Summary (English)

This report presents a summary of the analyses, policy recommendations and suggested actions that emerged from a multi-partnered mission in January 2015 and additional consultations with stakeholders. The first section provides context for the challenges of post-Ebola recovery. The second section examines the scope of the recovery process, including stopping the epidemic, risk management, restoring and strengthening capacity, restoring livelihoods and building community resilience and addressing structural factors. Section three is a summary of findings from the Ebola Recovery Assessment, followed by section four on the key messages from consultations undertaken during the assessment. Section five focuses on the country-specific findings, including key findings, key recommendations and crosscutting issues for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The final section on outlook and next steps proposes ways in which the assessment team could offer support to the Ebola-affected countries as they halt the present EVD outbreak and plan for recovery.

A full report will be made available separately. It will serve as a basis for increased advocacy for support to Ebola-related recovery by the UN Secretary-General, Peacebuilding Commission, World Bank, European Union, African Development Bank and other development actors.