1. Day 1 09:00 – 09:30 09:30 – 09:45 09:45 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:30 10:30 – 11:00 11:00 – 11:30 11:30 – 12:00 12:00 – 12:30 12:30 – 13:00 13:00 – 14:00 14:00 – 15:00 15:00 – 15:45 15:45 – 16:15 16:15 – 16:45 16:45 – 17:30 17:30 Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Shelter Centre Transitional shelter guidelines

2. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Shelter Centre is seeking to engage agencies in a collaborative working group to develop and disseminate guidelines on best practice for transitional shelters Transitional shelter guidelines Indonesia, 2006 photo by IFRC

3. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Transitional shelters have been used in a number of situations, building upon the concept of semi- permanent shelter They have been used extensively in Indonesia and Pakistan Transitional shelter guidelines Indonesia, 2006 photo by IFRC Pakistan, 2007 photo by IFRC

4. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Transitional settlement and reconstruction after natural disasters (United Nations, 2008) Cash Direct labour Capacity building Loans Community labour Information centres Vouchers Household NFIs Transitional shelters Contract labour Shelter NFIs Technical expertise Transitional settlement and reconstruction after natural disasters (United Nations, 2008) Transitional shelters are one of the assistance methods which should be combined in order to create appropriate packages of support depending on the transitional settlement or reconstruction option chosen Transitional shelter guidelines

5. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Transitional shelter guidelines There is a need for brief guidance on transitional shelters, in order to both: define the term and the resulting functionality The recent Shelter Training included a workshop on transitional shelters, however more is needed

6. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA On-site: shelter on property with land tenure or land rights For example, a family could stay in a transitional shelter on their own land while repairing or rebuilding their damaged home, finally including the materials of their transitional shelter Off-site: shelter while displaced and to be relocated once no longer in transitional settlement For example, for shelter in a self-settled camp, and then dismantled and transported with family when return from displacement or re-settle elsewhere, and materials reused for permanent shelter Common uses of transitional shelter Indonesia, 2006 Photo by IFRC

7. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Strengths of transitional shelter humanitarian agencies without sufficient capacity in transitional settlement and reconstruction can engage consultant technical specialists and inspectors, allowing maximum operational response cost is similar to cost of tents over the same reconstruction period can be built with local resources and skills, supporting local livelihoods and construction industry introduces hazard resistant construction principles and techniques that may later inform reconstruction agrees with the local population standards for building, as well as increasing understandings of building codes, factoring in family size, location, culture and materials Indonesia, 2006 Photo by IFRC

8. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Characteristics of transitional shelter Transitional shelter shares many characteristics with semi- permanent shelter, including: uses design and materials of sufficient durability to last until the completion of reconstruction the opportunity to upgrade or extend the shelter, as part of permanent reconstruction, or re-use the majority of materials allows the affected household to remain on site where they have land rights or tenure, supporting their coping strategies, preferences and decisions uses materials that can be assembled quickly, using simple tools and unskilled labour Sri Lanka, 2005 Photo by IFRC

9. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA Relocation of transitional shelter Traditional shelter is designed so that it may be disassembled and relocated. This provides opportunities to: offer shelter until capacity exists in government and the international community to resolve formal land rights or tenure offer consistent and equitable assistance for both displaced and non-displaced households relocate the transitional shelter from a transitional settlement site to a transitional reconstruction site, as a continuous method of assistance, or if the occupancy is deemed unlawful or unsafe Pakistan, 2007 Photo by IFRC

10. Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA What type of guidance is needed? How should it be mainstreamed? For what audience? How can it learn from other studies? eg UN-Habitat project Transitional shelter guidelines Put the feedback forms in the box, or return them to a volunteer! or