Tapping into private sector resources for humanitarian shelter projects: The opportunities offered by the Disaster Resource Partnership

Shelter meeting – Shelter Centre

Geneva – 25 May 2012

What does the World Economic Forum do?

What is the Disaster Resource Partnership?

What does the DRP do?

What does the DRP do?

What is the Disaster Resource Partnership?

1) Prepare engineers for deployment, in support of ongoing humanitarian operations

2) Support humanitarian organizations in the field of emergency/ transitional shelter through the provision of corporate resources

Build trust and mutual understanding

Food + water supplies

Shelter materials

Tools

Equipment

Vehicles

Power

Labour

Communications equipment

Space

Networks

DRP member company assets

Assessment, monitoring + evaluation

Strategic planning

Technical expertise

Programme/ project management

Safety management

Physical planning

Infrastructure design (shelter, roads, wat-san, power, facilities)

Local knowledge & networks

Logistics / supply chain management

Site supervision

DRP member company skills and services

Direct action

Secondments

Local technical services

Global technical services

Modalities of delivery

How does my NGO take advantage of the DRP initiative?

Identify a need

Submit a pilot proposal

How does my NGO take advantage of the DRP initiative?

Identify a need

Submit a pilot proposal

Proposal review

DRP member review board

Implementation of project

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Disaster strikes

Timeline

Strength of partnership

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Next steps

1. Testing the system – submitting Expressions of Interest

2. Understanding the commitment required for partnerships to work

3. Finding champions on either side

Gavin WhiteSenior Project Manager, Disaster Resource Partnership Gavin.White@weforum.org

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