International Humanitarian Infrastructure Platform

2023 IHIP annual general assembly
2023-09-04 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | IHIP office Geneva, Switzerland, chemin de balexert 9, Chatelaine, Geneva, 1219, Switzerland
The 2023 annual general assembly of the IHIP members will take place at the IHIP office in Geneva.

IHIP at NEC Annual conference 2023
2023-07-13 08:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | One Great George Street, London, One Great George Street,, London, United Kingdom
As a follow up to the MoU signed between NEC (the new enginering contract) and IHIP, we are pleased to be invited to the coming NEC annual conference 2023.
Celebrating 30 years of NEC
This year’s high-profile international event will be a celebration of 30 years of NEC, featuring presentations showcasing key case studies, whilst also looking ahead to the future. It will be held at the historic One Great George Street. Users also have the option to attend virtually.
There will be many opportunities during and after the event to network with leading NEC clients, project managers, contractors, consultants and suppliers from around the world. If you use – or are considering using – NEC, you cannot afford to miss this unique event.

FREE ONLINE WEBINAR: 40 improvements in the new HUMANITARIAN conditions of contract for construction
2023-06-27 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE
Join this upcoming webinar to learn all about the items included by the IHIP Contract Committee in this new document addressing HUMANITARIAN needs in terms of contracting for construction and how its 40 improvements can de-risk your HUMANITARIAN construction projects.
The 40 improvements :
BETTER CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ( 19 improvements)
IMPROVED RISK ALLOCATION (11 improvements)
IMPROVED PROCUREMENT (10 Improvements)
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Contributors/Speakers:
Marc-André Bünzli, Head WASH of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid
Ela Serdaroglu, Head of the Global SHELTER Cluster Coordination Team
Ross Tomlison, Senior WASH Coordinator at Global WASH Cluster
Pavlos Tamvakis, Head of Project Management at Water and Habitat Unit at International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC
Kitty (Villani) Cohen, International Consultant,previous Vice-Chair FIDIC IFI Committee, IHIP Contract Committee
Laurence Hamai, Public Health Engineer – Oxfam Global, IHIP Contract Committee
François Baillon, IHIP managing director
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How can we better support in-country engineering resources with international private sector expertise?
2023-06-23 15:15 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE
Panellists:
ONSITE
François Baillon, IHIP managing director
REMOTE
Katie Bitten, RedR UK Programmes Manager
Key Output
Engagement and contact list for a working group to take discussion forward.
Key Questions
How do we utilise remote private sector expertise to meaningfully empower in-country engineers and technical specialists?
How do we put the in-country engineers, specialists and their expertise front and centre of these initiatives, and encourage a more sustainable approach?
How can we ensure the long-term involvement and engagement of in-country engineers and specialists in initiatives while promoting sustainability?
How could current initiatives by private sector better join up and collaborate, ensuring a unified and locally-led approach?
How can we scale up this conversation so that we are better prepared for the next emergency?

IHIP at the Global Wash Cluster 2022 annual Satellite Events
2022-10-12 16:00 - 16:50 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE
Join the following online session with panelist from DG ECHO / SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONALE / IHIP
Improving the quality of the humanitarian response: how the WASH and private sector actors are contributing
Presenters:
DG ECHO: Nikos PAPAMANOLIS/ Denis HEIDEBROEK SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONALE: Baptiste LECUYOT
IHIP: François Baillon
FAEO ( Federation of African Engineering Organisations): Ovens F Ehimatie
Session description:
Quality in delivered WASH infrastructure within the humanitarian response has been a concern for the sector from multiple angles. Within the 2020 -2025 WASH Sector Road Map, Initiative 1.4 on WASH Quality Assurance and Accountability System (QAAS) the GWC and the implementing partners are developing an integrated system, with the aim to promote and apply quality monitoring process into National Cluster Partners and National Humanitarian WASH Coordination Platforms. The recently 2022 harmonized construction contracts for humanitarian works is opening the possibility for better quality assurance at the project level, through legal and binding mechanism, building on legal mechanism at the project level to feed and consolidate best practices into lessons learned. In line with the donor’s perspective, the panelists will detail to the audience how we could achieve a workable quality framework for the sector and how existing good practices from the Shelter sector as regards the quality of the services provided can fit into the WASH humanitarian sector.

