Lessons for Resilience
Consider targeted recovery plans for different communities
Local government should target recovery plans to different communities based on how they have been impacted and their resultant recovery needs. This should take a strategic approach to ensure that all of society are considered in the plans and that these vary across regions (e.g. levels of unemployment, age of population). This should develop briefing packs to assess the needs of recovery in a variety of sectors.
Additional reference: American Red Cross, USA
Consider the creation of a Recovery and Humanitarian Advisory Group
Local government should create a Recovery and Humanitarian Advisory Group to specifically address the multifaceted needs of vulnerable people during the recovery. This group should provide strategic overview, co-ordination, and direction of work being done across the response and within local governments which is relevant to 'humanitarian assistance' and 'recovery'. This group would aim to minimise duplication of efforts and gaps and reduces the risk that people assume that widespread help is being delivered when actually more targeted is being done - leaving gaps.
The Recovery and Humanitarian Advisory Group should:
- appoint a Chair and identify members
- provide advice during the response phase
- encourage empathy in strategic decision making as well as a people-focused approach
- appoint a co-ordinator to help administer the group
The RHAG will provide specific humanitarian assistance information into the Recovery Coordination Group (and may eventually be subsumed into that group).
Reference: Essex County Council-Emergency Planning & Resilience
Consider the creation of a Recovery Co-ordination Group to co-ordinate a wide ranging, country-wide approach to recovery
Local government should create a Recovery Co-ordination Group to co-ordinate a wide ranging, county-wide approach to recovery. This group should provide strategic leadership and coordination to all partners across the city as it seeks to recover from Covid-19. This group has a broad remit, and thereby differs to the narrow remit of the Recovery and Humanitarian Advisory Group which will provide reports into the Recovery Co-ordination Group.
Reference: Essex County Council-Emergency Planning & Resilience, UK
Consider the initiation of a Recovery Coordination Group to begin recovery planning
Local government should initiate a Recovery Coordination Group to begin planning the recovery of the effects of Covid-19. At a strategic level, the Corporate Leadership Team should appoint a lead strategic officer to provide strategic oversight and decision making for the recovery.
Reference: Essex County Council-Emergency Planning & Resilience, UK