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Replay 2021 online session: how IHIP construction contracts fits in the Global Shelter Cluster roadmap

The interactive report of the GSC 2021 Annual Event, which was held between May and October 2021, has been published on 31st January 2022.

This report includes the overviews of the opening, the thematic sessions, the working group and GSC’s communities of practice, the country-level presentations, and the data on participation and satisfaction and more. The recordings of the sessions are available as well. 

Enjoy browsing through the different sections in the interactive story map by clicking below:

GSC Online Annual Meeting 2021 Interactive Report

Move to “Open Sessions Overview” and select Session 3

3rd FEB 22 IHIP WEBINAR: 26 improvements in the new SHELTER condition of contract for construction

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

Discover the 1st edition of Conditions Of Particular Application to FIDIC SHORT FORM of Contract for the SHELTER construction works.

REGISTER HERE

Last November 2021, after surveying, collecting and consolidating feedback from the SHELTER sector and Global Shelter Cluster members, IHIP published the first condition of particular application of contract for SHELTER construction works.

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)

DOWNLOAD CONDITIONS OF PARTICULAR APPLICATION

Below is the list of updates addressed in those conditions of Particular Application (COPA):

Release of the IHIP Harmonized Conditions Of Particular Application to FIDIC SHORT FORM of Contract for Shelter Construction Works

Discover the 1st edition of the Harmonized Conditions Of Particular Application to FIDIC SHORT FORM of Contract for Shelter Construction Works. This is the result of the work done by IHIP Shelter contract committe consolidating the results of the surveys circulated to the Global Shelter Cluster members and to the Shelter Sector in December 2020 and March 2021.

26 improvements have been identified by the committee to derisk SHELTER projects during the humanitarain response:


BETTER CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ( 9 Improvements)
IMPROVED RISK ALLOCATION (10 Improvements)
IMPROVED PROCUREMENT (7 Improvements)

MORE DETAILS AND DOWNLOAD HERE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The International Humanitarian Infrastructure Platform (IHIP) extends special thanks to the following members of its Shelter Contract Committee:

 Ammar Al-Mahdawi , Senior Technical Shelter Officer – UNHCR
 François Baillon, Managing Director – IHIP
 Kitty Villani-Cohen, International Consultant ARCBLUE ASIA – Vice Chair FIDIC IFI Committee & Member of DRBF
 Richard Dewhurst, Doctoral Researcher – Loughborough University
 Philipp Huebner, Construction Project Manager – ICRC Water & Habitat
 Wamidh Shammas , Contracts Specialist – UNICEF
 Liz Palmer, Global Construction Lead – Save the Children International
 Alexander Van Leersum , Process manager – BuildtoImpact

IHIP would like to thanks Save the Children International for sharing their construction contract templates with IHIP Shelter Contract Committee. IHIP would like to thank the Global Shelter Cluster coordination team, its members as well as the entire contributors to the surveys which played a major role to identify issues addressed in this document. This document has been established by IHIP with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and inputs from the International Committee of the Red Cross.