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The thirteenth UK Shelter Forum was hosted by the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience at University College London on Friday 20th September 2013. The morning included presentations on different topics, while discussions continued in the afternoon in smaller breakout groups. You can download the agenda for the event here and a briefing note is available here. The UK Shelter Forum was preceded by a PechaKucha evening bringing together researchers and practitioners to discuss shelter, settlements and disasters. Posters and videos from this event are available here.
Download a briefing note summarising key discussions at the Forum here.
The twelfth UK Shelter Forum was hosted by Habitat for Humanity Great Britain and Oxfam GB on 22.02.13. Minutes from the ‘updates’ part of the agenda are available here. A briefing note summarising the key discussions regarding Housing, Land and Property Rights is available here.
In the afternoon participants addressed the forum’s theme of Housing, Land, and Property Rights (HLP). To initiate the debate several speakers gave Pecha Kucha style presentations on different aspects of the topic:
Participants then discussed key questions arising from the presentations in working groups using the Six Thinking Hats Methodology. A summary of key themes arising from the Pecha Kuchas and the breakout groups is available here.
RedR were unable to attend this UK Shelter Forum but they asked forum participants to contribute to the online RedR UK Shelter Sector Learning Needs Assessment.