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Shelter Meeting 08a is hosted by UN/OCHA

Shelter Centre

Transitional shelter guidelines


Shelter Centre is seeking to engage agencies in a collaborative working group to develop and disseminate guidelines on best practice for transitional shelters


Indonesia, 2006photo by IFRC


Transitional shelters have been used in a number of situations, building upon the concept of semi-permanent shelter

They have been used extensively in Indonesia and Pakistan


Indonesia, 2006photo by IFRC

Pakistan, 2007photo by IFRC


Transitional settlement and reconstruction after natural disasters (United Nations, 2008)

CashDirect labour

Capacity building

LoansCommunity labour

Information centres

VouchersHousehold NFIs

Transitional shelters

Contract labour

Shelter NFIs

Technical expertise

Transitional settlement and reconstruction after natural disasters (United Nations, 2008)

Transitional shelters are one of the assistance methods which should be combined in order to create appropriate packages of support depending on the transitional settlement or reconstruction option chosen




There is a need for brief guidance on transitional shelters, in order to both:

• define the term

• and the resulting functionality

The recent Shelter Training included a workshop on transitional shelters, however more is needed


On-site: shelter on property with land tenure or land rights

For example, a family could stay in a transitional shelter on their own land while repairing or rebuilding their damaged home, finally including the materials of their transitional shelter

Off-site: shelter while displaced and to be relocated once no longer in transitional settlement

For example, for shelter in a self-settled camp, and then dismantled and transported with family when return from displacement or re-settle elsewhere, and materials reused for permanent shelter

Common uses of transitional shelterIndonesia, 2006Photo by IFRC


Strengths of transitional shelter

humanitarian agencies without sufficient capacity in transitional settlement and reconstruction can engage consultant technical specialists and inspectors, allowing maximum operational response

cost is similar to cost of tents over the same reconstruction period

can be built with local resources and skills, supporting local livelihoods and construction industry

introduces hazard resistant construction principles and techniques that may later inform reconstruction

agrees with the local population standards for building, as well as increasing understandings of building codes, factoring in family size, location, culture and materials

Indonesia, 2006Photo by IFRC


Characteristics of transitional shelter

Transitional shelter shares many characteristics with semi- permanent shelter, including:

• uses design and materials of sufficient durability to last until the completion of reconstruction

• the opportunity to upgrade or extend the shelter, as part of permanent reconstruction, or re-use the majority of materials

• allows the affected household to remain on site where they have land rights or tenure, supporting their coping strategies, preferences and decisions

• uses materials that can be assembled quickly, using simple tools and unskilled labour

Sri Lanka, 2005Photo by IFRC


Relocation of transitional shelter

Traditional shelter is designed so that it may be disassembled and relocated.

This provides opportunities to:

• offer shelter until capacity exists in government and the international community to resolve formal land rights or tenure

• offer consistent and equitable assistance for both displaced and non-displaced households

• relocate the transitional shelter from a transitional settlement site to a transitional reconstruction site, as a continuous method of assistance, or if the occupancy is deemed unlawful or unsafe

Pakistan, 2007Photo by IFRC


What type of guidance is needed?

How should it be mainstreamed?

For what audience?

How can it learn from other studies?eg UN-Habitat project

Transitional shelter guidelinesPut the feedback forms in the box, or return them to a volunteer!

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