‘Shelter to Housing in the South Asia EQ Response’ Shelter Center Workshop May 31 –June 1 2007

Where is the Tipping Point? Imported Materials and Commodities versus Locally Produced Utilizing Local Capacity versus Questioning Existing Power Structures Prefabricated versus Labor Intensive International Community Execution versus Training, Standards, and Guidelines What makes a ‘transitional’ structure neither emergency nor permanent? Camp versus Settlement ‘Post ECHO’ and ‘Pre-EC’

Setting the Scene The size: 7.6 magnitude Earthquake. 73,000 dead (cf approx 200,000 in tsunami) 125,000 injured (cf 100,000 in tsunami) 3.5 million homeless (c/f 1.5 million tsunami) 600,000 homes destroyed (250,000 tsunami) Mountainous and freezing terrain Handled by one country (3 major impacted in tsunami) Little immediate international sympathy

Emergency Shelter Cluster Aim to provide 3.25 million people affected by the earthquake with safe and dignified shelter security during the winter of 2005/2006 72 Members including International and National NGO’s, UN Agencies, NATO, Pakistani Military and Government of Pakistan Contained technical as well as umbrella-grant management unit http://www.unhic.org/pakistan/cluster_emergency_shelter.html

DFID TA support Army General Staff + UN Meet. Cluster Introduced IFRC IM Support FRC by Cluster Health 1st co-chair FRC co-chair ESC DFID TA support Army General Staff + UN Meet. Cluster Introduced Balakot ESC Established TWG Housing Umbrella grant management structure Cross cluster meetings IOM as ESCC ESC Presence in Hubs (IOM +IR) Heads of Clusters w/EAD Day 4 Day 5 Day 7 Week 2 Week 3 Week 5 Week 6 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 April 06 Winter Race Winterization Campaign End of Flash Appeal

Thank You Imported Materials and Commodities versus Locally Produced Utilizing Local Capacity versus Questioning Existing Power Structures Prefabricated versus Labor Intensive What makes a ‘transitional’ structure neither emergency nor permanent? International Community Execution versus Training, Standards, and Guidelines Camp versus Settlement ‘Post ECHO’ and ‘Pre-EC’