The twelfth UK Shelter Forum was hosted by Habitat for Humanity Great Britain and Oxfam GB on 22.02.13. Minutes from the ‘updates’ part of the agenda are available here. A briefing note summarising the key discussions regarding Housing, Land and Property Rights is available here.
Speakers included:
- Bill Flinn, CENDEP: Building for Safety
- Joseph Ashmore, independent: Shelter Projects 2011 – 2012
- Tom Corsellis, Shelter Centre: Shelter Centre Current Activities
- Vincent Annoni, REACH: Inter Agency Shelter Cluster Assessments
- Jim & Chris Rooney, Hexi-House: Hexi-House – hexagonal inspiration for the world
- Megan Dilloway & Gordon Browne, Solent University: Plastic sheeting – 150gsm vs 170gsm
- Kate Crawford, UCL: Communicating Technical Evidence research project
- Andrew Edwards, ASF-UK: Building knowledge centres
- Jamie Richardson, consultant: Timber Construction Research Project
- Victoria Maynard & Neill Garvie, HFHGB & CA: Improving Shelter Responses to Humanitarian Crises
- Mike Meaney HFHI: HFH Disaster Response Shelter Catalogue
- Theo Schilderman, BSHF: BHSF awards
More detailed discussions followed on specific topics:
- Syria Update via conference call: Syria Shelter Working Group, facilitated by Rick Bauer, Oxfam
- Julien Mulliez, Save the Children: Shelter Solutions for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
- Ben Nicholson & Brenda Coughlan, DFID: DFID Rapid Response Facility (RRF)
- Victoria Stodart, IFRC: Addressing Regulatory Barriers to the Provision of Emergency and Transitional Shelter after Natural Disasters
In the afternoon participants addressed the forum’s theme of Housing, Land, and Property Rights (HLP). To initiate the debate several speakers gave Pecha Kucha style presentations on different aspects of the topic:
- James Kennedy, independent: Shelter, and Housing, Land and Property rights
- Lisa Stead, HFHGB: Urban land rights in Latin America
- Fiona Kelling: On shaky ground? Tenure security in post-earthquake Haiti
- Rachel Hastie, Oxfam: Protection and Housing, Land, and Property
- Rumana Kabir, independent: The Shelterless Landless
Participants then discussed key questions arising from the presentations in working groups using the Six Thinking Hats Methodology. A summary of key themes arising from the Pecha Kuchas and the breakout groups is available here.
RedR were unable to attend this UK Shelter Forum but they asked forum participants to contribute to the online RedR UK Shelter Sector Learning Needs Assessment.