Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the Humanitarian ... - alnap

IA RTE of the humanitarian response to Pakistan’s 2010 Floods crisis
94. NDMA and Line Departments, with cluster leads, define minimum assistance standards
for disaster response in Pakistan (considering type of disaster, scale and length, as well as pre‐
existing capacities and vulnerabilities. HC/RC, with OCHA, will ensure HCT alignment on
guidelines for use of military assets in future emergencies (only as providers of last resort).
95. The international humanitarian system should implement geographic area based
responses in future disasters of similar scale
6.5 Connectedness
Response focus, the missing link of recovery
96. Most of the international response focused on relief rather than on recovery activities,
with few resources allocated to fund the PFRERRP’s more than 252 early recovery projects. As
focus is now gradually shifting to recovery, agencies find themselves with few resources to
provide assistance to meet expected recovery needs, hampering current efforts to bring people
back on their feet. Furthermore, these efforts are coming too late for most of the affected
population as most of the affectees returned to their places of origin as early as September and
October last year.
97. NDMA currently have already defined early recovery strategies for 7 sectors Nonetheless,
with a few exceptions, they seem to be detached from cluster efforts. Generally, recovery has
not been carefully planned for by most clusters, with exception of logistics and nutrition;
logistics have a clear transition strategy, while there is progress on a similar nutrition 18‐month
transition strategy. The challenge facing the shelter strategy’s one‐house policy is the inability of
actors and government to effectively act upon it due to limited financial resources. The result is
that only very limited numbers of one‐room shelters have been build (see further below). To
date, recovery activities carried out has essentially been on individual agency level with fewer
cluster perspectives. The isolated efforts are at the clear expense of more integrated
approaches.
Economic and livelihood recovery constraints:
98. During the emergency response, WATAN cards distribution was instrumental in
reactivating local markets. Also the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) rapidly supported
affected population with small cash grants of Rs 4,000 only weeks after the floods. According to
data from National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) as of January 30, 1.48 million
WATAN cards have been distributed, representing a total value of approximately Rs. 27.5
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