FRED KRIMGOLD & KARIMA BENBIHVIRGINIA TECH ADVANCED RESREARCH INSTITUTE

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SHELTER AND SETTLEMENT TRAINING SURVEY

OBJECTIVES

• Who needs to be trained to do what?• What do we need to accomplish that?o Collecting existing materialo Review of contentso Interviews of key individuals

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TITLE SPONSOR FOCUS AUDIENCE VENUE

Shelter After DisasterOxford

Brooks(Collaboration CARE Intl)

Relief phase shelter, shifts to recovery

People with experience and/or interest in shelter

after disaster

Oxford Brooks

CORE Common

Operational Recovery Essentials

Shelter Centre/ECHO/DFIDCommon humanitarian

technical training. Foundation course

All humanitarian stakeholders Government

Development Humanitarian

Academic Private

Training has taken place in: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar

Nepal, Thailand,

Humanitarian Shelter for Managers

ECBStrategy, Approach and

modalities in shelter interventions

Decision-makers, general Managers,

Multiple

International training course on earthquake vulnerabiliy reduction

ADPCCapacity Building,

partnership

Decision-makers, Local national admin. , urban

planning actorsBangkok, Thailand

Basics of construction in Humanitarian missions

(French)BIOFORCE

Processes for conducting a construction operation in a

mission

Humanitarian actors, logistitians

Lyon, France

Shelter and Settlements in Disasters

University of Copenhagen

(Collaboration of IFRC)

Shelter in disasters from relief to recovery

People with experience and/or interest in shelter

after disaster

University of Copenhagen

Green recovery and reconstruction

WWFTraining toolkit for humanitarian Aid

NGOs, Individuals Online

Shelter Essentials RedRTraining toolkit for humanitarian Aid

Professionals and specialists

London, UK

Elderly in shelters IFRC - HelpAgeGuidance on including

older people in emergency shelter programmes

Professionals and specialists

Introduction to Disaster Response and Recovery

University of CopenhagenDisaster response and

recoveryStudents, Health

specialistsUniversity of Copenhagen

SCOPE OF ANALYSIS

• TOPICS COVERED

• INTENDED AUDIENCE

• DELIVERY MECHANISM

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INITIAL FINDINGS

• DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT

• URBAN CONTEXT

• DRR IN RECOVERY

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TRAINING FORMAT: 111

• 1 Day: Executives / Communications

• 1 Week: Managers / Country officials

• 1 Month: Practitioners

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SUGGESTED TOPICS TO COVER

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S&S Training Themes (For discussion purposes)BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Introduction to disasters: History and typology

Anthropology of disasterRecovery phasesUrban/ Rural Vulnerabil ities and assessmentRecovery Theoretical framework

BUILT ENVIRONMENT Urban planning: land use, Infrastructure, health and education Design Concepts for Emergency Shelters

Design Concepts for Transitional HousingDesign Concepts for permanent reconstructionContinuum of emergency shelter to permanent reconstructionLocal Building Practices and Vernacular ArchitectureUrban transitional Sites (Camps)Urban Infrastructure: transportation, Water, Sanitation, Energy, Communication

SUGGESTED TOPICS TO COVER

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PLANNING – POLICY ISSUESUrban issues in developing countriesCapacity buildingNon Structural solutions: Hosting, Rental.Concerns for rentersWorking with host/local governmentsPolicy context: Property rights, Finance, Subsidy, Infrastructure, RegulationPost-disaster new forms of planning and policiesHouse, Land and property

COORDINATION, ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENTAssessment methodologiesIASC, OCHA, GSC and Field Clusters - Roles and responcibil itiesData collection and Information managementPooled fundings (CERF, CHF, Flash Appeal)

SUGGESTED TOPICS TO COVER

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SHELTER PROPOSALSUSAID/OFDA shelter proposal requirementsShelter grant management

COMMUNITY INVOLVMENTCommunity enumeration processesIndividual recovery and livelihoodsNon Structural solutions: Hosting, Rental.Informal settlementsSocial and Psychological and cultural dimensionsPost-Disaster social dynamicsCommunity based DRR

SUGGESTED TOPICS TO COVER

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MAINSTREAMING AND INTEGRATION

Targeting the most vulnerable population - Gender, children, elderly and disabledEnvironmental concernsProtectionLivelihoodWASHEarly recovery

VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTUrban- rural VulnerabilityBuilding resil ient citiesVulnerability and development; facing change of economic statuses

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIPStrategies of work in conflict situationsConcerns for renters AdvocacyConstruction managementMonitoring the recovery processInstitutional Recovery/ local government-neighborhoodManagement of field training

A plea for assistance

• As a knowledgeable group, please provideo Information on training programmes we

have missedo Evaluation of trainings programmes from a

field perspectiveo Suggestions for new contents

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Karima BENBIH Fred KRIMGOLDbenbih@vt.edu krimgold@vt.edu

Main: +1 571-858-3307

+1 202-997-5077

Advanced Research InstituteVirginia Polytechnic Institute and state University,

900 N. Glebe Rd. Arlington, Va 22203 USA

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