Nias Reconstruction Program (NRP)

Estimated budget	A$10 million
Commenced	January 2007
Scheduled completion	January 2009
Counterpart Agencies	BRR Nias; South Nias District Government
Main Locations	South Nias District
Managing Contractor	Coffey International Development Pty Ltd

Background

Nias bore the brunt of the series of major earthquakes that struck the region in late March 2005. Partly for this reason, but also because reconstruction activity and funding levels have been much lower there than in most other affected areas, reconstruction needs are great in Nias. A considerable proportion of physical and social infrastructure needs to be rebuilt and developed, particularly in the south of the island. The Government of Indonesia called on donors and other organisations to increase their efforts in Nias and Australia responded to these calls by announcing the A$10 million Nias Reconstruction Program in mid-2006.

Description

The purpose of the Nias Reconstruction Program is to make a significant contribution to the community recovery and well-being in tsunami and earthquake affected areas of Nias Selatan through the rehabilitation and reconstruction of communities and the restoration of local government services.

The Program has two components of support:

Component 1: Restoring Communities
To rehabilitate communities in Nias Selatan by rebuilding critical community infrastructure and restoring livelihoods. It consists of two sub-components to:

Finance and monitor the construction of village infrastructrue
Develop community livelihoods

Component 2: Government Capacity Building
To contribute to government reconstruction efforts in Nias by providing support to the BRR and local government. It consists of three sub-components to:

Provide technical support to the main operations of BRR.
Rebuild/repair and equip local government sub-district offices, so that they are fully operational.
Provide training and/or other forms of capacity building support to local government.

Achievements/outcomes to date

A Managing Contractor for the Nias Reconstruction Program was mobilised in January 2007.

Under an interim implementation phase, the Program completed the following activities:

Technical assistance provided to identify needs in the areas of local government capacity, agricultural livelihoods, and organisational development within BRR Nias.
Community infrastructure activities underway in 3 villages.

This page was last updated on 25 January 2007