Shelter Meeting 12a

<p style="text-align: justify; "><img alt="" src="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/11.04.12.jpg" style="margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; width: 700px; height: 71px; " /></p> <p>Download presentations from Shelter Meeting 12a below - click the bold individual titles in the agenda for download links.</p> <p><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/SM12a.JPG" target="_blank"><img alt="Shelter Meeting 12a" src="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/DSC_0092_small.jpg" style="float: right; width: 261px; height: 174px; margin: 5px;" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Shelter Meeting 12a themed "Environment" took place on 24th - 25th May 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was supported by the <a href="http://www.nrc.no/" target="_blank">Norwegian Refugee Council </a>with funding from <a href="http://www.norad.no/en/front-page" target="_blank">Norad</a> and the "Qatar Shelter Initiative", a CoDI project of <a href="http://www.qf.org.qa/" target="_blank">Qatar Foundation</a>. </p> <p style="text-align: justify; ">Shelter Meeting 12a involved participation in Geneva and online by representatives from 34 countries from 60 different agencies, including 6 donors, 5 IASC Clusters which presented updates, 5 United Nations bodies, 1 International Organisation, 7 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 30 International NGOs, 35 independent consultants and 9 academic institutions. </p> <h3>Agenda</h3> <p>Individual presentations can be downloaded through links below. Agenda is also available for <a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/AgendaSM12a.pdf" target="_blank">download as pdf</a>. </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 725px; height: 840px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Day 1 </strong></span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Shelter Meeting 12a</strong></span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Thursday 24th May 2012</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>09:00</td> <td>Welcome, agenda, and introduction</td> <td>Jake Zarins, Chairperson and host, NRC</td> </tr> <tr> <td>09:25</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/sustainable-reconstruction-urban-areas-handbook" target="_blank">Launch: 'Sustainable Reconstruction in Urban Areas, a Handbook'</a></td> <td>Sandra d'Urzo, IFRC and Claudia Schneider, SKAT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>09:45</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/energy-efficient-post-disaster-housing" target="_blank">Energy efficient post disaster housing- option and challenges</a></td> <td>Charles Kelly, ProAct</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:05</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/managing-risk-shelter-programming" target="_blank">Managing risk in shelter programming</a></td> <td>Lizzie Babister, Care International</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:25</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/hfhi-update-recent-activities" target="_blank">Update on HfHI initiatives around the globe</a></td> <td>Nurlan Moldosherip, Habitat for Humanity International</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">10:45</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Coffee break</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><br /></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:15</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/environment-and-shelter-post-disaster" target="_blank">Environmental impact of building materials</a></td> <td>Magnus Wolf-Murray, DFID from Pakistan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:35</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/narri-flood-resistant-shelter-program-sw-bangladesh" target="_blank">NARRI flood resistant shelter program in SW Bangladesh</a></td> <td>Laura Heykoop, Solidarities International from Bangladesh</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:55</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/housing-land-and-property" target="_blank">Housing, land and property (HLP) in emergency shelter programmes</a></td> <td>Szilard Fricska, UN-HABITAT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:15</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/tapping-private-sector-resources-humanitarian-shelter-projects" target="_blank">Tapping private sector resources for humanitarian shelter projects</a></td> <td>Gavin White, World Economic Forum</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:35</td> <td>Agreeing to the date of the next Shelter Meeting</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:45</td> <td>Introduction to plenary session</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">13:00</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Lunch</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:00</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/developing-environmental-decision-making-tool" target="_blank">Environment: developing a decision making tool</a></td> <td>Dan Smith, Shelter Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:20</td> <td>Plenary session- panel question time.</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:20</td> <td>Conclusions</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">15:30</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Coffee break</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><br /></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:00</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/hfhis-santo-development-leogane-haiti" target="_blank">HFHI's Santo Development in Leogane, Haiti</a></td> <td>HFHI from Haiti</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:15</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/lessons-shelter-and-settlement-experiences-haiti" target="_blank">Lessons from shelter and settlement sector experience</a></td> <td>Eddie Argenal, USAID/OFDA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:30</td> <td>Haiti reconstruction</td> <td>Maggie Stephenson, UN-HABITAT from Haiti</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:45</td> <td>Education- an integrated neighbourhood approach</td> <td>Amelia Rule, British Red Cross from Haiti</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:00</td> <td>Presentation on ESPAS KOM</td> <td>Ben Noble, Internews from Haiti</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:15</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/assessment-sustainable-development-humanitarian-construction" target="_blank">Sustainable development- case study from Haiti</a></td> <td>Matti Kuittinen, Finn Church Aid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:30</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/disasters-and-environment" target="_blank">The GRTT toolkit</a></td> <td>Anita van Breda, WWF from the United States</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">17:45</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">End of day</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 725px; height: 898px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Day2</strong></span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Shelter Meeting 12a</strong></span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Friday 25th May 2012</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>09:00</td> <td>Welcome address                       </td> <td>Bowman Heiden, Chairperson and host, The Qatar Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td>09:15</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/meeting-core-regional-advisory-group" target="_blank">Meeting of the CORE Regional Advisory Group</a></td> <td>Alistair Hung, Shelter Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>09:50</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/ecb-iasc-sub-working-group-accountability-affected-populations" target="_blank">ECB update and work of the CBHA</a></td> <td>Lizzie