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Background of CM Project• Started in Sierra Leone in late 2002 (as a working
group first)
• Response to inadequate quality of protection and assistance particularly in IDP camps
• Many camps were poorly managed by organisations with little funding and low expertise
• Documented cases of humanitarian aid workers sexually abusing and coercing people in the camps
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Background of CM Project• In 2003, an Inter-agency Toolkit Editorial
Group was established
• Producing the second edition of the Camp Management Toolkit in 2004
• Since then, the CM Toolkit has been ordered/downloaded by over hundred organisations and used in more than a dozen of conflict or natural disaster situations
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Background of CM ProjectToday’s members
• NRC (Coordinator)• UNHCR• OCHA• DRC• IRC• IOM (joined recently)
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The Camp Management Toolkit
• Introduction to CM using a holistic approach
• Provides basic information on most aspects of camp operations and cross-cutting issues
• Complements existing sector guidelines and standards
• Defines roles and responsibilities of camp management agency
• Provides essential readings and references as well as tools, such as forms and matrices
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The Aim of the CM Toolkit
To enhance standards in camp management through mapping the roles and responsibilities of camp management agencies, reviewing lessons learned, and identifying good practice
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The new logo 2008
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The new layout 2008
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Structure of the new CM Toolkit18 Chapters, divided into 4 sections
• Introduction
• Core camp management
tasks
• A safe environment
• Camp services
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Structure of the new chapters
• Introduction
• Key messages
• Key issues
• Tools
• Reading and References
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The new CM Toolkit is still a ‘living’ document
Please provide feedback to this address:
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Practical information• Electronic version available on www.nrc.no/camp/
• Will be translated into French and Arabic (to follow in 2008)
• Printed hardcopy will also be provided through the CCCM Cluster
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Frequently asked questions
• Is the CM Project/Toolkit a CCCM cluster product/project?
• Is it made for IDP situations only?
• And?
