UN Development Programme
Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery
International Environment House
11-13 chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Châtelaine (Geneva)
As part of its broad development mandate, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in areas where natural disasters and violent conflicts undermine sustainable development. The Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) supports efforts to reduce the impact of natural disasters, prevent armed conflicts and assist in recovery from crises when they occur. BCPR is also responsible for consolidating UNDP’s knowledge and experience of crisis prevention and recovery, providing a bridge between humanitarian responses and the development work of UNDP, and advocating for crisis sensitivity in the context of development policy.
Activities
The Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) was created in 2001 to strengthen the work of UNDP in crisis situations. BCPR serves as the practice leader for crisis prevention and recovery within UNDP and provides a repository for tools, methods, and experience. BCPR supports country offices and advises UNDP Senior Management on issues related to conflict prevention and recovery, natural disaster risk reduction and recovery and cross-cutting issues such as early recovery and gender equality.
BCPR works closely with UNDP country offices and their national counterparts, providing technical assistance, best practices and financial resources in support of their prevention and recovery activities. BCPR works to ensure that UNDP’s long-term development policies and programmes incorporate opportunities for disaster reduction and conflict prevention. BCPR is also responsible for ensuring that UNDP’s commitment to gender equality is reflected throughout its crisis prevention and recovery work.
Type of organisation:
Intergovernmental organizations
Established:
1998 (then ERD)
Number of staff:
40 (Geneva based)
Head/Director:
BCPR Geneva Deputy Director: Miguel Bermeo
Cooperation
with national governments, local authorities and civil society; the UN system, including UN DPKO and DPA, OCHA, UNDG, UNHCR; and multilateral agencies such as the World Bank.
