The Guidance Notes on Recovery: Shelter was developed as collaboration between the international Recovery Platform (IRP) and United Nations Development Programme India (UNDP-India). IRP acknowledges the leading work of George Haddow and Damon Copolla, the consultants who facilated the development of this Guidance Note, Sanjaya Bhatia, Knowledge Management Officer of IRP (UNISDR), and Liz Maly, the shelter focal person of this IRP. In addition, many individuals and agencies contributed to the consultative process of workshops, peers review and the sharing of good practises and lessons learned from tools and country specific case studies.