The session will cover the following topic:

Monitoring the quality of the WASH humanitarian activities from a donor’s perspective:
Presenting the main conclusions of DG ECHO’s internal appraisal exercise as regards the quality of the emergency WASH actions.
Voices from the field: experiences, feedback, and the main challenges that the DG ECHO’s WASH experts are facing in monitoring and assessing WASH projects.

Contractual mechanism for better quality assurance and quality control by IHIP

Clauses of interest within Construction Contract for Humanitarian Works
Auditing mechanism within construction contract
Role of the National Quality Bureau
Which role for the private sector? Feedback from Burkina Faso and Mali (Twigs)

The AQA initiative: a comprehensive framework for quality monitoring in humanitarian settings? by Solidarités Internartonale

How can perspectives around infrastructure quality, contractual mechanisms and private sector vision be integrated into the AQA mechanism? Which contribution from local project to a country level vision

What we are missing to have a multi sectorial workable quality framework (discussion)

What harmonized quality assurance system?
Which quality level & indicators & certification to trigger a dialogue with nexus partners (and join trust funds mechanism)?
How the GWC could be equipped with standards when delivering infrastructure?
How to attract funding in a stable environment as well to support quality in a non-emergency context?

2022 IHIP anual general assembly
2022-09-08 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | IHIP office Geneva, Switzerland, chemin de balexert 9, Chatelaine, Geneva, 1219, Switzerland
The 2022 annual general assembly of the IHIP members will take place at the IHIP office in Geneva.

FREE IHIP WEBINAR: 26 improvements in the new SHELTER condition of contract for construction
2022-02-03 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE
Join this upcoming webinar to learn all about the items included by the IHIP SHELTER Contract Committee in this new document addressing SHELTER needs in terms of contracting for construction and how its 26 improvements can de-risk your SHELTER projects:
The 26 improvements :
BETTER CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ( 9 improvements)
IMPROVED RISK ALLOCATION (10 improvements)
IMPROVED PROCUREMENT (7 Improvements)
Panelists:
Head of the Global SHELTER Cluster Coordination Team (Introduction notes)
Elizabeth Palmer, Global Construction Lead at Save the Children International
Kitty (Villani) Cohen, International Consultant, Vice-Chair FIDIC IFI Committee, Member of DBRF, Member of AACE international
François Baillon, IHIP managing director
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Deadline to paticipate to the IHIP Call to action
2021-10-30 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE

IHIP Shelter Contract Committee Workshop
2021-09-10 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE

IHIP 2021 General Assembly of Members
2021-08-31 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | IHIP office Geneva, Switzerland, chemin de balexert 9, Chatelaine, Geneva, 1219, Switzerland
The annual general assembly of the IHIP members will take place at the IHIP office in Geneva.

The Humanitarian WASH Sector presenting its roadmap at the world water week
2021-08-26 | ONLINE
Hosted and organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) , World Water Week is the leading annual global event for concretely addressing the planet’s major water issues. In 2021, World Water Week 2021 will be held entirely online, 23-27 August, with the theme Building Resilience Faster.
On 26th of August 2021, the humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene actors will present the 2020-2025 roadmap. IHIP as a co leader with UN-HCR of the inititiative exploring how best to engage with the private sector will contribute to this 60 mn presentation.

IHIP Shelter Contract Committee Workshop 2.3
2021-07-22 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE
The IHIP Shelter contract committee will meet to validate the proposed drafting of harmonized particular conditions of contract for Shelter construction works.

What construction contracts to de-risk Settlement Construction Work and how it fits in the GSC roadmap?
2021-06-14 16:00 - 16:45 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE
IHIP will present its current work with the IHIP shelter contract committee. Join us to learn how we took on board the result of the Survey circulated to the sector between feb and April 2021 to include them in particular conditions of contract.

