Strengthening the Social Analysis Component in Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment

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Together with the IFRC, ProVention organised a workshop in Panama from January 29-31, 2007 to share experience and ideas for strengthening the social analysis components in post-disaster rapid impact/vulnerability assessment. As experience with recent disasters has shown, comprehensive assessment of damage, losses, needs, vulnerabilities and capacities plays a key part in providing effective frameworks for recovery. Often however there is insufficient attention paid – particularly in early assessments – to addressing social vulnerability and livelihoods needs and a general failure to include affected communities in recovery planning and programming, especially in its earliest phases. In general there is still need for a better understanding of how social groups are affected differently by disasters, what are the broader impacts and secondary impacts on social infrastructure and livelihoods systems, and what means might be most effective for reducing both immediate and future risks.

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ProVention Consortium

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English