1. Day 2 by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC 09:00 – 09:20 09:20 – 09:30 09:30 – 10:10 10:10 – 10:30 10:30 – 11:15 11:15 – 11:30 11:30 – 11:45 11:45 – 12:15 12:15 – 13:00 13:00 – 13:30 13:30 – 14:30 14:30 – 15:30 15:30 – 16:00 16:00 – 17:00 17:00 – 17:30 17:30 4.Standards for stockpiled family shelter Shelter Centre

2. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC “Agreeing common standards and indicators for family shelters in humanitarian operations, both in order to improve the quality and consistency of response, and to engage research and development capacities of shelter manufacturers.” Overview of Shelter Standards Overview Questions Process steps See the booklet in your folder

3. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Why still use cotton-canvas tents, why has there been so little development? climatic and cultural acceptance no shelter departments and few specialists subject is highly politicised in each organisation, and within departments Shelter Centre is funded 2006-2011 by DFID and USAID to produce standards and prototypes that illustrate the standards Overview of Shelter Standards Overview Questions Process steps

4. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC There has been a possible breakthrough in the project offering a new opportunity for engaging with manufacturers The proposed process is outlined on the following slide Process has been endorsed by project members: DFID, IFRC, MSF and UNHCR at the last Project meeting on the 5 th of October 2007, Geneva Overview of Shelter Standards Overview Questions Process steps

5. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Step 1 – agree Standards required At the Project meeting, 5 th October 2007 Agree the Shelter Standards required Consortium and Working Group members include MSF CARE International DFID ECHO IFRC IOM JICA Muslim Aid Nederlands Red Cross Oxfam GB Save The Children Fund SDC/HA UN-Habitat UNHCR USAID AMURT CARITAS Austria CRS ProVention Consortium The Sphere Project UN/OCHA Overview Questions Process steps

6. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Step 2 – agree final Standards at SM07b At Shelter Meeting 07b, 15 th – 16 th November 2007 As the Shelter Meeting, agree the final Shelter Standards to be released Overview Questions Process steps

7. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Step 3 – release Standards on website By 25 th of January… Release the Shelter Standards through a dedicated web service Overview Questions Process steps

8. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Step 4 – present standards A panel of Consortium members will present the performance standards to interested manufacturers at the 'Aid and Trade' event, to be held 29 - 30th January 2008 at PALEXPO, Geneva With total transparency, manufacturers will be told of the plan to improve the quality and availability of emergency transitional family shelters Further presentations will be considered for similar events 8 - 10 APRIL 2008 Overview Questions Process steps

9. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Step 5 –Pre-Qualifying Document ensure participating suppliers can provide appropriate quality provide suppliers with project background provide commercial sector with introduction to humanitarian operations The Pre-Qualifying Document will: Overview Questions Process steps

10. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Interested manufacturers will be asked to produce a prototype that meets the standards, at no cost to Consortium members Step 6 – request prototype development Overview Questions Process steps

11. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Prototypes to be displayed for project members and at the Shelter Meeting Step 7 – request prototype development Overview Questions Process steps

12. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC The designs which best represents the standards will be identified by Consortium members and the Shelter Meeting Step 8 – identify leading designs Overview Questions Process steps

13. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Shelter Centre will pay for prototypes of the identified most successful designs to be built for testing purposes Step 9 – identify leading designs Overview Questions Process steps

14. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Shelter Centre will, in collaboration with interested project members, field test the prototypes in a variety of situations The test methodology will be agreed by the project members Both the methodology and results will be posted upon the website Step 10 – field test prototypes www.sheltercentre.org Overview Questions Process steps

15. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC Step 11 – publish Shelter Standards Conclusions gained from the testing will be integrated into the standards and indicators, which are to be published in 2009 to be published in 2009 Overview Questions Process steps

16. by 15th - 16th of November 2007 | Geneva | hosted by NRC are there any requirements or details not included in the draft requirements that should be included? Questions for the breakout group A longer introduction will be given to start each group. Then participants will be asked what they would like to discuss Will your organisation be attending trade events at which the draft standards may be presented to interested suppliers and manufacturers? Are you interested in field testing prototypes? Overview Questions Process steps