Shelter cluster indicator guidelines: Version 2 – Draft

These Shelter Cluster Indicator Guidelines are produced by the Global Shelter Cluster’s Accountability Working Group as part of an overall objective to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the cluster’s activities. By facilitating the collection, management and dissemination of key data through better use of indicators, the guidelines support the shelter cluster in mapping sector-level priorities and tracking the cluster’s progress against them. As such, the guidelines are a key component of the Global Shelter Cluster’s Toolkit on Information Management.

The Shelter Cluster Indicator Guidelines form a list of indicators for use by shelter cluster members following the phases of the Humanitarian Program Cycle (HPC). Specifically, they aim at facilitating the selection and use of key indicators by shelter cluster coordinators and members in line with the needs and objectives of each country-level deployment.

The indicators are divided into separate sections along the HPC and are based on a dynamic framework that allows for flexibility according to each emergency context. The guidelines build upon existing work by shelter cluster members, and are intended for use as a reference document. They offer an explanation of the way in which the indicators can and should be operationalized based on wide consultation with global and country level clusters.