2018-04-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 4 - Local Disaster Recovery Subplan

7.3.12 Public-private partnerships (PPP)

PPPs can capture the goodwill that exists in the private sector and its willingness to be part of
the recovery process. They do not include the normal procurement that enables services to be
provided and they do not necessarily involve exchange of money. An example is the provision
of goods or services following a disaster by a private enterprise to a relief agency that is covered
by a memorandum of understanding. These partnerships can increase capability to respond in
a timely manner, and can provide a mechanism to assist the smooth provision of services.

In preparing and planning it is useful to consider the PPPs that could be established prior to an
event to assist with contingency planning. Traditionally, corporate support has been a
spontaneous response to an emergency event and needs to be negotiated after the event has
taken place and taking into account the needs of a community.

For PPPs that can be established as part of preparedness and planning, consideration should
be given to:

   Identifying goods and services that can be procured through this means
   Establishing and identifying accredited / licensed / certified suppliers, and seeking indicative
    costs to avoid cost inflation or profiteering post-impact e.g. to provide food and supplies to
    individuals at recovery centres
   Including local suppliers in recovery efforts where possible
   Establishing links between non-regional and local suppliers to retain local employment
   Establishing links between non-regional and local suppliers that are able to continue or re-
    commence trading to keep money in the community
   Documenting partnerships between suppliers – use of non-regional suppliers needs to be
    handled with some sensitivity for local suppliers

7.3.13 Steps to economic recovery

Step 1: Conduct post-disaster economic and financial impact studies

The Economic Subgroup should seek to perform economic and financial impact studies where
necessary and appropriate. Financial impact studies will focus on specific economic units such
as a business or a sector of the community. An economic impact study should build upon these
financial impact studies to determine the overall impact on the economy. Both financial and
economic impact studies will build upon the initial damage assessments undertaken during
response operations. These impact studies should be conducted as quickly as possible following
the disaster. They provide intelligence for decision-makers and support any requests for the
state or federal governments to provide appropriate funds for rebuilding and recovery. These
impact studies assess both physical damage (properties, inventories etc) and economic damage
to industry and the local economy.

It is likely that there will be many challenges in acquiring both pre-disaster and post-disaster data,
particularly in an initial chaotic environment immediately after the disaster impact. This
emphasizes the need to identify the stakeholders and include them either on the subgroup or as
members of local advisory groups.

As far as possible the studies should measure the following economic impacts:
 Job loss
 Loss of wages
 Business closures and interruption (loss of productivity)
 Damage to infrastructure
 Damage to property (commercial, industrial, residential)
 Damage to natural resources which have an impact on local industries



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