International Recovery Platform
The International Recovery Platform is a joint initiative of United Nations agencies, international financial institutions, national and local governments, and non-governmental organizations engaged in disaster recovery. IRP was founded in 2005. It came after the Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction, to support implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. The group works to identify and address gaps in recovery knowledge, practice and constraints. In 2015, IRP aligned its work to support implementation of the newly adopted Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. It concentrated on Priority Four – building back better in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
The International Recovery Platform is led by its 17-member Steering Committee, and is coordinated by a secretariat based in Kobe, Japan.
IRP Steering Committee
The International Recovery Platform is a partnership composed of, and led by its Steering Committee. The 17 IRP Steering Committee members are:- Asian Development Bank
- Asian Disaster Reduction Center
- Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
- Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en America Central, Punto Focal Regiona
- Hyogo Prefectural Government, Japan
- International Labour Organization
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- The World Bank
- UN Environment
- United Nations Centre for Regional Development
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
- United Nations Office for Project Services
- World Health Organization