2. I. What are the Shelter Cluster’s goals?
Provide people affected by an emergency crisis with the means to live in a safe, dignified and appropriate shelter
Help all shelter actors work together better, providing with the right and quick assistance to the individuals in need
Ensures consistency, coherence, and predictability to the quality and scope of shelter cluster coordination
Global mechanisms; in Freedonia led by UNHCR

3. II. What does the Shelter Cluster do?
Support service delivery
Inform HC/HCT strategic decision-making
Plan and develop strategy
Advocacy
Monitor and report
Contingency planning / preparedness
Accountability to affected population

4. III. What are the core components of a Shelter Cluster?
Cluster Coordinator
IMO
Partners
SAG
TWiG
Government
UN Agencies
International and local NGOs
Civil society organisations
Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement
Academia
Donors
The Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) is a permanent body that works to advance the cluster’s strategic direction.
Current SAG members are: ACTED, CARE Int’l, Habitat for Humanity, InterAction, IOM, NRC, Save the Children Int’l, UNHABITAT, World Vision Int’l, IFRC, UNHCR
The Technical Working Groups (WG) are created to address a certain gap and they disappear once that the gap is addressed

5. IV. What is Information Management?
Information Management is the capture, handling, storage, analysis and dissemination of data pertaining specifically to operations and the populations of concern, including demographic and statistical information.

6. V. Importance of IM in the Shelter Cluster
Assessments
Needs / Damage assessment
Response monitoring
Shelter and NFI activities
Other monitoring systems
Stock and pipeline monitoring
Communication
Website
Liaise
OCHA (e.g. ICCT, HCAWG) and other Clusters

7. Thank you! Contact: freedonia@sheltercluster.org
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