1. Durable Housing Solutions for Internally Displaced People: What Has Worked?
Shelter Centre – Shelter Meeting 12a
25 May 2012
Nadine Walicki and Barbara McCallin
Presentation objectives:
Introduce project
Solicit input

2. What? A report Housing practices Adequate housing
WHAT - A REPORT WITH EXAMPLES OF HOUSING PRACTICES
Housing practices that have improved adequate housing and promoted the achievement of durable solutions for internally displaced people worldwide and appear to be replicable elsewhere.
Particular attention is being paid to finding practices targeting groups at risk in relation to land and housing (such as women, children, indigenous…)
Housing practice: policy, legislation, strategy, project or programme, campaign, planning or coordination procedure
Return, local integration or settlement elsewhere
Conflict and/or natural disaster displacement
Local, national, international organisations, including IDPs
No “good,” “best” or other label
Strengths, limitations and lessons learned, positive impacts, undesirable shortcomings or consequences

3. Why? Obstacle to durable solutions No such study
Demand for this information
WHY – TO HELP IDPS PROGRESS TOWARDS DURABLE SOLUTIONS THROUGH ADEQUATE HOUSING
RATIONALE
1. Lack of enjoyment of housing rights is a common obstacle to durable solutions
2. A study on housing practices that support durable solutions for IDPs is absent
3. There is a demand for information on this topic

4. Who? Government housing strategists Humanitarian Development
Peace-building
Human rights
Donors
Policy makers and practitioners who design and fund housing strategies, policies and programmes in countries marked by internal displacement as a result of conflict and/or natural disasters
Governments with internal displacement situations, donors as well as local and international humanitarian, development, peace-building and human rights organisations

5. How? Desk research Key informant interviews In-country research
Desk research – mention the questionnaire that we have developed to facilitate collecting information?
Key informant interviews
In-country research
Mention something about the report being conducted in partnership with other organisations, both international and local.

6. Analysis FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE ANALYSIS
Case studies
Comparative analysis
Criteria:
Adequate housing
Human rights principles
Effectiveness measures
FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE ANALYSIS
1. Case studies : common template
2. Comparative analysis
Settlement option
Location
Protection concern addressed
Type of housing practice
Target
Main adequate housing criteria addressed
Evaluation according to adequate housing criteria, human rights principles and effectiveness measures

7. Progress to date Concept note shared Short list of examples (~20)
Burundi, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Somalia
Final publication 2013
The concept note was shared with the following organisations in order to seek input and potential cooperation on the report and/or advocacy:
-UN HABITAT
-UNDP
-UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
-UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
-Global Protection Cluster
-HLP Working Group of the Global Protection Cluster
-Child Protection Working Group
-GenCap
-COHRE
-InterAction
A short list of possible housing practices to be included in the report was compiled through desk research and the above consultations. It includes practices from each of the following regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and Middle East for conflict and natural disaster-induced displacement.

8. Seeking your input Contact: nadine.walicki@nrc.ch
Skype: NRC – Nadine Walicki
Examples?
Contacts?
Documents?
Suggestions?