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Considerations for Governments Supporting Community-Led Recovery

Community-led approaches to recovery while maintaining effective coordination.

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The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience develops, maintains, and shares knowledge and learning. This is in support of a disaster resilient Australia.

Their Knowledge Hub contains many resources to support recovery. They include resources from the Social Recovery Reference Group. This group has a human and social services perspective in emergency management. They promote the centrality of community in disaster recovery and preparedness.

This resource is part of the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience recovery collection.

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Title Considerations for Governments Supporting Community-Led Recovery
Owner Social Recovery Reference Group
Date last updated December 2019
Resource type Reflection

What is this about?

This report is an exploration of how the Social Recovery Reference Group and other government agencies can foster and support community-led approaches to recovery with a view to long-term community health, wellbeing and connectedness.

Who is this resource for?

  • State Government
  • Local Government
  • Community Service Organisations
  • Non Government Organisations
  • Community Recovery Committees

Table of contents

Key findings

  • Approach
  • Mechanisms
  • Conditions for supporting community-led recovery

Summary and recommendations

  • Summary
  • Recommendations for governments wanting to support community-led approaches to recovery

Introduction

  • Background
  • Social Recovery Reference Group interest
  • Links to national emergency management frameworks
  • National Community Recovery Workshop

Method

  • Limitations and assumptions

The policy imperative for government supporting community-led recovery - sharing responsibility

How to support community-led approaches and maintain coordination in recovery

How do we know when we get there? A model

Broad systematic enablers supporting community-led approaches to recovery before, during and after disasters

Ways to bridge government and community systems and support community-led approaches

Social Recovery Reference Group member agencies supporting community-led approaches to recovery

  • Pre-event recovery planning
  • Recovery planning
  • Governance
  • Strategic investment

Recommendations for government

Conclusion

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