APPENDIX 01: RESPONSE AND ASSISTANCE IN 2007 & 2008In 2007 the Government launched two majorprogrammes to accelerate recovery anddevelopment <strong>in</strong> the Prov<strong>in</strong>ce. The first of thesewas a 6 month (July 2007 to January 2008)plan for Restoration of Civil Adm<strong>in</strong>istration andService Delivery System <strong>in</strong> the Eastern Prov<strong>in</strong>ce,and was coord<strong>in</strong>ated by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of PublicAdm<strong>in</strong>istration and Home Affairs. This wascomplemented by the USD 1.8bn developmentplan known as the Eastern Reawaken<strong>in</strong>g Plan,which was coord<strong>in</strong>ated by the M<strong>in</strong>istry ofNation Build<strong>in</strong>g and is set with<strong>in</strong> the broadframework of the Governnment’s Ten YearHorizon Development Framework 2006 – 2016.The most relevant sections for early recovery(resettlement of returnees, strengthen<strong>in</strong>gof social <strong>in</strong>frastructure and foster<strong>in</strong>g socialservices), amounted to about 20% of the totalbudget of SLR197 bn. of which 52% was to bemet through foreign aid.In addition, external assistance has beenprovided through a number of bilateral andmultilateral programmes. These <strong>in</strong>clude,● North-East Irrigated Agriculture Project(NEIAP)● North-East Community Restoration andDevelopment (NECORD)● North-East Emergency ReconstructionProgramme (NEERP)● North-East Coastal CommunityDevelopment Project (NECCDEP)● North-East Hous<strong>in</strong>g ReconstructionProgramme (NEHRP)● <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> Affected Areas Recovery andTake-off Project (STAART)● Community Water Supply and SanitationProject (CWSSP)● Conflict Affected Area RehabilitationProject (CAARP)● Tsunami Affected Area Rebuild<strong>in</strong>g Project(TAARP)The assistance has been substantial, withbilateral and multilateral contributions s<strong>in</strong>ce2006 amount<strong>in</strong>g over USD 350 million.UN organizations and other developmentpartners have significantly addressed EarlyRecovery needs of the returnees <strong>in</strong> the districtsof the East through a range of projects andprogrammes. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to data from exist<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>ter-agency coord<strong>in</strong>ation, organizationsat district level (UN and I/NGOs) haveimplemented 945 Early Recovery projects <strong>in</strong>the targeted area of Batticaloa and 185 projects<strong>in</strong> Tr<strong>in</strong>comalee.16
The range of <strong>in</strong>terventions is illustratedby reference to a number of projectsundertaken.● FAO <strong>in</strong> collaboration with the relevantl<strong>in</strong>e m<strong>in</strong>istries, prov<strong>in</strong>cial and localauthorities and partner I/NGOssupported over 16,500 households <strong>in</strong>2007, provid<strong>in</strong>g vegetable seed kits andbackyard poultry assistance. A further10,000 returnee families were assisted<strong>in</strong> 2008.● UNDP has engaged <strong>in</strong> socioeconomicrecovery, m<strong>in</strong>e action,disaster management, environmentalmanagement, as well as access to justiceand support to local governance. Througha comb<strong>in</strong>ation of these <strong>in</strong>terventions,approximately 46,500 <strong>in</strong>dividuals <strong>in</strong>Tr<strong>in</strong>comalee and 66,200 <strong>in</strong>dividuals <strong>in</strong>Batticaloa were assisted between 2007and 2008.● UNDP’s Second Phase Equal Access toJustice (A2J) Project was <strong>in</strong>itiated <strong>in</strong> March2009 <strong>in</strong> partnership with the M<strong>in</strong>istryof Constitutional Affairs and NationalIntegration. The project has helpedorganize 11 mobile documentationcl<strong>in</strong>ics held <strong>in</strong> as many divisions <strong>in</strong>Tr<strong>in</strong>comalee district, and issued over10,000 essential legal documents todisplaced populations <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g ID cards,birth/death and marriage certificates,while also offer<strong>in</strong>g free legal aid servicesalongside the cl<strong>in</strong>ics.● UNDP’s Local Governance Umbrellaproject (LoGoPro), will also be active <strong>in</strong>the Eastern Prov<strong>in</strong>ce from June 2009.Implemented by both the M<strong>in</strong>istryof Local Governance and Prov<strong>in</strong>cialCouncils and the M<strong>in</strong>istry of PublicAdm<strong>in</strong>istration and Home Affairs,the project <strong>in</strong>cludes <strong>in</strong>terventionsthat target the de-concentrated andcommunity structures at the local level,and strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the capacities of thenewly elected authorities.● UN-Habitat’s starter house <strong>in</strong>terventionbenefited n<strong>in</strong>ety (90) families with a newhouse and assisted 10 families to repaira damaged house. In the first phase ahouses at Vivekananthapuram cost onthe average US$1,200 and <strong>in</strong> the secondphase the next 45 houses were built ata cost of US$1,325 with some additionalf<strong>in</strong>ishes. Provision of toilets has helpedto improve the hygiene condition of thefamily.● The UNDP M<strong>in</strong>e Action Projectsupported the Government Agents <strong>in</strong>the East to identify areas contam<strong>in</strong>atedby m<strong>in</strong>es or unexploded ordnance,prioritize m<strong>in</strong>e clearance tasks, performquality assurance and task completioncertification to facilitate the hand-overof cleared areas. From January 2007 toDecember 2008, project staff supportedm<strong>in</strong>efield clearance of 1,008,180 m2 andBattle Area Clearance of 316,252,421 m2with<strong>in</strong> the Batticaloa and Tr<strong>in</strong>comaleedistricts. Project staff conducted a totalof 310 quality assurance visits dur<strong>in</strong>gthis period to ensure that the m<strong>in</strong>e/UXO clearance operations of the eightdem<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g organizations met <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>’sNational M<strong>in</strong>e Action Standards.● UNICEF provided safe water supply,adequate sanitation facilities andpromoted hygiene behaviour benefit<strong>in</strong>gover 12,000 IDPs and returnees as wellas 10,000 school children through theprovision of toilets, water tanks, handpumpedwells, water bowser<strong>in</strong>g, andimproved coord<strong>in</strong>ation through lead<strong>in</strong>gthe WASH cluster.● UNICEF, <strong>in</strong> cooperation with partners,completed 15 health centres, four17
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