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Shelter Centre

Shelter after Disaster revision overview


The revision of 'Shelter After Disaster - Guidelines for Assistance', the key guidelines first published by UNDRO in 1982, is being undertaken in two phases

Phase one Scoping study ‘Exploring Key Changes and Developments in Post-Disaster Settlement, Shelter and Housing, 1982-2006’ (UN/OCHA, 2006)

The scoping study is downloadable from www.shelterlibrary.org

Phase two Full revision of 1982 guidelines, to be published by UN/OCHA in 2008

2008 revision

published by OCHA

Overview

Contents

Principles

Key themes

Next steps

Overview of the revision process

See the booklet in your folder


The trial edition of the guidelines will be published for field testing by UN/OCHA in May 2008

Overview

Contents

Principles

Key themes

Next steps

Timeline of the revision process

2008 revision

published by OCHA


Overview

Contents

Principles

Key themes

Next steps

The revision is being led by Shelter Centre and is reviewed by a panel comprising:

IFRCIOMNRCOxfam GBProVention ConsortiumSave The Children FundSwiss SolidarityUNDPUN-HabitatUNHCR

Review panel members meet in Geneva, and through teleconference, to discuss progress made

UNICEFUN/OCHAUSAIDWorld VisionThe Sphere ProjectCARE InternationalNRCSDC/HAUNISDR

Review Panel members


Review Panel Meeting 8, held on 25-09-07• reviewed the revised draft of chapter 4, ‘Transitional settlement: displaced populations’• reviewed the draft of chapter 3, ‘Transitional

reconstruction: non-displaced populations’• reviewed the draft sector principles

Review Panel Meeting 6, held on 06-07-07• reviewed the drafts of chapter 1 and 2• reviewed the propsed structure for chapter 3

Review Panel Meeting 7, held on 16-08-07• reviewed the proposed topics for chapter 3,

‘Transitional reconstruction: non-displaced populations’

• reviewed the draft of chapter 4, ‘Transitional settlement: displaced populations’

• reviewed Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

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Previous Review Panel meetings


Aim of the revisionTo increase the operational engagement of the guidelines, through placing greater emphasis on coordination, strategic planning and implementation

Focus of the revisionSupporting the most vulnerable communities, families and individuals to manage risk sustainably through reconstructing their built environment.

Overview

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Aims and focus of the revision

Next steps


Chapter 1Strategic coordination

Chapter 2Strategic planning

Chapter 3Transitional reconstruction: non-displaced populations

Chapter 4Transitional settlement: displaced populations

Chapter 5Toolkits for transitional settlement and reconstruction

Chapter 6Resources for transitional settlement and reconstruction

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Draft table of contents


Principle 1. Understand the roles and resources of the affected community

Principle 2. Coordinate development of a strategy for response

Principle 3. Maintain continuous assessment of resources, risks and capacities

Principle 4. Avoid relocation or resettlement unless it is essential for reasons of safety Principle 5. Minimise duration and distance of displacement

Principle 6. Support transitional reconstruction and settlement for all those affected

Principle 7. Ensure rights and secure tenure for all those affected

Principle 8. Allow access to finance

Principle 9. Introduce risk management measures

Principle 10.Undertake contingency planning

Draft sector principles

Overview

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Key themes

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See the handout in your folder


Transitional settlement and reconstruction

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Support covers the transition from immediate shelter for survival to durable solutions for entire communities, whether displaced or non-displaced


Emphasis on coordination

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Coordination is a service, supporting those responding to disaster in providing full, accountable and appropriate assistance to the affected population


Template for strategic planning

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Developing a strategic plan ensures that the needs of the affected population guide the response

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Occupancy with no legal status

Tenants

Owner-occupiers

• By 2008, 50% of the world’s population will live in urban areas

• Less than 50% of the world’s urban population are owner-occupiers

• Many owner-occupiers and tenants have informal tenure

• Almost 1 billion people, or 32% of the world’s urban population, live in slums

(UN-Habitat,2003)

6 occupancy types for non-displaced populations

House tenant

Apartment tenant

House owner-occupier

Apartment owner-occupier

Land tenant

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Host families

Grouped settlement:

Urban self-settlement

Rural self-settlement

Collective centres

Self-settled camps

Planned camps

• Following a natural disaster, most people will not be displaced

• Displacement should be avoided if possible

• Camps and collective centres are very rarely an appropriate solution following natural disaster

• Proactive steps should be taken to avoid the establishment of camps where safe and appropriate

6 options for displaced populations

Dispersed settlementOverview

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Next steps

We are entering the final stage of the drafting process

There are two more meetings at which we will be discussing the revision of the guidelines:

1. This afternoon’s breakout session

2. The final Review Panel Meeting (RPM 9) will be held on the 29th of November 2007 in

Geneva

If you are unable to participate, please send your comments to: [email protected]


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Toolkits

Seven toolkits are being compiled by consultants to be included in the revised guidelines (Chapter 5):

5.1 Government and international coordination

5.2 Community participation

5.3 Assessing damage and needs and resources of the affected population

5.4 Risk mapping and risk management

5.5 Land use, planning and tenure

5.6 Settlement planning

5.7 Building back better (includes prevention and risk management)


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1. Land-specific risks that arise in cases of both conflict and disaster, including…

Toolkit 5.5 Land use, planning and tenure (Daniel Fitzpatrick)

Toolkits

• land rights uncertain because of a lack of records, loss or destruction of records, or damage to community-based land governance systems

• uncertainty of land tenure may lead to disputes and delays in reconstruction, or to reconstruction in inappropriate

locations

2. Distinguishing Conflict from Disaster, including…• the shock to the land system tends to be shorter, but potentially sharper, in the case of sudden onset natural disasters than in the context of armed conflict

• the deaths of land owners, and loss of land records (if any), will occur in a much more compressed period of time in the case of natural disasters


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3 Previous Disasters: Key Lessons Learntincluding…

• Poor quality land governance systems exacerbate the effects of a natural disaster

• development agencies should be involved in land programming in the first few weeks after a disaster• access to land and housing for landless groups, including displaced tenants, is a bottleneck to sustainable relief and recovery

4. Key recommendations, including…

• community-based mechanisms are the best means to provide rapid forms of tenure security for transitional housing and house reconstruction• special measures are required to protect the house, land

and property rights of women and children• reducing vulnerability to future disasters involves addressing the needs of informal, extralegal and customary settlements

Toolkits

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