1. Welcome at the Shelter Academy 2017

2. Who are we ? Arcadis: Design & Consultancy for natural and built assets
Focus
Global business lines
Geographies
Infrastructure
Water
Environment
Buildings
North America
Emerging Markets
Continental Europe UK
25%
13%
25%
37%
39%
27%1)
18%
16%
Dutch roots date back to 1888
With Hyder, oldest engineering consultancy in the world with 231 year history
+30,000 projects
~ employees in 40 countries
Global reach and 2 leading global brands
1) Includes 3% Australia Pacific

3. ∼27,000 people│ 300+ offices│ 40+ countries│30,000+ projects
… with global reach
∼27,000 people│ 300+ offices│ 40+ countries│30,000+ projects
Our global network enables us to seamlessly bring our knowledge, best practices and experience of projects worldwide to specific local needs and situations
United Kingdom
∼3,700
Continental Europe
∼5,800
North America
∼6,300
Asia
∼4,600
Middle East
∼2,000
LatAm
∼2,500
GEC
∼1,350
Australia
Abu Dhabi – UAE
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Brunei
Canada
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Dubai – UAE
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Italy
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Macau
Malaysia
Mexico
Mozambique
Netherlands
Oman
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
Australia
∼700

4. Shelter program: partnership Arcadis with
Probono expertise for projects
Organization yearly Shelter Academy
World Urban Campaign financial support
Signed March 2010
Staff input funded by Lovinklaan Foundation

5. Pro-bono project support
On request of UN-Habitat
Expertise: urban planning, water management, drinkwater supply, environment, waste management, etc.
Comprehensive team: 4 to 6 experts
Pressure cooker on-site 2 weeks
Framed: always part of longer programs (as CCCI), follow-up missions, relation Academy
missions

7. Program locations 2010-2017 Shelter projects and workshops
Shelter workshops and Urban Thinkers Campuses

8. Leyte and Samar, Eastern Visayas
2 December 2013
Shelter participation
1000 employees involved in
Missions
Workshops
Urban Thinkers Campuses
 | 2 December 2013 | © ARCADIS 2013

9. Shelter Academy
Knowledge transfer by ARCADIS employees and external experts
Organized in cooperation with the UN-Habitat
Site visits, meetings with local governments, lectures, emphasis on case studies brought in by participants
Cooperation IHS, Waternet Amsterdam, Rotterdam municipality, Rijnland Waterboard
2017: 7th Shelter Academy

10. Benefits partnership: Why?
Titel: Arcadis Shelter Workshop
Datum: 25 januari 2017
Benefits partnership: Why?
For UN-Habitat and local governments
high level expertise, without costs
flexible and rapid deployment
no money involved, pro-bono
For Arcadis:
Clear Corporate Social Responsibility focus
Commitment and involvement our people
Collaboration: Arcadians work together in
international teams
For Lovinklaan Foudation:
Financial support for the program, within the goals
Why are UN-Habitat and Arcadis the right partners ?
March 24, 2010: signing partnership ARCADIS – UN-Haitat in Rio de Janeiro

11. Example of a Shelter project Philippines Rapid response Typhoon Haiyan

12. 8 November 2013 Wind speed upto 378 km/hr 5600 people died
homeless
 | 2 December 2013 | © ARCADIS 2013

15. Activities team 1 November 2013
Support of UN-Habitat Philippines in 2 weeks after typhoon Haiyan
Field assessments in Eastern Samar / Tacloban City to prepare reconstruction plans
Technical support for local government
Input in cluster meetings (combined aid teams)

16. Activities team 2 February 2014
Preparation with UN-Habitat concept Master Plan for Tacloban: safety, economy, attractive
Presentation with UN-Habitat to the mayor of Tacloban
Drinkwater supply support for Guiuan
Follow-up support – longterm commitment

17. Bernhard Barth, Human Settlements Officer, Asia Pacific at UN-Habitat:
“Thank you very much to all the team members for the wonderful support they provided to Tacloban and Guiuan through Shelter. The ARCADIS team’s contribution has been extremely useful to our work and is highly appreciated by the local government.“

18. PROJECT EXAMPLE
April 15, 2019
To give an idea of a Shelter mission here the example of the recent missions to Nepal.
Nepal rapid response /2016 earthquake recovery 2017 sustainable urban planning support

19. Earthquake and after shocks upto 7.9 7900 people died 500.000 homeless
PROJECT EXAMPLE
April 15, 2019
25 April and 7 May 2015
Earthquake and after shocks upto 7.9
7900 people died
homeless

20. Four missions 1: Project plan together with UN-Habitat
PROJECT EXAMPLE
April 15, 2019
Four missions
1: Project plan together with UN-Habitat
2: Recovery plan Bungamati
3: Disaster preparedness plan: eathquakes, fires, flashflood and mobility plan: infrastructure in heritage towns
4: Urban planning for Bidur, sustainable city extention

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Info: Bert Smolders:

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April 15, 2019
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