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The National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza 2014
SECTION 4: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS
4.4 Governance Sector
The consolidation of the public administration in Gaza is both a means and an end. In the short-term, the implementation of the
recovery and reconstruction plan can only be achieved by restoring and maintaining the existing operational capacity of central
and local government institutions, under the authority of the Government. These operational capacities are absolutely vital to
the implementation of the recovery and reconstruction plan as a whole, and thus constitute an overall recovery foundation.
Within an overall climate of a fragile security situation, stability can be undermined easily. Early recovery and reconstruction
will quickly lose traction if a security vacuum is allowed to take hold in Gaza. Preventing a security vacuum will require the
maintenance of law and order under the authority of the Government by reintroducing civil police under a unified command.
Maintaining and expanding the operational capacity of the Government will need to go hand in hand with the reconstruction
of destroyed and damaged infrastructure for Government institutions.
4.4.1 Operational Capacity of Central Government Institutions
Relief Early Recovery Reconstruction Total
- $113m - $113m
To boost existing operational capacities of government institutions in Gaza for recovery and reconstruction, the
Government aims at reintegrating existing civil servants, hired before June 2007 into Government institutions,
streamlining the civil service, and fully harmonizing these institutions with national institutions.
The National Consensus Government has established a Legal and Administrative Committee to explore options and
scenarios for consolidating the civil service and determining the status of the civil personnel engaged by the previous
de facto authority in Gaza. This committee was established in early June and originally mandated for four months. Due
to the political and security situation in Gaza, the work of the committee has been stalled since early July. A Higher
Security Committee will be established by the President that will discuss the options for the security apparatus.