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ISBN 978 92 4 159639 8 NLM classification: WA 295 1 Abbreviations ADPC Asian Disaster Preparedness Center AIDMI All India Disaster Mitigation Institute BMI Body Mass Index BPDE Electronics Data Processing Body (Indonesia) BPS Bureau of Public Statistics (Indonesia) BRR Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (Indonesia) DAD Development Assistance Database DCS Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka) DHS Demographic and Health Survey DDPM Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (Thailand) ECHO European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department EMIS Education Management Information System (Maldives) GIS Geographic Information Systems HIES Household Income and Expenditure Survey HR Human resources IAS Information Analysis Section IDP internally displaced person International Federation International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies MDG Millennium Development Goal MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey NDMC National Disaster Management Centre (Maldives) NER National Enrolment Ratio NGO non-governmental organization NSO National Statistical Office (Thailand) OSE United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery RADA Reconstruction and Development Agency (Sri Lanka) RAN Recovery Aceh-Nias Database RHS Reproductive Health Survey SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency TEC Tsunami Evaluation Coalition TIAS Tsunami Impact Assessment Survey TRIAMS Tsunami Impact Assessment and Monitoring System UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNDP-BCPR UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNORC United Nations Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias VRS Vital Registration System WHO World Health Organization WHODAS World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2 Table of contents Executive summary ____________________________________________________ 4 Section I: Setting the scene _____________________________________________ 6 Introduction _______________________________________________________________ 6 Objectives and expectations of the workshop _______________________________________ 9 Section II: Monitoring the progress of tsunami recovery: Country experiences _________ 10 Status of TRIAMS implementation _______________________________________________ 10 Indonesia ___________________________________________________________ 10 Maldives ___________________________________________________________ 11 Sri Lanka ___________________________________________________________ 12 Thailand ____________________________________________________________ 13 Summary ___________________________________________________________ 13 Progress of recovery efforts by country ___________________________________________ 14 Indonesia ___________________________________________________________ 14 Maldives ___________________________________________________________ 20 Sri Lanka ___________________________________________________________ 36 Documenting achievements at the country level using the TRIAMS framework and selected indicators _______________________________________________________ 47 The impact of the disaster in terms of lives lost: the case of the most-affected districts in Aceh province ________________________________ 47 The overall impact of recovery activities on health status and quality of life in tsunami-affected communities ____________________________ 52 Section III: Review of TRIAMS indicators ____________________________________ 55 Adoption and utilization of the TRIAMS indicators, by area of recovery _____________________ 55 Vital needs __________________________________________________________ 55 Basic social services ___________________________________________________ 56 Infrastructure ________________________________________________________ 57 Livelihoods __________________________________________________________ 58 Revision of the core TRIAMS indicators ___________________________________________ 60 Vital needs __________________________________________________________ 60 Basic social services ___________________________________________________ 61 Infrastructure ________________________________________________________ 62 Livelihoods __________________________________________________________ 63 3 Section IV: Incorporating disaster risk reduction into recovery _____________________ 66 What is disaster risk reduction? _________________________________________________ 67 The challenges of disaster risk reduction in practice __________________________________ 68 Disaster risk reduction efforts in the context of the tsunami: country presentations ________________________________________________________ 69 Indonesia: Developing policies and guidelines to reduce risk ______________________ 69 A “safer islands” approach in the Maldives __________________________________ 71 Integrating disaster risk reduction in recovery: capturing post-tsunami experiences in Sri Lanka ________________________________________________ 72 Risk reduction indicators in the context of TRIAMS ___________________________________ 73 Key messages and recommendations ____________________________________________ 76 Country recommendations for incorporating