• Transition
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• Transformation/ 12-36 mnths Rising
  Low
• Inst.Buiding
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• Consolidation 36-120 mnths High
  High

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When to conduct a PC-ERRNA?

• A cease-fire has been signed and the prospects
  for a peace agreement are high
• The priorities and strategies of the parties to
  the peace process are as laid out in the
  ceasefire agreement or peace accord
• National authorities and/or belligerent parties
  agree in principle to embark on an assessment
  process
• Major donors indicate acceptance of the need for
  and are willing to support Early Recovery
  programmes for the country
• The situation is politically stable enough and
  conducive for the return and reintegration of
  refugees and internally displaced populations.
• The political and administrative system in place
  has a minimum capacity or is being supported to
  work in partnership with the UN system on
  recovery planning and implementation

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Who will conduct the PC-ERRNA?

• Coordination
• Policy and technical support and guidance of
  CWGER
• Closely coordinated by the H/RC and UNCT
• Early Recovery advisor to assist the H/RC Team
• If necessary, UNDP deploys senior experts
• Implementation
• All IASC members including NGOs
• Close cooperation between recovery actors and
  humanitarian partners starting in the
  emergency/humanitarian phase
• Joint multi-disciplinary teams composed of
  international and national experts drawn from the
  Early Recovery Cluster conduct the Assessment

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Pre-Assessment Phase

• Desk Review and Analysis
• Situation Analysis
• Rule of Law/Justice, Governance and Institutional
  Capacity Analysis
• Conflict and Risk Analysis
• Security and Access
• Tools and Methodologies
• Analysis of Strategic Peace-Building
  Opportunities

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Assessment Phase

• Steps
• Validation of Pre-Assessment Analysis
• Establishing the Political, Economic and Social
  Context
• Integrating Cross-Cutting Issues
• Identifying and Prioritizing Needs
• 4.1 Indicative Priorities
• 4.2 Criteria for Prioritization
• Developing an Early Recovery Results Framework
• Formulating the Recovery Plan
• Validation and Funding of the Plan
• Linking the PC-ERRNA to the PF-LLER

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To be Continued

• The development of PC-ERRNA Toolkit and
• Methodologies
• Thank you