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Timber as a construction material in humanitarian emergencies
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE International)
Date: Feb 2014
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A guide to the planning, use, procurement and logistics of timber as a construction material in humanitarian relief
USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Principles
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

The purpose of USAID/OFDA humanitarian shelter and settlements (S&S) assistance is to provide decent, safe, and habitable living spaces to disaster/crisis-affected populations in need of...

Three keys for humanitarian needs assessments
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

This video from the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) presents 3 keys for humanitarian needs assessments as validity, reliability and ‘generalizability’.
Humanitarian Disasters: Why logistics are vital
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Cranfield School of Management
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

The all-too-frequent humanitarian disasters that occur each year need a carefully designed response. Since the Southeast Asia tsunami of 2004, the commercial and military disciplines of risk...

Why Humanitarian Reform?
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

In this video, recorded in Geneva on December 2007, Mark Cutts from UNOCHA explains the Humanitarian Reform.
“Innovative Humanitarian Shelter" - tried solutions and new ideas
Content Type: Event
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Publisher(s): IFRC-SHelter Research Unit
Date: Feb 2016
Location: Worldwide
What does, could or should innovation mean for the Shelter sector, looking from the perspective of technically improving humanitarian shelters to assure quality and sustainability? We propose...
Humanitarian response review: emergency shelter mandates, post-...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services
Date: Jul 2008
Location: Global - Multiple countries

The speaker presented an overview of the work undertaken by the Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) and the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Emergency Shelter Working Group including:

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Relief to development - the UN-Habitat approach and mandate
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): United Nations Human Settlements Program
Date: Jul 2008
Location: Global - Multiple countries

The Speaker presented the approach and mandate of UN-Habitat, emphasising the need to bridge humanitarian and development work and promoting sustainability and disaster risk reduction.

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Working Together for Disaster Relief conference
Content Type: Event
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): BRE and CRS
Date: Dec 2018
Location: United Kingdom
How can the private sector better work with the humanitarian sector in pre- and post-disaster reconstruction and development to reinforce local ownership and support localisation?
CARE International Emergency Shelter
Content Type: Collection
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Date: Jan 2014
Location: World

A Collection for CARE International's Emergency Shelter Team. The team is hosted by CARE International UK and supports CARE's shelter work worldwide.

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