UKSF20 will be held on the 26th May at Oxford Brookes University with a focus on ‘Shelter, Protection and Protracted Crises’. The event will be hosted by CENDEP, IOM and NRC. The agenda will be as follows:
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UK Shelter Forum 20
The 20th UK Shelter Forum will be hosted by IOM, NRC and CENDEP and will take place in Oxford on 26th May 2017 with a focus on
“Shelter, Protection and Protracted crises”
Agenda to follow shortly.
Registration for the event is now open on Eventbrite.
As usual, the forum will have opportunities for short presentations about projects or initiatives in the shelter sector. There are spaces for 5 minute, 10 minute and 15 minute presentations. If you would like to propose something please send a short abstract to ukshelterforum2013@gmail.com by Monday 8th May, and state your preferred length. Selected proposals will be notified after this date.
When: Friday, 26 May 2017 from 09:00 to 17:30 (BST)
Where: Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP
To register please follow this Eventbrite link
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-shelter-forum-20-tickets-33493335468
UK Shelter Forum 17
UK Shelter Forum 17 was held on 24th April 2015 and co-hosted by Habitat for Humanity, CRS and UCL.
Agenda for UKSF 17
Presentations for the event are below:
Updates and Announcements
Community Based Safe School Construction by Hayley Gryc (Arup)
Global Shelter Cluster online training by Charles Parrack (Oxford Brookes)
Expanding Impact by Seki Hirano (CRS)
Capacity building for urban humanitarian response by Diane Archer (IIED)
India Shelter Forum by Anshu Sharma
RedR’s Hands on Weekend by Aaron Walawalkar (RedR)
Discussion Sessions
Area based approaches to urban crises by Elizabeth Parker and Victoria Maynard
Disaster diplomacy; Reconstruction Planning Before a Disaster by Ilan Kelman (UCL)
Protection Mainstreaming by Cat Cowley (CAFOD, Caritas Australia, Catholic Relief Services, and Trocaire)
Development of the ‘Refugee Housing Unit ‘ – learning from the process by Shaun Scales (UNHCR)
Pechakucha
Reciproboo Bamboo Kit by Shaun Halbert
Talks Session
Urban Tripoli in Lebanon and in Kirkuk in Iraq by Amelia Rule (CARE)
Community-led settlement planning by Annika Grafweg (The Border Consortium)
All Under One Roof by Valerie Scherrer (CBM) & Graham Saunders (IFRC)
Engaging Humanitarians and Non-humanitarian Actors in Urban Emergency Response by Eddie Argenal (USAID)
Developing resilient habitats after a disaster and Program Brief by Jan-Willem Wegdam (Cordaid)
Notes for the event.