Shelter Centre is non-operational Swiss humanitarian

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which works to support all humanitarian stakeholders involved in the

shelter Shelter is a small building giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger. Shelter may also refer to: Places * Port Shelter, Hong Kong * Shelter Bay (disambiguation), various locations * Shelter Cove (disambiguation), various locatio ...

of populations affected by conflict and natural disaster. Shelter Centre offers this support through its biannual sector forum, called the Shelter Meeting, maintaining the inter-agency Shelter Library and developing strategic sector guidelines and technical training for field use, always involving a broad consensus within the humanitarian community.

History

Operationally, in 2005 following the

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of 2004, Shelter Centre introduced th
Transitional Shelter
approach, while the

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was seconded by

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to the

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to lead natural humanitarian shelter coordination. The Transitional Shelter approach was also one of the response options in the 2010 sector response plan for shelter in Haiti, agreed with the Government of Haiti while the Shelter Centre executive director was seconded by

to the

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to the lead national shelter coordination. In 2010, in collaboration with the

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and funded by

, Shelter Centre led the revision of strategic sector guideline
Shelter After Disaster
After developing technical training with the

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the

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, th
International federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
and th
UNHCR
in 2011 Shelter Centre led the development o
CORE Workshops
funded b

an
DFID
CORE involves humanitarian agencies worldwide in agreeing and delivering together common humanitarian technical training. In accordance with its mission, Shelter Centre is an active partner in five of the global humanitarian coordination clusters of the IASC
Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM)Early Recovery

Shelter Shelter is a small building giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger. Shelter may also refer to: Places * Port Shelter, Hong Kong * Shelter Bay (disambiguation), various locations * Shelter Cove (disambiguation), various locatio ...

Protection
an
Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH)
Hosted initially by the

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from its foundation in 2004, Shelter Centre developed from an earlier initiative
ShelterProject.org
which undertook research and development on sector standards, equipment and technical guidance, includin
Transitional Settlement: Displaced Populations
Tom Corsellis,

of Shelter Centre, was a founding member of both initiatives. In 2006, after having attained five years programme funding fro
DFID
Shelter Centre activities were hosted under a two-year agreement b
IFRC
Shelter Centre subsequently transitioned from being a UK NGO to a Swiss NGO in summer of 2008, relocating to

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. Its offices are currently in part under an agreement involving th
Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI)
founded by the

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and the

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References

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External links

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