6.2 Progress against reform period closed on 28 April 2017. EMV will consider the agenda feedback in developing recovery policy and strategy to meet the intent of the White Paper. A Relief and Recovery Reform Steering Committee has Reforming relief and recovery also been established to oversee reform progress The White Paper[9] recommended a range of including the development of the governance, policy and improvements to relief and recovery arrangements in operating arrangements to best meet the four community order to enable communities to participate in their own outcomes identified in the Discussion recovery. Specifically, it envisaged that relief and recovery should: Emergency management performance  target the unique of each community using standards community-led approaches that engage the community As already described under the Risk and Resilience part of this Annual Assurance Summary, the Act and the operate simultaneously and cooperatively with  SAP[5] call for development of operational or performance response procedures standards in relation to responder agency performance. The EMC released the second version of the Standards[7] be timely and seamless with scalable arrangements  in December 2016. The Standards for relief and recovery embedded in legislation and policy comprise five functions: be informed by effective impact and needs   relief assessments context and complexity   have the capacity and capability it through investing in partnerships over the long-term, and community capacity building  effectively harnessing public goodwill and participation. sector coordination and capacity  In February 2017, EMV released the Resilient Recovery communication.  Discussion Paper[4] (the Discussion Paper). The For each function, the Standards describe the context, Discussion Paper introduces a model of resilient the desired outcome, objective, assumptions and then list recovery, which aims to connect community systems and minimum requirements and criteria that responder networks to support and plan for community outcomes of agencies report against to EMV, with consolidated wellbeing, viability, sustainability and liveability. It information to be provided to the EMC and IGEM. describes components under each community outcome and how each aligns to resilience characteristics. The Standards for relief and recovery apply to responder agencies as of 1 January 2017. Work on this is EMV sought feedback from the sector, businesses and continuing and IGEM will revisit progress in the next the community on the Discussion Paper. The feedback Annual Assurance Summary.
6.2 Progress against reform agenda Reforming relief and recovery The White Paper[9] recommended a range of improvements to relief and recovery arrangements in order to enable communities to participate in their own recovery. Specifically, it envisaged that relief and recovery should:  target the unique of each community using community-led approaches that engage the community  operate simultaneously and cooperatively with response procedures  be timely and seamless with scalable arrangements embedded in legislation and policy  be informed by effective impact and needs assessments  have the capacity and capability it through investing in partnerships over the long-term, and effectively harnessing public goodwill and participation. In February 2017, EMV released the Resilient Recovery Discussion Paper[4] (the Discussion Paper). The Discussion Paper introduces a model of resilient recovery, which aims to connect community systems and networks to support and plan for community outcomes of wellbeing, viability, sustainability and liveability. It describes components under each community outcome and how each aligns to resilience characteristics. EMV sought feedback from the sector, businesses and the community on the Discussion Paper. The feedback period closed on 28 April 2017. EMV will consider the feedback in developing recovery policy and strategy to meet the intent of the White Paper. A Relief and Recovery Reform Steering Committee has also been established to oversee reform progress including the development of the governance, policy and operating arrangements to best meet the four community outcomes identified in the Discussion Emergency management performance standards As already described under the Risk and Resilience part of this Annual Assurance Summary, the Act and the SAP[5] call for development of operational or performance standards in relation to responder agency performance. The EMC released the second version of the Standards[7] in December 2016. The Standards for relief and recovery comprise five functions:  relief  context and complexity  community capacity building  sector coordination and capacity  communication. For each function, the Standards describe the context, the desired outcome, objective, assumptions and then list minimum requirements and criteria that responder agencies report against to EMV, with consolidated information to be provided to the EMC and IGEM. The Standards for relief and recovery apply to responder agencies as of 1 January 2017. Work on this is continuing and IGEM will revisit progress in the next Annual Assurance Summary.
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