In the context of the Emergency Shelter Cluster Working Group, the issue of tools and procedures to carry out the initial rapid assessment of needs and resources in emergency situations has been defined as an element of the Cluster's implementation plan. As a result, we first compiled and distributed to the Working Group the gist of existing procedures and tools for initial assessment, in one single document, as developed by a number of humanitarian actors (see attached bibliography). In this second document we have merged the essence of those different inputs as a further step to ultimately come up with the Working Group's own recommended guidelines for initial rapid assessment.
In drafting this document, we have aimed at producing an output as succinct and user friendly as possible, focusing on portraying the key elements of an initial assessment. In the context of the Emergency Shelter Cluster Working Group, the issue of tools and procedures to carry out the initial rapid assessment of needs and resources in emergency situations has been defined as an element of the Cluster's implementation plan. As a result, we first compiled and distributed to the Working Group the gist of existing procedures and tools for initial assessment, in one single document, as developed by a number of humanitarian actors (see attached bibliography). In this second document we have merged the essence of those different inputs as a further step to ultimately come up with the Working Group's own recommended guidelines for initial rapid assessment.
In drafting this document, we have aimed at producing an output as succinct and user friendly as possible, focusing on portraying the key elements of an initial assessment.