IRP Building a Roster of Experts for Haiti Recovery

The International Recovery Platform (IRP) www.recoveryplatform.org, is working to compile a list of experts with recovery experience who are willing to advise our partner organizations on post-earthquake recovery in Haiti.

Background
In line with its mission to identify gaps and constraints currently experienced in the context of disaster recovery and to serve as catalyst for the development of tools, resources, and capacity for resilient recovery, IRP has initiated the development of a Roster of Experts for Haiti Recovery. The main of objective of the roster is to easily tap expertise needed for immediate and long-term recovery in Haiti. The list will be made available to Haitian government and IRP Steering Committee. To facilitate its development, IRP is circulating a form to be completed by concerned organizations or experts.

Role of Experts
Expertise on sector-specific recovery, particularly in shelter, infrastructure (utilities, telecom, roads and bridges, buildings, schools and hospitals, water and sanitation), health, psycho social, environment, livelihoods, and building code enforcement and implementation are highly needed in Haiti recovery efforts. Experts may be expected to assist in those areas by providing technical inputs and guidance.

There are two ways to immediately facilitate experts' assistance.

. Experts could be deployed in Haiti (or Washington DC) for about two weeks and work with Haitian government and international organizations
. Experts could be call on to provide assistance through virtual means, including internet workspace discussions, email, video conference, and teleconference

All experts in the roster will comprise the Technical Expert Group for Haiti Recovery, which will be in operations for about two years.

Qualifications
Experts are expected to communicate in English. Likewise, experts are expected to express long term commitment as members of a Technical Expert Group for Haiti and/or other recovery efforts.

Expression of Interest
Interested organizations and individuals may contact IRP for more details.
email: info@recoveryplatform.org).

Thanks very much!
Liz
IRP