shelter meeting 09a, geneva 07.-08.05.2009 topic:urban displaced objectives:to know about 1) the...

Shelter Meeting 09a, Geneva 07.-08.05.2009

Topic: Urban Displaced

Objectives: to know about 1) the status quo of current initiatives2) the project “guidelines and assistance

methods” 3) the chance to contribute to the outcome

Facilitator: Øyvind Nordlie and Martin SuvatneShelter Advisers Norwegian Refugee Council

(NRC)


Review the discussion during SM 08b

It was highlighted that there is the need for policies and strategies addressing issues such as:

• identifying, registering and profiling (hidden population, IDMC)

• defining limitations of assistance (definition of durable solutions)

• relation to livelihood and legal issues (securing shelter interventions)


Where are we now?

Various documents (policies, concept notes and lessons learnt) are being drafted focusing on:

• categorizing patterns and scenarios

• links to development sector interventions

• role of humanitarian organizations (strategy)


Policy Strategy Guideline Method

The time seems right to draft:

• implementation guidelines

• assistance methods

• related to and in close cooperation with the draft policies and strategies


What is available, what are we working with?

‘Transitional Settlement: Displaced Populations’ (Corsellis and Vitale, 2005)

‘Handbook for Emergencies’ (UNHCR, 2007)

‘Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards for Disaster Response’ (The Sphere Project, 2004)



‘Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons’ (Global Protection Cluster Working Group, 2007)

‘Transitional settlement and reconstruction after natural disasters’ (United Nations, 2008)

‘Transitional shelter guidelines’ (Shelter Centre, 2008 including CHF, GOAL, Habitat for Humanity, IFRC, MSF-Belgium, NRC, Oxfam GB, ProAct network, UN-Habitat, UNHCR, UN/OCHA, WASH Cluster, WVI)



‘Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the Pinheiro Principles’ (UN/OCHA, UN-Habitat, UNHCR, FAO, OHCHR, NRC, IDMC, 2007)

‘The Pinheiro Principles. United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons’ (Center on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2005)

‘Camp Management Toolkit’ (IOM, Danish Refugee Council, IRC, UN/OCHA, NRC, UNHCR, 2008 )


Are the guidelines detailed enough and adjusted to the urban context?

• Security of tenure (HLP)

• Organizations legal status when acting as a developer or contractor

• Settlement management

Assessment, Monit., Eval.

Legal framework

Strategic planning activities

• Beneficiary selection

• Role of government and access to existing statistics

• Livelihood and migration intentions


Are Assistance Methods detailed enough and adjusted to the urban context?

Home owner-occupier

Conflict Conflictdamage

Self-settled camps

Assistancemethods

Information centre

Technical expertise

Shelter NFIs

Community labour

Cash

Plot ratio, site coverage, zoning, building codes, … - do we have the right expertise?

List of content for urban areas, limitations to what beneficiaries should contribute

What can and what is the community allowed to contribute? Competing with contractors

Various services are available for money, but how to control that money is spend right?

There might be settlement management authorities in place, how to support?

OK


Guidelines and Assistance Methods for Urban Displacement

There seems to be a need to:

• initiate a review process of existing and established guidelines, strategies and handbooks

• assess whether they are providing enough information and are of relevance for addressing urban displacement

• develop guidelines and assistance methods for urban displacement, compiled in an A5 booklet (digital) referring to the existing documents

• a brief PowerPoint based training tool.


Title: Guidelines and Assistance Methods for Urban Displacement

Objective: to develop guidelines and assistance methods addressing specific challenges of assisting refugees and IDP’s in urban settings focusing on:

• identification, registration and profiling in order to; address livelihood situation, map and assist future migration intentions and support the relation to the urban population (IDMC),

• security of tenure, land and property rights,

• assistance methods and role of humanitarian organizations (IDMC),

• advocacy and mediation as well as settlement management and capacity building of authorities (IDMC)

Title and Objectives


Timeline

• May: Launching of project concept at Shelter Meeting 09a

• June: desk study of existing and established documents and coordination with UNHCR and UN-HABITAT on their policy development

• August: draft guidelines and assistance methods for urban displacement

• October: first online commenting and reviewing process

• November: further detailing the assistance methods for urban displacement and presentation at the Shelter Meeting 09b

• January: final online commenting and reviewing process

• March: final incorporating of comments and recommendations

• May: finalizing the guidelines and assistance methods and launch at Shelter Meeting 10a.


Contributions

Which organizations would like to participate in the review?

Icons in this presentation originate from Shelter Centre Shelter Training


Questions and Comments

Questions and Comments?

Assessing a problem Providing methods for solutions

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