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UN/OCHA, IFRC and CARE International gave an update on the progress in
developing the guidelines on the use of timber in emergencies. The
organisations reported that the guidelines are...
Breakout group 2
Elisabeth Babister, CARE International, led the discussion on
funding mechanisms for transitional shelter. Key points included
incorporating risk...
The speaker discussed the responsibilities of the Emergency Shelter Cluster with regard to standards and policies, building response capacity and operational support. ...
This presentation focused primarily on the revision of the Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in disaster response. Graham Saunders proceeded by providing the audience with the key...
Mrs. Ela Serdaroglu presented the recent IFRC Publication "Transitional shelters - 8 designs".
The definition for transitional...
Alfonso Calzadilla from the IFRC gave a presentation on the evaluation of the 2010 earthquake response in Haiti.
The evaluation...
Sandra D’Urzo from IFRC and Claudia Schneider from SKAT presented "Sustainable Reconstruction in Urban...
This is an initial report from the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC). The TEC is a collaborative effort by aid agencies (donor governments' aid departments, United Nations agencies, non-...
The global Food Security Cluster (gFSC) became operational in April 2011 as the eleventh Global Cluster of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). The gFSC is led jointly by the Food and...
The following guidelines seek to provide practical guidance for Humanitarian Country Teams, composed of UN Agencies and other International Organizations, the International Red Cross and Red...