welcome

This website introduces the biannual sector forum, Shelter Meeting, organised by Shelter Centre

welcome	latest Shelter Meeting developments - past participants
about	what is Shelter Meeting? - history
achievements
participation	eligibility criteria - the Chatham House Rule - past participants
next meeting	Shelter Meeting 08b
past meetings	SM08a - SM07b - SM07a - SM06b - SM06a - SM05b - SM05a - SM04b - PR04a

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^new website

The new Shelter Meeting website, to be launched in August 2008, will include details of previous and upcoming Shelter Meetings, as well as links to useful resources relating to each session of previous Shelter Meetings. Further features will be added at a later date.

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^ latest progress and events

May 2008 - Shelter Meeting 08a was held in Geneva on 15th and 16th May 2008. This Shelter Meeting was hosted by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN/OCHA). Session summaries and presentations are now be available on the SM08a website.

May 2008 - Shelter Training was held on 12th - 14th May 2008 prior to Shelter Meeting 08a in Geneva. All materials are now available on the Shelter Training website.

November 2007 - Shelter Meeting 07b was hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and held from Thursday 15th to Friday 16th November 2007 at International Environment House II in Geneva.

^ past participants

The following organisations have participated in, or observed at, previous Shelter Meetings:

government representatives

Government of Maharashtra, India
Mission of Norway in Geneva

humanitarian bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors

Department For International Development Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department Operations Team (DFID CHAD-OT)
European Commission
European Commission Humanitarian aid Office (ECHO)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
United States Agency for International Development/ Office of the United States Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID OFDA)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation/Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SDC/HA)

United Nations bodies

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)
United Nations Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC)
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN/OCHA)

international organisations

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
American Red Cross
British Red Cross
Netherlands Red Cross
Norwegian Red Cross

non-governmental organisations

Architects for Aid
Architectes Sans Frontieres (ASF)
CartONG
Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)
CARE International
CARITAS Austria
Catholic Relief Services(CRS)
Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF)
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
GOAL
Habitat for Humanity
Islamic Relief
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Belgium (MSF-B)
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands (MSF-H)
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Switzerland (MSF-CH)
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF-International)
Muslim Aid
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Oxfam GB
Practical Action
ProVention Consortium
Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief (RedR)
RESET
Save The Children Fund (SCF)
Shelter for Life (SFL)
The Sphere Project
Swiss Solidarity
Urbanistes sans Frontieres
World Vision

observing organisations

AMURT International
Architecture & Developpement
Australian Red Cross
Benfield Hazard Research Centre, UCL
Caritas Switzerland
Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
FinnChurchAid (FCA)
French Red Cross
Lien Institute For Environment (LIFE)
Norwegian Red Cross
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Première Urgence
Queen's University Belfast
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Southampton Solent University
Spanish Red Cross
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
World Shelters