Summary of breakout groups on urban response at the humanitarian shelter and reconstruction forum

This summary is of breakout group discussions on urban response, from the perspective of shelter and reconstruction, which took place on the 13th November 2009 during the humanitarian shelter and reconstruction sector forum the ‘Shelter Meeting’. The host for this Meeting was UNHCR and the theme was urban response.
This summary has been prepared following a request from UNHCR and seeks to contribute to other ongoing initiatives relating to urban response, including: the High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges; the IASC ‘Meeting Humanitarian Challenges in Urban Areas’ Taskforce; and the NRC ‘Urban Assistance Project’, funded by Shelter Centre.