Urban Assistance Guidelines

1. Urban Assistance Guidelines BIG LAUNCH! Crawford Guidelines Shelter Meeting 10a May 2010

2. At a glance, the global discussion addresses: • Identification of beneficiaries • And what needs to be done differently Can these guidelines help me when doing program planning (policy and technical)? M

3. These guidelines can help you with: • Defining Affected Population (Beneficiaries) • Combining Assistance Methods • Understanding the SWOT of 18 Assistance Methods • Deciding on Standards In addition they provide on overview of: - Assessment Tools and Handbooks - Profiling Methods - Housing, Land and Property Issues (HLP) - Case studies K

4. But how does it all work?  Urban areas are very attractive (economic, social, ...) and especially after a crisis people choose their ”durable soultion” based on the benefits they have in the city. Do I get guidance on who to assist (who is actually affected and in need) and on how people make a living? M

5. How does it all work? • Urban Livelihoods Approach: thinking about people in cities... • Affected Populations: thinking about what happens to people in cities after disasters/crisis (durable solution) ... • Appropriate combinations of assistance: thinking about what to do... K

6. Urban Livelihoods Approach • Households • ........Neighbourhoods • .........................................Cities • ..............................................................Regions K

7. Urban Livelihoods Approach K

8. So the guidelines tell me about: - Vulnerabilities, coping strategies, capacties and household assets of Households and families but also - Governance, infrastructure and services and vulnerabilities of Locations and neighborhoods - Policies, Institutions and Processes of Cities - Policies, laws and regulations on National, Regional and International level M

9. Affected Populations (Who?) • Populations affected by an urban humanitarian crisis include: • displaced and non-displaced households; • directly and indirectly affected households and communities; • pre-existing and new urban dwellers; • owner-occupiers and tenants; K

10.  How can the affected populations, those in need (needs based vs. status based assistance) get assistance? Is it possible to know who is affected and what about all the urban poor? M

11. Affected Populations (Before) K

12. Affected Populations (After) K

13. Affected Populations (Who?) K

14. Know who to assist • Know about the importance of livelihood How can the affected Populations be assisted (now what?) M

15. Affected Populations (now what?) K

16. Assistance Methods (what can be done) Supervision and technical expertise Contract labour Return and transit support items Legal and administrative expertise Household WASH support items Cash Information centres and teams General household support items Vouchers Household shelter construction support items Capacity building and training Loans and credit Infrastructure and settlement planning support Insurance and guarantees Community labour Market interventions Environmental and resource management Direct labour K

17. Urban livelihoods and assistance methods Livelihood Assets K

18. Combining Assistance Methods K

19. For example I work with affected and displaced.... M

20. And they choose a collective centre.... M

21. I really need... M

22. I really need... M

23. SWOT of Assistance Methods K

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25. Can be combined with: M

26. For example.... K

27. Standards What should be done? POLICY laws, principles and standards based on and continuing to inform policy What are we intending to do? Guidelines Indicators How do we do it in practice? where do we start? what are the priorities? what are the practical difficulties, dilemmas and controversies? where and when do we stop? Are we doing it? what was the baseline benchmark? what is the target benchmark? how well did we do it? how fast did we do it? are our indicators right? IMPLEMENTATION informed by policy, shaped by practice, scenarios, participation K

28. Before the Guidelines get printed: • Are they posted on SC webpage (Sector Projects, Urban, ...) • Can you provide your final comments • Will we decide how we make them look like (product of and for the entire shelter community)