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

2. 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’

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

9. 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’