Babister, Care International</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:10</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/common-humanitarian-technical-library-0" target="_blank">Shelter Library redevelopment project</a></td> <td>Tom Corsellis, Shelter Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:30</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/durable-housing-solutions-internally-displaced-people-what-has-worked" target="_blank">Housing practices which support durable solutions for IDPs</a></td> <td>Nadine Walicki, Norwegian Refugee Council</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:50</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/building-safety" target="_blank">Building for safety</a></td> <td>Charles Parrack, CENDEP</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">11:00</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Coffee break<br /></span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><br /></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:30</td> <td><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/transitional-shelter-guidelines" target="_blank">Launch: 'Transitional Shelter Guidelines'</a></td> <td>Stephen Fitzmaurice, Shelter Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:45</td> <td>Cluster updates: Early recovery, <a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/cccm-cluster-update-0" target="_blank">CCCM</a>, WASH, <a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/update-global-shelter-cluster">Emergency shelter</a>                             </td> <td>Hossein Kalali, UNDP/BCPR; Andrew Cusack, UNHCR; Paul Shanahan, UNICEF; Miguel Urquia, UNHCR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:20</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/establishment-unhcr-shelter-and-settlement-section-and-way-forward">The work of the 'UNHCR Shelter and Settlement Section'</a></td> <td>Monica Noro, UNHCR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:30</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/overview-and-background-qatar-shelter-initiative">Qatar shelter initiative key findings</a></td> <td>The Qatar foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:50</td> <td>Introduction to breakout groups</td> <td>Chaired by Joseph Ashmore</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">13:10</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Lunch</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:00</td> <td>Breakout groups on 'Urbanization'</td> <td>Chaired by Joseph Ashmore</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:00</td> <td>Feedback</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>15:15</td> <td>Conclusions</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">15:30</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Coffee break</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:00</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/crs-haiti-shelter-response">Learning from the urban transitional shelter response</a></td> <td>Seki Hirano, CRS from Kenya</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:05</td> <td><span style="color:#696969;">Results of the InterAction 60 second survey and SSWG update</span></td> <td><span style="color:#696969;">Hilmi Mohamed, Interaction from United States</span> (Presentation Cancelled)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:25</td> <td>Launch: Presentation and distribution of 'Shelter Projects 2010'</td> <td>Sandra d'Urzo and others, IFRC/UN-HABITAT/UNHCR</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:45</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/review-transitional-shelter-prototype">2 day test review of transitional shelter and UNHCR type tent</a></td> <td>Alexander Angemaier, Caritas Switzerland</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:00</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/transitional-tents">Transitional tents</a></td> <td>Johannes Whittam, Engineering student</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17:15</td> <td><a href="http://old.sheltercentre.org/meeting/material/compendium-transitionallearning-spaces-emergency2011-and-2012">TLS compendiums</a></td> <td>Annika Grafweg and Carlos Vasquez, UNICEF</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">17:35</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"><span style="color:#ffffff;">End of day</span></td> <td bgcolor="#98b0d5"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>Video conferencing</h3> <p style="text-align: justify; ">Participants could attend the Meeting interactively or present from around the world using video conferencing. This service is free and requires no download, using Cisco Systems WebEx. </p> <h3>Venue </h3> <p><img alt="" src="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/Iata%202.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: justify; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; float: left; width: 287px; height: 110px; " /></p> <div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Shelter Meeting 12a was held at Geneva airport at the </span><a href="http://www.iata.org/events/igcc/pages/index.aspx" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; " target="_blank">IATA Geneva Conference Center</a><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">, Route de l’Aeroport 33, 1215 Geneva-Airport, Switzerland.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "><b><br /></b></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Previous Meeting</h3> <p style="text-align: justify; ">As an indication of the participation and topics covered at Shelter Meetings, the previous event hosted by IOM involved participation in Geneva and online by representatives from 73 different agencies, including 3 donors, 4 IASC Clusters, 5 United Nations bodies, 1 International Organisation, 5 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 34 International NGOs, 23 independent consultants and 6 academic institutions. The leads of the 4 IASC Clusters offered updates. </p> <p style="text-align: justify; "><img alt="" src="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/SM11b.gif" style="margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; float: left; width: 385px; height: 94px; " /></p> <p>All of the presentations from the event may be found at: </p> <p><a href="http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/shelter-meeting-11b" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">http://www.sheltercentre.org/meeting/shelter-meeting-11b</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify; "> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; "> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; "><strong>We look forward to welcoming you and other participants from around the world,</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">The Shelter Meeting Team</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify; ">Please direct any questions or comments to the Team to <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>. </p> <p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sheltercentre" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); " target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/twitter.gif" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; width: 45px; height: 44px; " /></a></p> <div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shelter-Centre/244692382225389" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify; " target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/facebook.gif" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; width: 42px; height: 42px; " /></a></div> <p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/106643978268623234782/posts" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); " target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://old.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/images/google%20plus.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; float: left; width: 45px; height: 45px; " /></a></p>