An interoperable reconstruction and recovery decision support tool for complex crises situations

Abstract

Today, more people than ever are threatened by crisis situations, both from natural origin or caused by malicious acts. These situations lead to both economic and humanitarian tragedies. Reconstruction and recovery operations are increasingly longer-lasting, costly and complex, especially when CBRN decontamination is necessary. Coordinated needs assessment, reconstruction and recovery planning can contribute significantly to mitigate the economic and humanitarian impact of such disasters; yet, no advanced software platform is available to support this process as a joint operation in which information is continuously updated and shared between the organisations, progress monitored and accountability facilitated. FP7 DESTRIERO project aims at developing an advanced net-centric information management tool, which structures and presents information to collaborative groups of (international) stakeholder organisations, supports damage and needs assessment and recovery planning. Based on international standards, procedures and methodologies, the tool will offer an integrated framework with innovative functionalities as described in this paper.