10th UK Shelter Forum

The tenth UK Shelter Forum was hosted by RICS on 21.11.11. The theme of this meeting was Disaster Risk Reduction and Shelter. Speakers included:

Neil Garvie, Christian Aid: Burma Post-Nargis Shelter Project
Patrick Elliot, Victoria Maynard, & Joseph Ashmore: Book Launch ‘Transitional Shelter: Eight Designs’
Joseph Ashmore: Pakistan Shelter Cluster
Esteban Leon/Joseph Ashmore: UN-Habitat Shelter 2010 Project
Hugh Earp, Care: ECB Shelter & Accountability
Anna Pont, IFRC: Global Shelter Cluster Focal Point and IFRC Haiti Review
Jake Zarins, NRC: NRC Shelter & DRR
Ian Pearce, Habitat For Humanity: Haiti Projects
David Sanderson, CENDEP: ‘Herr and Shelter’ Conference
Simon Levine, ODI: HPG (Humanitarian Policy Group) Haiti Land Issues
Jamie Richardson & Shailesh Kataria, RICS: Safer Construction Guidelines, Malawi
Bill Flinn, CENDEP & Charlie Mason, Save the Children: Training for Self-Builds (HIF)

8th UK Shelter Forum

The eighth UK Shelter Forum was hosted by RedR on 08.10.10. The theme of this forum was Haiti: 9 Months On. Speakers included:

Neill Garvie, Christian Aid: House building in Haiti
Ian Pearce, Habitat for Humanity & Victoria Bachelor, Arup: Commercial Partnering to Improve Programme Strategy and Delivery
Kate Crawford, CARE International: Legal Rights – Housing, Land, Property Rights, and Urbanisation
Joseph Ashmore, Shelter Project: Market assessment – Plastic sheeting
Rick Bauer, Oxfam: The impact of the floods on access and availability of bamboo and timber

Group Discussion Topics:

Chaired by Annie Devonport, DEC: A study on ‘Urban Disaster Response’ as a terms of reference, to include a framework for political/social/economic and technical response.
Chaired by Kate Crawford, Care International: How do we negotiate doing nothing? How do you find out what you should be doing? What is a good solution?
Chaired by John Leach, Shelter Box & Toby Gould, RedR: Are there enough shelter managers?

The fifth UK Shelter Forum was hosted by the British Red Cross on 06.02.09. The theme of this meeting was Urban Shelter Issues. Speakers included:

Tom Corsellis, Sheltercentre: Update on projects being run by shelter centre
Graham Saunders, IFRC: Emergency shelter cluster meeting Geneva
Tom Corsellis, Sheltercentre / Graham Saunders, IFRC: Shelter and climate change
Jo da Silva, Arup : Lessons from Aceh: considerations in post-disaster
re-construction
Manoucher Lolachi: The immediate-long term post conflict strategies of technical assistance on comprehensive physical urban planning concerning life- saving services including urban planning, shelter, water, sanitation
Lawrence Hamai, Oxfam & Joseph Ashmore, Independent: Case studies of Haiti
Peter Francis, Jamaica Red Cross: Case Study of Kingston, Jamaica
Kitka Goyol, Oxfam GB: Discussion on Gaza

The fourth UK Shelter Forum was hosted by Oxfam GB and Care International on 05.09.08. The theme of this forum was Lessons and Learning. Speakers included:

Tom Corsellis, Shelter Centre: Transitional Settlement & Reconstruction Guidelines
Seki Hirano: Case Studies of Emergency & Transitional Shelter Projects
Jo Da Silva, ARUP: Post Disaster Reconstruction Guidelines
Mark Goodwin, RICS & Emily Darko, BuildAction: Resources for Built Environment Professionals
Liz Lambert, Oxfam GB: Learning & Training for the Shelter Sector?

Lessons from Recent Disasters – Cyclone Nargis