Developing independent policy institutes in post-conflict settings

Hi Christina,
I know of one example of establising a policy organization in post-disaster setting, if that could help.
In Pakistan after the massive 2005 earthquake many policy decisions were taken to deal with future disasters and in consequence three institutional arrangements were progressively built.
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority - a medium term organization with a mandate to develop strategies, policies and sectoral programmes for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the affected areas /population.
Disaster Management Authroity - a long term/sustainable organization to plan for disaster management and build capacities of district/local governments in case of a disaster.
And the third mechanism was at the UN system level according to which UN/OCHA, the relevant government departments and the army emergency services were coordinated in the case of a disaster.
You may like to look at details on www.erra.org.pk
I will follow up if I get more information on the subject.