Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project i Published by the Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project Steering Committee © 2009 Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project TGLL Project Secretariat UN Offi ce of the Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias (UNORC) Jalan Jenderal Sudirman #15, Geuceu Kayee Jato Banda Aceh 23239, Indonesia Phone: +1 917 652 3120, +62 651 41914 Email:
[email protected] Contents of this report may be reproduced freely, with due acknowledgements and references. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS e wish to thank the wide array of stakeholders and partners that have worked tirelessly over the past several months to support the Tsunami Global Lessons Learned (TGLL) Pro- jectW and facilitated the formulation of this study report, the first of the project’s many deliverables. Our special gratitude is owed to the former UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, President William Jeffer- son Clinton, for his inspiring leadership and support throughout the undertaking of the study. This report was developed under the leadership of Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Chair, TGLL Steering Committee and Director of BRR, the ministerial entity that oversaw Indonesia's response to the tsunami. In doing so, he had the unqualified support of the governments of the five most tsunami-affected countries, the United Nations and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Coordination and formulation of this study was critically facilitated, with our appreciation, by the UNDP Regional Centre, Bangkok. Although the partners and supporters of this project are too numerous to name, particular recognition goes to the Hon. Minister I Periaswamy, the Government of Tamil Nadu, India; the senior management team of BRR, Government of Indonesia; Hon.