Number and Percentage of affected areas with local government-led response planning capacity, with the ability to meet the needs of the enitre community in its diversity

Area: Locality normally refers to government unit at the lowest level usually municipality/ town/ city. However, Locality to be defined according to context. Response Plan: Presence of recovery plan at local level indicates the relative readiness of the locality to undertake recovery activities. Recovery plan refers to organised multisectoral workplan to restore, resume, rebuild, or reconstruct with an intention to maintain the function permanently. Should be differentiated from emergency repsonse which purpose may only be restoring the functions for the most immediate term. Recovery plan may be short (up to 1 year), medium (up to 3 to 5 years), or long term (5 years or longer).Government-led refers to planning process that is either sanctioned, endorsed, or directly led by the government.

Unit Description

Affected areas (Areas to be defined at the national level - whether regional, district or local level)

Numerator

# of affected areas with local government-led response planning capacity

Denominator

# of affected areas

Disaggregation

n/a

Indicator used for response monitoring ?

Yes

Types

Output

Threshold / Standard

n/a

General guidance

Recovery planning at this level usually has budgetary implications. This should not be confused with community level planning.

Guidance on phases

Phase 1: Determine the lowest governance / administrative unit and the form of disaster/crisis related planning, e.g. preparedness or contingency planning, emergency response, or recovery plan. Count the number of localities that have completed their recovery plans; Phase 2: Count the number of locality that have completed their recovery plans; Phase 3: Count the number of locality that have completed their recovery plans; Phase 4: Count the number of locality that have completed their recovery plans.

Phase applicability

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Guidance for pre-crisis/baseline

Number of localities with either crisis/disaster preparedness and/or contingency plan that have recovery component in it.

Data Sources

Community/ LGU survey

Comments

The earlier the locality has a recovery plan, the higher the chance for recovery success.