SHELTER CLUSTER MEETING
MONDAY 18 February, 3:15 PM, 2013
MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING &
ENVIRONMENT (MOLGUDH&E), FA House, Suva, Fiji
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Meeting Started:
Meeting Ended:
15:15
16:25
Chaired by MOLGUDH&E: Principal Administrative Officer Mr Vula Shaw
Co facilitated by IFRC: Michael Gloeckle
List of Attendees:
Name
Organization
Position/Function
1.
Vula Shaw
MOLGUDH&E
Principal Administrative Officer
2.
Michael Gloeckle
IFRC
Coordinator
3.
Ysabeau Rycx
IFRC
4.
Sarote Kanaise
GNI
5.
Imanueli Koroituinakelo
Act for Peace
Field Programs Coordinator
6.
Masi Latianara
HFHF
National Director
Disaster Manager Pacific
AGENDA
1.
2.
3.
Opening: Principal Administrative Officer Mr Vula Shaw (Chair)
Acceptance of Shelter Cluster Meeting Minutes from 11/2/13 and 12/2/ 13
Update on details for ceremony on MoU signing, launch of ‘Tips to Build Back Safer’
poster and ‘Transitional Shelter’ design by the Minister for MOLGUDH&E
4. Who plans to do what where and when
5. Distribution of ‘Tips to build back safer’ posters
6. Update on certification of ‘Transitional Shelter’ design
7. Update ‘Transitional Shelter’, design and costing
8. Shelter kit and built back safer training for NGO staff
9. Other business
10. Next Meeting
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AGENDA
DISCUSSIONS
Action Points
Opening
Mr Vula Shaw highlighted that he is receiving positive feedback
about the Shelter Cluster
Acceptance of
Minutes
No objections to the minutes from 11/2/13 and 12/2/13 were
raised and the minutes are therefore considered accepted
Update on
details for
ceremony on
MoU signing
The MoU signing ceremony between the Government of Fiji
(Minister for MOLGUDH&E) and participating NGOs will be on
March 1, 2013 at the Holiday Inn at 10am. Mr Vula Shaw requires
the registrations and constitutions of the participating NGOs
emailed to him by Friday February 22.
NGOs to email their
registration and
constitution to
MOLGUDH&E by Friday
22/2/13 to Mr Vula Shaw
Who plans to
do what where
and when
As only three NGOs were present (AFP, GNI and HFHF) the need
for NGO coordination still exists, but CSN and HFHF will coordinate
the transitional shelters between themselves.
FRIEND, Rotary and PCN
to communicate their
plans and to coordinate
with the other NGOs to
avoid overlaps and gaps
Distribution of
‘Tips to build
back safer’
posters
Pratarp Singh has delivered 5000 posters MOLGUDH&E and copies
are available for all organisations from Mr Vula Shaw.
Copies are available for
all organisations from
Vula Shaw
Update on
certification
and
‘Transitional
Shelter’, design
and costing
Shelter kit and
built back safer
training for
NGO staff
Masi Latianara from HFHF presented the draft of the design and
the construction manual. And a copy was made available for CSN.
Engineer still to certify design.
Masi Latianara to get
design certified and to
share finalised design
Indications from the NGOs present were that a training after the
cyclone season is preferred as they are too busy implementing
currently. An email to gauge the interest of all the NGOS is to be
sent by Michael Gloeckle
Michael Gloeckle to send
email to all NGOs to
gauge interest in training
in April or May.
Other business
It was discussed that a ‘Tips to Build Back Safer’ campaign could be
produced for TV. Either as commercials or as a short news story or
documentary. Follow up with SPC production department was
suggested.
Masi to follow up with
SPC
Next meeting
Monday 25/02/13 (MOLGUDH&E), FA House, Suva, Fiji at 3pm.
Main point of business is preparation for the MoU signing
ceremony and the launch of the ‘Tips to Build Back Safer’ poster as
well as the ‘Transitional Shelter’ design. All are welcome, but
especially NGOs, Red Cross, and Donors.
Discuss further
distribution when more
actors are present
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