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A FOREWORD FROM THE GLOBAL SHELTER CLUSTER COORDINATORS
Dear readers,
We are pleased to present the Annual Achievements Report of the Global Shelter Cluster. After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as new conflicts and disasters that prompted system-wide scale-ups in Ukraine and Somalia, 2022 proved to be yet another challenging year for the humanitarian sector. A total of 75 million people urgently require humanitarian shelter and settlement support, and the enormity of this need, combined with unmet funding requirements and a rapidly changing humanitarian environment, provided a challenging context for the Shelter Cluster teams and partners during 2022.
This Achievements Report not only showcases both progress and challenges of the past year, but also reviews specific activities of field Shelter Clusters and partners to provide coordination services and life-saving emergency shelter and settlements support. This Report is also the final report related to our 2018-2022 strategy, where we take stock of the last five years of Shelter Cluster operations around the world. Since the launch of the GSC strategy in 2018, funding levels have increased but not in proportion with the number of people affected by disaster and conflict, which has almost doubled, growing from 38 million people in 2019 to 75 million in 2022. Over this period, a key achievement of the Shelter Cluster was to increase the number of people reached, from 14 million in 2019 to 19 million in 2022, with an aggregated HRP value of $1.2bn in 2022. Still, even with increased funding and reach to people in need, a funding gap of 54%, remains, meaning millions of people did not receive shelter support when needed, with many remaining unassisted.
Although funding has not kept pace with increasing needs over the last 5 years, the quality and extent of cluster work has progressed. Key efforts over successive years around systems strengthening - to make sure we work better and smarter - have produced results across the GSC. An emphasis on evidence-based data, developing greener and more environmentally sensitive emergency shelter approaches, engaging affected communities through improved and targeted coordination of shelter and settlements efforts at the local level, mean that we now work in a different way, and get different results, than 5 years previously. The GSC is constantly improving our data collection methods, to help better reach those in need, influence decisions and tell compelling stories to our supporters and partners through improved advocacy and communications. As our new 5-year strategy is under development for launch later in 2023, we will continue our efforts to improve how we work, how we can reach those in need, and how we engage partners and donors in our vision of adequate shelter for all.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Shelter Cluster staff and partners around the world, often working in the most difficult contexts, for their dedication and commitment in such challenging times. As shelter needs continue to grow, the coming years will be challenging for the Global Shelter Cluster, our partners, and the broader humanitarian system to reach those most in need. With collective efforts we are better prepared than ever to meet this challenge.
Regards,
Ela Serdaroglu
GSC Coordinator IFRC
Brett Moore
GSC Coordinator UNHCR