UNDP seeks to guarantee strong national ownership of early recovery endeavors and contribute to longer-term development and reconstruction through a rapid, effective, inclusive and participatory approach to recovery. UNDP’s objective when assisting government institutions in the aftermath of a crisis is to immediately reinforce national and local government institutions and systems to operate throughout the crisis and to strengthen their capacities to respond more effectively to future ones.

UNDP is uniquely placed among development actors due to its flexibility to engage in extension of State authority and restoring core government functions in the immediate aftermath of crisis.