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4. Standards for stockpiled family shelter

Shelter Centre

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“Agreeing common standards and indicators for family shelters in humanitarian operations, both in order to improve the quality and consistency of response, and to engage research and development capacities of shelter manufacturers.”

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Why still use cotton-canvas tents, why has there been so little development?

• climatic and cultural acceptance

• no shelter departments and few specialists

• subject is highly politicised in each organisation, and within departments

Shelter Centre is funded 2006-2011 by DFID and USAID to produce standards and prototypes that illustrate the standards

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There has been a possible breakthrough in the project offering a new opportunity for engaging with manufacturers

The proposed process is outlined on the following slide

Process has been endorsed by project members: DFID, IFRC, MSF and UNHCR at the last Project meeting on the 5th of October 2007, Geneva

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Step 1 – agree Standards required

At the Project meeting, 5th October 2007

Agree the Shelter Standards required

Consortium and Working Group members include

MSFCARE InternationalDFIDECHOIFRCIOMJICAMuslim AidNederlands Red CrossOxfam GBSave The Children FundSDC/HAUN-HabitatUNHCRUSAIDAMURTCARITAS AustriaCRSProVention ConsortiumThe Sphere ProjectUN/OCHA

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Step 2 – agree final Standards at SM07b

At Shelter Meeting 07b, 15th – 16th November 2007

As the Shelter Meeting, agree the final Shelter Standards to be released

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Step 3 – release Standards on website

By 25th of January…

Release the Shelter Standards through a dedicated web service

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Step 4 – present standards

A panel of Consortium members will present the performance standards to interested manufacturers at the 'Aid and Trade' event, to be held 29 - 30th January 2008 at PALEXPO, Geneva 

With total transparency, manufacturers will be told of the plan to improve the quality and availability of emergency transitional family shelters

Further presentations will be considered for similar events

8 - 10 APRIL 2008

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Step 5 –Pre-Qualifying Document

• ensure participating suppliers can provide appropriate quality

• provide suppliers with project background

• provide commercial sector with introduction to humanitarian operations

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Interested manufacturers will be asked to produce a prototype that meets the standards, at no cost to Consortium members

Step 6 – request prototype development

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Prototypes to be displayed for project members and at the Shelter Meeting

Step 7 – request prototype development

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The designs which best represents the standards will be identified by Consortium members and the Shelter Meeting

Step 8 – identify leading designs

shelter meeting

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Shelter Centre will pay for prototypes of the identified most successful designs to be built for testing purposes

Step 9 – identify leading designs

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Shelter Centre will, in collaboration with interested project members, field test the prototypes in a variety of situations 

The test methodology will be agreed by the project members

Both the methodology and results will be posted upon the website

Step 10 – field test prototypes

shelter centrewww.sheltercentre.org

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Step 11 – publish Shelter Standards

Conclusions gained from the testing will be integrated into the standards and indicators, which are to be published in 2009

to be published

in 2009

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are there any requirements or details not included in the draft requirements that should be included?

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A longer introduction will be given to start each group.Then participants will be asked what they would like to discuss

Will your organisation be attending trade events at which the draft standards may be presented to interested suppliers and manufacturers?

Are you interested in field testing prototypes?

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