This provides the description to the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards.

1. Minimum Economic
Recovery Standards -
2nd Edition

2. About The SEEP Network
• A global network of over 130 international
practitioner organizations dedicated to
combating poverty through promoting
inclusive markets and financial systems
• Members are active in 170
countries, supporting nearly 90
million micro-entrepreneurs
• Improve the effectiveness of member organizations
• Build and sustain a large, vibrant, and engaged
learning community
• Serve as the leading practitioner voice

3. Provides people affected by
What is disaster:
• An opportunity to earn
economic income via employment or
recovery? operation of a business
• Contributes to dignity
• Assists people to recover
from the crisis
Rapid, tailored support
• A vocation and ability to
for livelihoods, practice that allows
enterprises and individuals to meet their
economies in the own needs
wake of a crisis

4. Development of the Standards
First edition – released in 2009 Pilot tested with 4 programs
Series of consultations & trainings  ACDI/VOCA Sierra Leone
 Ecuador - consultation  CRS Sudan: North Sudan
 Kenya - consultation Program
 London - consultation  AED and Shorebank in the
 Jordan - training and consultation Gaza Strip
 Indonesia - training and consultation  Mercy Corps Myanmar
Second Edition –released in Nov 2010
 June 2010 Writeshop -Reconvened original writes and some new
members
 Technical review by over 20 experienced individuals and
organizations

5. UNHCR
International Rescue Committee
FEG Consulting
DAI IFRC
Relief International
IOM
USAID
Childfund
World Wildlife Fund
Sphere Project
Women's Refugee Commission Chemoni
cs Tufts University
In all, 63 discrete agencies and several hundred
individuals contributed or provided feedback to the
Standards

6. Coordination with The Sphere Project
A companion standards to the Sphere Handbook 2011
Edition

7. The Goal of the Standards
To improve the impact of economic
recovery programming by building
consensus on good practices.
Strategies and interventions
that improve enterprises,
The employment, and cash flow
and asset management
Focus among crisis-affected
businesses and households.

8. Audience for the Standards
• Practitioners experienced in humanitarian
situations, but less familiar with economic
recovery initiatives
• Practitioners experienced in economic
development, but unaccustomed to crisis
environments
• Practitioners and programs working in
multiple sectors in crisis environments
(e.g. health, education, infrastructure, or
HIV and AIDS)

9. The Benefits of Minimum Economic
Recovery Standards
• Promote program quality and accountability
• Ensure consistency across programs
• Educate staff , partners and grantees
• Negotiate with funder
• Learn basic requirements for other sectors
• Compatible with other frameworks

10. Minimum Economic
Recovery Standards
Standards, Key Actions, Key
Indicators and Guidance Notes

11. Structure of the Standards

12. Qualitative in nature and
Structure
specify the minimum levels
of the
to be attained.
handbook
Standards e.g.: Core standard 1:
Market-Oriented
programming
Program design and
implementation decisions
consider economic and market
dynamics.

13. Necessary activities and
Structure
inputs in order to meet the
of the
minimum standards
handbook
Key Key action 1: Market-
Actions Oriented programming
Conduct/identify market analyses
to develop projects and
interventions.

14. • “Signals” whether a minimum
Structure standard has been attained
of the • Way of measuring and
handbook communicating processes and
results of key actions
Key
Indicators Key Indicator 1: Market-
Oriented programming
Interventions invest only in
activities that target viable
markets.

15. • Specific points to consider in
Structure different situations
of the • Guidance on tackling practical
handbook difficulties, benchmarks or
advice on priority issues
Guidance • Critical issues or gaps relating
to the standards
Notes
GN 1: Market-Oriented
programming
Viable markets: Understanding
the markets….

22. For more information go to
http://seepnetwork.org/mers
Or contact Yibin Chu at
chu@seepnetwork.org