Background and Objectives
Pakistan is a disaster prone country facing at least one emergency every year of different magnitude and nature. The IASC-led real time evaluation of the flood emergency response in 2007 highlighted the need for the UN in Pakistan to seriously improve its capacity of assessing and monitoring post-disaster situations. The lack of this capacity has led to lack of data according to which relief requirements could have been properly estimated. The objective of the project is to establish a core stand-by team for rapid disaster assessments called the multi-cluster rapid assessment mechanism.
Activities
The main activities include:
* A cadre of assessment staff trained for post-disaster assessment;
* Post-disaster assessment and reporting/mapping formats programmed;
* Assessment data collected, processed and transformed into reporting formats. Maps processed according to requirements;
* A website for dissemination of data established;
* A database featuring key baseline data for post-disaster response established.
Results (2008)
* Trained assessment staff;
* Functioning mapping and reporting mechanisms in place;
* Regular dissemination of data.
Development Partners / Partners
Development Partners: UNICEF
Partners: WHO, FAO, UNIEF, OCHA, NDMA, UNOPS
- Pakistan Settlements Flood Recovery Project (PSFRP)
- Primary School Reconstruction in Muzaffarabad (Completed)
- Humanitarian Information and Coordination (Completed)
- Transitional Shelter Provision for Baluchistan Earthquake Victims (Completed)
- Shelter Assistance to IDPs Living Outside of Camps (Completed)
- Water and Sanitation Improvements in Informal Settlements (Completed)
- Disaster Risk Management
- Sustainable Urbanization and Sustainable Energy Construction
- Shelter Assistance to Returnees in Conflict-affected Areas in NWFP (Completed)
- Documenting and Communicating Results Achieved and Lessons Learnt in the Post 2005 Earthquake Rural Housing Reconstruction Programme
- Reconstruction of Girls School in Swat District
- Improving Living conditions of IDPs out off camps through WASH Interventions (Completed)
- Facilitating Access to Safer Land for Earthquake Victims (Completed)
- Strengthening Post-Earthquake Reconstruction
- Joint UN Post-Disaster Assessment Mechanisms (Completed)
- Emergency Shelter Kit Procurement and Distribution (Completed)
- Post-Flood Information Management and Coordination (Completed)
- Facilitating Access to Land for Earthquake Affected Families (Completed)
- Technical and Training Support for the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Completed)
- Support to Spontaneous Shelter Recovery in Earthquake-affected Villages (completed)
- Support To Spontaneous Shelter Recovery in Earthquake Affected Villages in Pakistan (completed)
- Technical Support for National Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme (Completed)