TEC Initial Findings v040
Initial findings from the TEC
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TEC Initial Findings v040
A word of caution!
– Very much initial findings.
– Not all the TEC’s 30+ different reports and
surveys are yet available, even in draft form.
– The main report for the work of the TEC will
be the Synthesis Report, due in April 2006
– More information on the Tsunami response is
being published every day as we near the
anniversary
– More detailed study of the individual TEC and
other reports, may lead to a different
interpretation and emphasis in the Synthesis
Report
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Core Management Group
TEC Initial Findings v040
Tsunami Evaluation
Coalition and the five joint
thematic evaluations
for the
Theme:
Coordination
led by OCHA
ALNAP Secretariat
Theme: Needs
Assessment
Led by WHO,
Hosts the TEC and manages the writing
of the Synthesis Report.
TEC staff include: Evaluation Advisor &
Coordinator (EAC), Researcher & Deputy
Coordinator (RDC), and TEC Administrator
SDC
& FAO
Impact Assessment
led by IFRC with the
Global Consortium
Theme:
International
Community’s Funding
Response led by Danida
Theme:
Impact on Local &
National Capacities
Led by UNDP by DMI
Initial
Findings
Report
written by
the EAC
Theme:
LRRD
Led by Sida
Longer term
Studies
(from ’06)
Synthesis Report
Written by the
TEC Online
Forum (includes
the Evaluation Map)
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Individual Agency
Evaluations (TEC Members)
Synthesis Primary
Author with
contributions from the
EAC and the RDC.
Flows:
Management
Coordination
Evaluation Reports
TEC Initial Findings v040
Relief was effective
Overall the relief phase went well, through a
mixture of:
– local assistance in the immediate aftermath
– international assistance in the first weeks
after the disaster
There seems to have been little or no significant
examples of avoidable deaths or suffering.
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TEC Initial Findings v040
Response scale unprecedented
The disaster was not the biggest but the scale of
the generous public response was unprecedented:
– in the amount of money raised (over $13
internationally)
– in the speed with which money was donated
– in which it was channelled (NGOs and RC).
The scale of funding not only exceeded the
capacity of the humanitarian system but it has
acted as a giant lens, highlighting many of the
existing problems in the humanitarian systems.
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TEC Initial Findings v040
Local capacity is a key capacity
Although local capacity is key to saving lives, this
capacity is:
– overlooked by the international media.
– underestimated and undervalued by the
international aid community.
International agencies did not engage sufficiently
with local actors, particularly in the vital initial
phase.
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TEC Initial Findings v040
Funding system is deeply flawed
Funding for any one crisis is not related to needs.
UN Flash and Consolidated Appeals 1999-2005
Overall funding and range of support for appeals.
Data from OCHA Financial Tracking System. Consluted on 6 December 2005
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
125%
Solid bars show overall contributions as a percentage of all UN joint appeals for each year. The lines
show the range between the best and worst supported appeals for that year.
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TEC Initial Findings v040
Funding system limits system capacity
Systems develop for their normal level of demand.
Billions of 2003 US$
20 Years of funding for emergencies
7.0
Source OEC D/DAC DAC online database Table 1.
(www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline) consulted on 28 Nov 2005
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
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2002
2003
2000
2001
1997
1998
1999
1995
1996
1993
1994
1991
1992
1988
1989
1990
1986
1987
1984
1985
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TEC Initial Findings v040
Corporatism versus accountability
Corporatism puts the interests of the agency first,
accountability puts donors or recipients first
– Agencies focus too much on their own
institutional needs and not enough on the
needs of the affected populations.
– Agencies are still not transparent enough or
accountable enough to the people they are
trying to assist.
– In come cases agencies are also not
sufficiently accountable to those providing the
funding.
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TEC Initial Findings v040
Recovery is harder than relief
While the relief phase went well, the recovery
phase is encountering many problems due to:
– the greater complexity of recovery
– the demands that such complexity places on
the aid agencies.
There are broadly agreed standards for relief, but
no such standards for recovery.
Aid recipients happier with relief phase than with
recovery.
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TEC Initial Findings v040
The response changed over time
The nature of the tsunami response changed quite
significantly during 2005.
What was true of the initial phase of the tsunami
response, for example, competition between
agencies for “turf”, was not true of the later
phases.
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