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Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) & IASC Emergency Shelter Working Group Process Graham Saunders, CRS, on behalf of

Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) & IASC Emergency Shelter Working Group Process Graham Saunders, CRS, on behalf of Sphere/ICVA/SCHR/InterAction. Humanitarian Response Review (HRR). There is a common perception that humanitarian response does not always:

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Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) & IASC Emergency Shelter Working Group Process Graham Saunders, CRS, on behalf of

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  1. Humanitarian Response Review (HRR)&IASC Emergency Shelter Working Group ProcessGraham Saunders, CRS, on behalf of Sphere/ICVA/SCHR/InterAction

  2. Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) There is a common perception that humanitarian response does not always: Meet the basic needs of affected populations in a timely fashion. Respond comparably to different crisis. Has sufficient human resource capacity to respond to the demands of concurrent major crises. Act in a timely fashion once political agreements have been reached e.g. Darfur. Elicit similar response from donors e.g. tsunami disaster vis-à-vis forgotten complex humanitarian emergencies .

  3. Overview of HRR • Assess the overall humanitarian response capacity of UN, NGOs, and Red Cross/Red Crescent, and other key humanitarian actors, including IOM. • Identify possible gaps in expertise, management and resources of these capacities. • Recommend measures that need to be taken to address the shortcomings. • Develop a joint plan of action to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of the humanitarian response to emergencies. (By IASC)

  4. Key recommendations • Improved coordination of international response system • Strengthen response capacities • Benchmarks to measure performance • Revised funding mechanisms to enable timely response

  5. Sectoral Working Groups - Objectives • Define the role and responsibilities of a sectoral lead agency • Produce actionable recommendations for improving the predictability, speed and effectiveness of international humanitarian response in the sector • Recommend to the IASC Principals for decision which IASC agency/ies should be the sectoral lead agency on a global basis • Propose an implementation plan for short, medium and long term actionable recommendations and prepare options if there is no consensus

  6. Sectoral Working Groups – Lead Agencies • Emergency shelter - UNHCR • Camp management - UNHCR • Water & sanitation - UNICEF • Nutrition/Therapeutic and Supplementary Feeding - UNICEF • Health - WHO • Reintegration and Recovery - UNDP • Logistics - WFP • Emergency Telecommunications - WFP • Protection (including Return) - UNHCR

  7. Emergency Shelter Working Group • How to improve humanitarian response in Emergency Shelter • Shelter strategies, staff resources, standards • Capacities and gaps • Personnel, NFIs, training • Response in selected existing emergencies • Non-UN actor involvement • NGOs, donors etc. • Cross-cutting issues • Gender, age, diversity, special needs, environment • Coordinated response planning and preparedness measures • Triggers, role throughoutOutstanding issues • project cycle

  8. Emergency Shelter Working Group • Implementation Plan: Phased Introduction and Priority Recommendations for 2006 • Develop Emergency Shelter Strategies and SOPs considering the different needs for both natural disaster and complex emergencies • Standard Setting • Shelter and related NFI stockpiles and information database • Staff for Emergency Shelter Response • Training • Risk Mapping • Information Management

  9. Emergency Shelter Working Group • Outstanding issues • Staffing resources to work up expected outputs • Sharing of NFI/stockpiles etc. • Shelter and overlap between Emergency Shelter & Recovery Clusters • Funding for ESWG • Cluster-specific resource requirements • One emergency of 500,000 persons x 3 per year

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