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Remote sensing analysis by humanitarian organizations to detect and document changes related to displaced population camps has been employed, in various iterations, by the field for as long as two...
The speaker spoke about how the frequency of conflict and disaster in Ethiopia generated significant displaced populations with a wide variety of needs. He said that camps were subject to frequent...
The speaker spoke about recent developments in the Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster, including an increase in membership over the previous six months, the development of best practice...
The speaker discussed camp planning following the cluster layout. He highlighted the importance with respect to health of good site selection and camp planning. He emphasised the link with camp...
The speaker introduced the work of CartONG and the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems. He described the case of Uganda, where GIS provided by CartONG is already being used. He...
Veit Vogel, NRC/Camp Management Project, gave an overview of the camp management project and the status of the new edition. Veit Vogel described how the revised Camp Management Toolkit sets...
The speaker outlined the project plan to further develop this field toolkit, which offers guidance to those working in humanitarian relief who are concerned with camp planning. Participants were...
Sphere is a process which recognises the systemic approach, meaning what someone does in one section affects all the others realted to the first, emphasizing the...
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The speakers offered a brief overview of the Cluster approach and predicted that it would be the main coordination mechanism for the next five to ten years. Graham...