Shelter Training, Shelter Library and Shelter Community

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Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA

Shelter Centre

Shelter Training, Shelter Library and Shelter Community


A new, integrated web platform providing:

• Shelter Library improved

• Shelter Training revised

• Shelter Community new

As well as:

• latest sector news new

• sector events new

• project updates new

Shelter Library, Training and Community


The current site is a proof-of-concept for:

Shelter Library Shelter Training

In 2007, Shelter Centre’s online services received over 20,000 hits, from 171 countries

Current, proof-of-concept site


The new site


7. Latest sector news, by country

3. Upcoming events relevant to the sector

4. Latest project updates from the sector

5. Most popular resources in Shelter Library

1. Free-to-use materials supporting Shelter Training

2. Information on previous and upcoming Shelter Meetings

The new site provides:

6. locate members of the Shelter Community


Select a country to filter news related to the country

Latest sector news relevant to you

News will search all appropriate news sources for news belonging to the humanitarian shelter sector

News is combined and filtered for shelter from sources including:

• AlertNet• BBC• IRIN• ReliefWeb• LogCluster.org


Events calendar

Events is a calendar of all events relevant to the sector, such as:

• regional trainings, such as the event at the Auroville Earth Institute, Pondicherry, India

• sector meetings, such as IASC cluster meetings, UK shelter forum and the Shelter Meeting

• project review meetings, such as the review process for the timber guidelines


Projects listing for the sector

Sign up to review or receive updates on sector projects, such as:

• peer review meetings such as the Field Edition of Transitional Settlement and Reconstruction After Natural Disasters (UN, 2008) and

• the guidelines on asbestos removal, under development by ProAct

Also, propose new projects and identify collaborators and support


Shelter Library

Shelter Library will consist on a compilation of digital copies of the relevant publications related to the shelter sector.

Shelter Library will suggest related publications, training and events, based upon your search


Shelter Library

What other materials or resources would improve the usefulness of this service?

Put the feedback forms in the box, or return them to a volunteer!

or


Shelter Training

Shelter Training is designed for people to adapt the materials themselves in the field using a:

• modular approach• image library• diagram library• template participants manual

Shelter Training is consistent with:

• ESC Type C Technical Specialists training workshop• IFRC Shelter Technical Training


Shelter Training

To facilitate training events, the following resources will be available on the Shelter Centre web site for easy modification, sharing and use:

Presentations

Exercises

Expectations forms

Image library

Diagram library


Shelter Training

What other materials or resources would improve the usefulness of this service?


or


Shelter Community

Shelter Centre has unified all these requirements, and named it Shelter Community

Shelter Centre undertook user surveys to determine the sector’s requirements

You wanted a service that allows you to:

1. locate other shelter specialists near you

2. find jobs

3. find shelter specialists


1. locate other shelter specialists

If the user wants, the system will automatically place the user on a map

This will allow other users to know where you are, if you let them, and you can identify users near you

This also means you can see news and information relevant to your country or region


2. find jobs

As part of Shelter Community, the Register will allow users to post details such as experience and availability

This means the sector knows who is available where in preparing a response

All that is required is to fill out your details through the online registration form


3. find shelter specialists

Similarly, employers can post jobs relevant to the sector, or search the Register of users to find suitable candidates for their needs


My Library

Users will also be able to create their own personal libraries

Allowing them to upload documents, and share them with other users


Shelter Community

Would you like to test and feed back on the preliminary version of this web site before it is launched?

Would you like your profile to be preloaded into Shelter Community?You will receive an email with your password


or


Current status and next steps

Build finished

Data migration complete

Internal testing

External testing

Launch of new web site

SM08b

Sept/Oct

July/Aug

09:00 – 09:20

09:20 – 09:30

09:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:45

10:45 – 11:00

11:00 – 11:30

11:30 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:30

12:30 – 13:00

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14:00 – 15:00

15:00 – 15:45

15:45 – 16:15

16:15 – 17:30

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Day 2


Shelter Centre

Shelter Meeting 08b:agree dates and format


At previous Shelter Meetings, participants expressed interest in the following events:

1. training events

2. tents and NFIs exhibition workshop

3. project orientated collaboration between

humanitarian and academic communities

Training, workshops and other events

SM08b?

SM09?


Shelter NFI and household NFI workshop

Do you think this workshop would be valuable?

Should there be presentations from manufacturers and suppliers?

What should be the workshop format?


or


Shelter NFI and household NFI workshopPut the feedback forms in the box, or return them to a volunteer!

or

How should the event be structured?


Week of Shelter Meeting 08b

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Shelter Training

Shelter Training

Shelter Training

NFI workshop

Shelter Meeting 08b

Shelter Meeting 08b

Proposed schedule for days preceding Shelter Meeting 08b


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5 Nov6 Nov 7

Nov 10 Nov 11 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 14



SM08b dates

Please consult your agendas…


What themes should SM08b explore?

Who would like to give a presentation?

Which recent/ongoing responses should be discussed?

Are the breakout groups useful?

SM08b format and contentPut the feedback forms in the box, or return them to a volunteer!

or

Shelter Training, Shelter Library and Shelter Community

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