Global Shelter Cluster meeting 2021
2021-06-07 - 2021-06-17 | Geneve
We are happy to announce that the GSC meeting 2021 will take place online from the 7th to the 17th June 2021. The format will be similar to the 2020 meeting with 3-4 short sessions per day during the two weeks. There will also be a combination of plenary sessions and side sessions. IHIP will submit a side session, we will keep you posted.

Global WASH Cluster (GWC) Annual Meeting Satellite Events: What Construction contracts to de-risk WASH Projects by IHIP and partners
2021-04-29 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | ONLINE
Presenters: Monica Ramos (GWC) / Pavlos Tamvakis (ICRC) / Emmett Kearney (UN HCR)/ François Baillon (IHIP)
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This presentation will walk you through the current work being done by the WASH CONTRACT COMMITTEE of the International Humanitarian Infrastructure Platform (IHIP) around construction contracts and how it can de-risk your project. In coordination with the Water and Habitat department of the ICRC and the WASH Unit of the UN-HCR, we will show how this initiative also fits in the WASH sector roadmap to engage better with the private sector (Initiative 3.2).
About IHIP :
The IHIP initiative is mainly driven by operational challenges to improve how humanitarian actors engage with the private sector to deliver infrastructure projects. Its specific function is to build on existing private sector tools and adapt them to the humanitarian context and therefore allowing successful design and delivery of infrastructure. IHIP addresses this issue building on a common reference, the FIDIC construction contract, which is already widely known and accepted by both the private sector and the development and humanitarian actors.
The objective are:
1. To introduce Initiative 3.2 of the Wash sector
2. To introduce the IHIP initiative
3. To promote the use of the harmonized particular conditions of contract for construction for the WASH sector.
4. To engage with Global WASH Cluster members through pilot project(s) using the harmonized particular conditions of contract for construction developed by IHIP for the WASH sector
Content
• Welcoming remarks , Monica Ramos (5 mn)
• Short introduction about initiative 3.2, Emmett Kearney (5 minutes)
• Concrete examples of challenges, Pavlos Tamvakis (5-10 minutes)
• Presentation of the IHIP initiative, François Baillon (10mn)
• Presentation of the 18 improvement points addressed in the harmonized particular conditions of contract for construction for the WASH sector, François Baillon (10mn)
• Discussion on elements that would help the sector to engage with the IHIP harmonized contract (20 minutes)
• Propose online registration form for interested organizations

Global Wash Cluster Satellite Events
2021-04-26 - 2021-04-30 | Geneve
The 25th Global WASH Cluster Annual Meeting which will be an interactive event, held online from 19th to 30th of April 2021.
The first week will focus on the GWC Main Event. For this year’s meeting and given the new landscape of virtual events we will focus on key themes related to sectoral strategies, coordination and partnerships. This will be hosted via a series of short 2-hour online sessions.
The second week will be dedicated to GWC Satellite Events where partners, national Cluster Coordination platforms and technical working groups will have the opportunity to showcase innovations and key stories from the field.

IHIP @ UK Shelter Forum 27
2021-04-23 16:15 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | ONLINE
IHIP @ UK Shelter Forum 27 will be held online on the 22 and 23rd of April, from 13:00 to 17:30 BST, hosted by @careintuk.
IHIP will deliver its 10 mn presentation on the 23 April at 16h15 approximately UK time – so 17h15 Central Europe Time.
ZOOM LINK: You will all be sent the Zoom link via Eventbrite – so make sure you have registered. If you have not registered, do so now, here: https://uksf27.eventbrite.co.uk.
We will cover following topics:
1. Introduce the IHIP initiative
2. Overview the harmonized particular conditions of contract for construction for the wash and Shelter sector.
3. Engage with the shelter sector through pilot project(s) using the harmonized particular conditions of contract for construction developed by IHIP for the SHELTER sector
