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ESC NFI Standards project. Shelter Centre, CARE, NRC, UNHCR, IFRC & UN/OCHA. Project overview. Shelter Centre was asked by the Emergency Shelter Cluster (ESC) to support standard setting and climatic design Shelter Centre is leading the development
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ESC NFI Standards project Shelter Centre, CARE, NRC, UNHCR, IFRC & UN/OCHA
Project overview Shelter Centre was asked by the Emergency Shelter Cluster (ESC) to support standard setting and climatic design Shelter Centre is leading the development Current partners include CARE International, NRC, UNHCR, IFRC and UN/OCHA
Project overview: Interim report An interim report was recently distributed to project members, outlining the progress made by project partners so far, and outlining the work to be undertaken in the coming months The progress made by project partners is outlined on the following slides
Standards setting for most common NFIs Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has derived a series of Emergency Shelter Cluster Standards for major shelter NFIs from existing agency specifications, by listing all specifications in a matrix, finding commonalities and developing a range ESC STANDARD FOR BLANKETS Blanket specification fromAgency 1 Blanket specification fromAgency 2 Blanket specification fromAgency 3
NFI kits CAREInternational has derived a series of ESC shelter NFI kits by researching how NFI kits are combined and distributed, and defining a series of core shelter NFI distribution packages
Climatic guidance for NFI distributions As well as leading the project, Shelter Centre has drafted a preliminary table of contents for the supporting guidance on climatic variations Shelter Centre is consulting with the WASH cluster and other major agencies involved with NFIs in order to maximise impact and prevent duplication
Preliminary draft contents for guidelines Part I Common emergency shelter and Non-Food Items standards Chapter 1 Specifying and distributing household and shelter Non- Food Items 1.1 Assessing needs for NFIs 1.2 Procurement 1.3 Distribution Chapter 2 Listing of currently available catalogues Chapter 3 Listing of currently available shelter stockpiles Chapter 4 Listing of Non-Food Items 4.1 Household NFIs 4.2 Shelter NFIs Chapter 5 Shelter kits and packages 5.1 Commonly used shelter kits 5.2 Commonly used shelter packages Part II Guidelines for climatic variations Chapter 6 Cultural and climatic conditions 6.1 Climatic considerations when selecting NFIs 6.2 Climatic considerations when composing and integrating kits
Questions for the breakout group Put the feedback forms in the box, or return them to a volunteer! or What other considerations should be included in the guidelines? What should be included in shelter NFI kits? Which other stakeholders should be consulted?