Create a short video to promote good practices in Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements programming.
Step 1
Read Shelter Essentials
Step 2
Understand the recurring messages and their applications
Step 3
Pick a message and transform your learnings into a video
Awards
First Prize
$1000
A consulting session (60 mins) with a shelter practitioner from a leading humanitarian agency in the shelter sector
A collection of Global Shelter Cluster (GSC)’s major publications
Visibility in GSC’s social media accounts
Second Prize
$750
A consulting session (60 mins) with a shelter practitioner from a leading humanitarian agency in the shelter sector
A collection of Global Shelter Cluster (GSC)’s major publications
Visibility in GSC’s social media accounts
Third Prize
$500
A consulting session (60 mins) with a shelter practitioner from a leading humanitarian agency in the shelter sector
A collection of Global Shelter Cluster (GSC)’s major publications
Visibility in GSC’s social media accounts
Honorable Mentions
A consulting session (30 mins) with a shelter practitioner from a leading humanitarian agency in the shelter sector, for the best video of each of the messages
Visibility for the best video on each message on GSC’s social media accounts
Timeline
- Launch - 07 Nov 2022
- Closing date - 06 Feb 2023
- Jury decision - 13-17 Feb 2023
- Winners reveal - 20 – 28 Feb 2023
Goals
- To make the Shelter Essentials messages understandable for an audience with no technical knowledge
- To increase the knowledge of the Shelter Projects publication and the Shelter Essentials Publication among students and built environment professionals
- Develop short films (video messages) of measurable humanitarian impact that promote good programming
About
Started in 2008, Shelter Projects is a series of case study compilations that aims to share experiences of humanitarian shelter and settlements responses, paying close attention to the strengths, weaknesses, and potential lessons learned. The project is overseen by the Shelter Projects Working Group of the Global shelter Cluster. The participating agencies include IOM, IFRC, UNHCR, UN-Habitat, Australian Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, InterAction, USAID-OFDA, Impact, CARE International UK, DRC, NRC and Oxford Brookes University.
Currently in its 9th edition, Shelter Projects has a repository of over 300 case studies from 80 different countries used by a diverse audience working in humanitarian shelter and settlements. The primary uses are:
As a reference or set of examples to inform shelter programming or strategy development
- For advocacy purposes to showcase the work done by the sector
- For workshops and training purposes
- For research, used by both academics and students
- The insights drawn from the collected case studies are synthesized into messages in the Shelter Projects Essentials publication, which illustrates examples of how these messages (a – l) have been applied in a variety of crises and contexts.
What to submit?
- A short video, in between 60 to 90 seconds, with one of the Shelter Essential messages as the main subject
- A short video concept essay of 300 words
- You are allowed to submit only one video per message. You can choose multiple messages
Who can participate?
- Open to all above 18 years, the video competition mainly targets students of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in fields related to social/ humanitarian-built-environment
- Videos can be developed individually or in teams of a maximum of three
How to submit?
- Fill in the form and upload the video here
- If you would like to submit videos for more messages, repeat the above process for each video
- Make sure to read the Terms and Conditions before ticking the “Agree to Terms and Conditions” in the Application form
How will we use them?
- The copyright for the videos will remain with the producer
- The Global Shelter Cluster and partners will have the right to use the videos royalty free for humanitarian purposes with due credit on their respective social media channels
Judging criteria
- The top three winners will be selected based on
- creativity to convert the message into a video,
- relevance of the content to the selected message,
- structure of the video, visual design, and
- overall experience
Jury
- Dr. Angela M. Díaz-Márquez, architect, international cooperation specialist, trainer of trainers of Sphere Project (Humanitarian Charter and MinimumnStandards in Disaster Response) and urbanism researcher (PHD at UPM, Madrid).
- Bradford C. Grant, Professor of Architecture and Interim Chair of the Department of Architecture of the College of Engineering and Architecture at Howard University.
- Brendan Cahill, Executive Director of Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA).
- Etta Madete, co-founder and executive director for Zima homes, the pioneer sustainable affordable housing development in Kenya.
- Jo da Silva, Global Director, Sustainable Development at Arup.
- Lucia Zoro, Global Specialist Content Producer at Save the Children International.
- Mauro Cossu, Urban Planner and Researcher, PhD Candidate at Université de Montréal.
- Muse Mohammed, main photographer and a leading multimedia storyteller at the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
- Sandra D’Urzo, Senior Shelter, Settlements and Urban risk management Officer at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Download the information related to this competition here.
