We are recognised by stakeholders for our expertise on emergency and transitional shelter, longer-term housing solutions and settlement-wide interventions such as community infrastructure and school construction. NRC provides dignified, durable and sustainable solutions that create lasting change beyond our first-line response, with wider impacts in terms of health, safety, inclusion and self-reliance.
By the end of 2025, our work will be developed through participatory approaches. Shelter is a process rather than just a product. We already demonstrate technical and engineering proficiency; however, successful and sustainable shelter relies on software activities to fully realise positive impact. Through a more holistic design of our projects, we will deepen our expertise in providing safe and inclusive assistance suitable to the length of displacement.
We will be a key player in environmental issues and access to clean energy in Shelter and Settlements and will enable the wider sector through our expertise and tools. We will focus on defining our settlements-based approach as an opportunity for meaningful sectoral integration supporting pathways to self-reliance, and we will be able to document positive change.
To get to this point, the global Shelter and Settlements development strategy will focus on the following priorities:
- Use, support and change local markets to meet people's S&S needs.
- Scale up NRC’s clean energy portfolio.
- Ensure dignified shelter suitable for the length of displacement.
- Explore the settlements-based approach as a basis for wider programming in NRC.
- Improve adherence to Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP).
- Adapt to the changing climate and reduce environmental impact.
- Enhance our work on housing, land and property (HLP) rights.
- Engage in advocacy to change policy and practice.
- Scale up and multiply impact through digital technology.
- Improve collaboration and exchange of expertise with local actors.
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