Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements
Main language of instruction: English
Head instructor
Dra. María del Carmen MENDOZA - cmendoza@uic.es
Office hours
Teaching staff are available by appointment through email.
Professors:
Emilio Hormias
Daniel Ledesma
Gonzalo Sanchez Terran
Veronica Sanchez Carrera
Andreas Schiffer
Paul Cabrera
This course in Humanitarian Shelter and Settlement in Emergency is offered in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The course explore how international agencies respond to displacement crisis for sudden natural disasters. This course draws upon a team of experienced lecturers on the field, working on International Relief Institutions.
Emergency situations, resettlement and growth of cities can happen in complex situations and multiple scenarios. The basic needs of a population in a critical situation must be satisfied considering the context, the situation and culture of the inhabitants. Despite the complexity and urgency to meet these basic needs, we must bear in mind that a process of building a settlement is being carried out.
This course is a blend of theory and practical learning which will equip participants with the necessary skills to lead and coordinate Shelter Clusters in the field, in the context of a Natural Disaster, so as to provide a predictable and high quality shelter humanitarian response.
It will prepare participants with an overview on Shelter Relief Programme, deepening further in the assessment and evaluation, the plan of action, the logistics and the settlement options that include architectural design and low tech technologies applied on shelter. Participants will be also given practical information on designing shelter in recovery programmes.
At the end of the course, participants will have acquired strategic and practical knowledge of shelter coordination policies, methods, tools and procedures in the humanitarian response system. Participants will be prepared to apply architectural and constructive solutions in a sustainable manner from relief and recovery. Sustainable and environmentally friendly techniques to manage water will be learned.
1. Humanitarian Program Cycle (HPC) - (e.g. Red Cross). ENABLERS FOR THE HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM CYCLE: coordination, info management; preparedness, coordinated assessments, strategic plan, resource mobilization, implementation and monitoring, operational peer review, evaluation.
2. DISASTER AND RISK MANAGEMENT. Disaster, vulnerability; International Response System (History, balance)
3. CLUSTER COORDINATION COUNTRY LEVEL (e.g. Spanish Agency for International Development cooperation).
4. Needs and Situational Analysis. Deployments. MIRA Process, Approach and outputs.
5. EMERGENCY PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT. Evolution of strategy, Strategic Framework. (e.g. OCHA).
6. INTER-CLUSTER COORDINATION, WASH CLUSTER.
7. APPEALS. Flash appeals, consolidated appeals. Gender Makers. ONLINE PROJECT SYSTEM.
8. ARCHITECTURE IN REFUGEE CAMPS. Needs and situational analysis, Strategic Planning, Tools.
9. DESIGNING A SHELTER RECOVERY PROGRAM.
Lectures, text analysis, class discussions and writing sessions.
Observation of each student
1. Participation in class
2. Analytical skills and ability to develop eventual proposals that are capable of providing
specific solutions to the problems raised
3. Ability to develop teamwork and leadership skills
4. Ability to integrate in the student’s own project/exercise what has been learnt during
the lectures.
5. Ability to put forward in public the work and/or research developed during the course
6. EXAM
Basic bibliography listed below, class material will be provided prior.
UNHCR. The state of world’s refugees 2012.
OCHA Transformative Agenda
SPHERE_Sphere_Handbook_2011
UNHCR_Hand book Emergency
USAID_Filed Operation Guide
IFRC_Shelter safety handbook
IFRC_Kit shelter
IFRC_Plastic_Sheeting_2007; IFRC_Tents; IFRC_Family Tents; IFRC_Timber
IFRC_Transitional Shelters-Eight designs; IFRC_Postdisaster shelter
IFRC_PASSA
UNICEF_TLS compendium
UNHABITAT_Building with Winds
UNHCR_Collective Centre Guidelines 2010; UNHCR_Family Tents;
UNHCR_operational protection in camps and settlements
NRC_Urban Shelter Guidelines
SP_Transitional_Settlement_Displaced_Populations_2005
Camp Address Prov Guide
Fire Safety and Winterisation Leaflet 2005
HUMANITARIAN BAMBOO_guidelines
Cash transfer programming in emergencies. CALP and ODI (HPN).