| Session Title: Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Discussion – Lessons From the Tsunami Recover in the Indian Ocean and Earthquake Recover in Haiti |
| Business Meeting Session 437 to be held in CROCKETT D on Thursday, Nov 11, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation TIG |
| TIG Leader(s): |
| Scott Aminov, Food For The Hungry, saminov@fh.org |
| Karen Pendleton, University of South Carolina, ktpendl@mailbox.sc.edu |
| Patricia Bolton, Battelle Memorial Institute, bolton@battelle.org |
| Brandi Gilbert, University of Colorado, Boulder, brandi.gilbert@colorado.edu |
| Presenter(s): |
| Robert Ondrusek, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, rto5@cornell.edu |
| Abstract: During the business meeting, we'll engage in a discussion of attendees' experiences with disaster recover in Haiti and the Indian Ocean Tsunami, including taking a look at the following presentation: The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami combined recovery needs and funding on an enormous scale. The evident need for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) faced a common constraint—the lack of a ready framework that governments and international partners could employ to manage and adjust the recovery effort. Without such a system, many feared funding would be misused, needs unmet and inequalities worsened. Supported by Red Cross and UN partners, the Tsunami Recovery Impact Assessment and Monitoring System (TRIAMS) initiative aimed to improve recovery M&E by focusing on some agreed recovery outcomes and outputs. Since 2006, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Thailand have employed the TRIAMS approach to help manage recovery completion and assess results, while highlighting remaining gaps. This presentation describes step-wise lessons identified by TRIAMS participants: from agreeing on an indicator framework to collecting and analyzing data, to utilizing analysis. Such lessons can be useful to the Haiti recovery operation. |