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Welcome and Introduction

Emergency Shelter Environment Advisor

Workshop

Place a photo here that relates to the workshop,such as a temporary shelter from a recent

disaster in the region

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Acknowledgements

Funding received through the Emergency Shelter Cluster of UNHCR

Training materials and design by InterWorks

With technical assistance and support provided by the ProAct Network

Under an agreement with CARE International

Workshop sponsors and organizersLogo

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Introductions

• Tell us your name• Which agency you work with• Your current job responsibility• Your work experience related to

– environmental assessment and management

– disaster preparedness and response

Please be brief

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Workshop Learning Objectives

• Recognize the disaster – environment link

• Describe the role of the cluster approach and the Emergency Shelter Cluster in disaster recovery

• Describe and practice tools to assess impact and take action to respond to disasters

• What are your objectives?

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Methodology

1. Brief presentations + Action Learning

2. Discuss and test disaster/environment concepts, policies and tools

3. Fieldwork – Use the Emergency Shelter Environmental Impact Assessment and Action Checklist

4. Share experiences and case studies. Sign up for session 2.1.

5. Review an Environmental Assessment tool for session 2.3

6. Participant feedback and evaluation

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Workshop Ground Rules

• Please turn off your cell phone ringer• Do not make or receive cell phone calls

during a session

• What other rules should apply?

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Workshop logistics

Any questions about:• Transportation arrangements• Meals• Hotel accommodations• Other?

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Consequences of disasters

• What are some of the environmental impacts of the disasters you see in the following pictures?

9Earthquake

10Mud slide

11Volcano

12Wild Fire

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Tropical cyclone

14Flood

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Consequences of response

• What are some of the environmental consequences of the disaster response activities you see in the following photos?

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Harvesting trees blown down in a hurricane

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Temporary shelter build from local materials

19Kiln to fire bricks to rebuild houses destroyed in an earthquake