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.