What needs to be considered and what can be done in programme design to make a humanitarian shelter programme relevant?
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Key consideration for a relevent humanitarian shelter program
1. Topic:What needsto be consideredandwhatcanbedonein programmedesigntomakeahumanitarianshelterprogrammerelevant?
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Presenter:ZubairMS Hashmi
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Key considerationsto designa Humanitarian Shelter Program
Context ïƒ Coordination ïƒ Capacity ïƒ Correlation ïƒ Concept Model
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Humanitarian
Shelter
Program
Coordination
Needs & Gaps
Capacity
Standards Timeline
Product
Process
Advocacy &
Lobbying
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Coordination
Coordination with stakeholders i.e. Cluster leads, relevant government
authorities, leading shelter actors, donors, local actors and partners for global
coverage, criticalneeds, gaps to see the potential role of the organizationto
step in and add value
 To analyze the context to deliver a context-appropriate assistance
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Need & Gap Analysis
Analyzing available baseline information if any i.e. Damage assessments,
MSNA, REACH, 4W etc and conducting targeted Rapid Need Assessments in
gap locations
 To understand demography, levelof severity / damage and vulnerability in
specific context and ensure the needs/gaps are measured
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Capacity
Correlating context and needs to organizational sector specific strategy
(boundaries), technical and operationalstrengths and weaknesses from
HQ, regional to local context i.e. SWOT analysis, region and country’ operational
strategy, Partnership, available and expected Resources (Funds and HR) etc
 To design a viable product and process
 To know organizationalneeds to sync with response demand
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Standards
Consulting Local shelter cluster strategy, key shelter actors’ response,
organization’ own guidelines and government counterpart ‘guidelines in
addition to global standards i.e. SPHERE etc.
 To comply with global and local standards and guidelines
 To design a uniform assistance package
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Time-line
COTEXT & NEEDS equation alone determine needed timeline for assistance to be
relevant and together with organizational CAPACITY analyses equate to a TIME-
LINE for the intended intervention (Product and Process)
 To determine the timeline for the relevant assistance in addition to viability
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Context Needs Capacity Timeline
NeededTime
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Product
Product should be designed (or opted from already availableoptions)* in the
light of correlationanalyses of context, needs/gaps, capacity, standards and time-
line
 Defining Intervention logic(key intended results, impacts, objectives, activities)
are as important as shelter product itself (Direct & Indirect benefits) keeping
gender & protection at the core of the product design
 Integrated approach leads a Shelter to a settlement i.e. livelihood
opportunities, WASH, Gender & Protection, Health, HLP, Community infrastructures
*If Emergency Shelter kits,Repairingkits, Sealingoff kits, TransitionalShelter etc are definedby the leadingcluster agency ordonorsin
specific context
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Availability
Market analyses,local materialsandskills,supplychain
Acceptability
Uniformity,Relevence,Social/cultural sensitivity,Dignity,
Gender&Protection,special needsetc
Capability
Technical & operational capacity,funding,coverage
Sustainability
Quality,LRRD,DRR, CommunityEngagement,local capacity
building,O&M,HLP, Climate friendly,
Shelter Assistance (Prroduct)
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Process
Implementation strategy / approach (PROCESS) has to define how to deliver the
product timely.
 Program Quality framework (MEAL) to be the driver of the program to achieve
the intended results and impacts
 Community consultation, engagement and localcapacity building
(empowerment) to promote social cohesion
 Implementation approach opted should promote the localeconomy if possible
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Capacity
Product
Implementation
approach
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Advocacy & Lobbying
 A relevant program directly related to the Changing context
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Funding Gaps
unmet needs,
coverage, LRRD
Refererrals
Integeration,
Experts
Changing
context
Strategic reviews,
Secandery issues
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Viability and flexibility are the key aspects of a shelter program to be relevent
Program should be context-appropriate , within Organization’
capacities to deliver in a timely fashion and flexible in changing
context
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