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Carlo Gherardi provided an update on the development of the guidelines 'Shelter after Disaster: Strategies for transitional settlement and reconstruction' in partnership with UN/OCHA.
Denis Heidebroek presented on behalf of the European Commission - Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), providing an overview of the global envelope allocated by ECHO to emergency shelter operations, and...
The guidelines 'Shelter after disaster: strategies for transitional settlement and reconstruction' were launched at SM10b by UN/OCHA and Shelter Centre.
The guidelines are the revision of...
Integration of disaster mitigation planning into land use planningThe preliminary activities include: Preparatory work (data collection, research and analysis of available documentation)Creation...
This session sought to determine what the training needs were in the sector.
who to train
A mapping exercise was undertaken of stakeholder organisations, and of groups within...
This presentation concentrated on the economic implications of housing particularly, home-based enterprises. The appropriate construction of housing can generate large economic multipliers and...
In September 17 and 18, hurricane Jeanne affected the northwest of Haiti, killing to more than 1, 600 people and destroying crops, cattle and at least 5, 000 houses. The most important damage...
Mr. Øyvind Nordlie (NRC) presented on NRC's efforts concerning urban assistance in Baghdad.
The pilot project aims to initiate...
The speaker spoke about how the frequency of conflict and disaster in Ethiopia generated significant displaced populations with a wide variety of needs. He said that camps were subject to frequent...