Celebrating 20 Years of Shelter Coordination – A Special Podcast Series

Welcome to our 20 year anniversary podcast series, created to honor the people, partnerships, and innovations that have shaped two decades of shelter coordination.

Hosted by members of the Global Shelter Cluster, each episode features voices from key influencers across different eras—sharing pivotal moments, personal stories, and lessons learned. Together, we explore how coordination practices evolved and what they could mean for the future of humanitarian response.

This series is more than a look back—it’s a conversation about what’s next. How can past insights guide the next chapter of collaboration and impact?

So grab a coffee and join us on this journey through 20 years of progress, challenges, and breakthroughs.

Tune in, celebrate with us, and meet the people who made a real difference.

🎧 Episode 1: 2004 The Birth of the cluster system; 

Guests; Margareta Wahlstrom, Marc Cutts, Jamie McGoldrick 

Hosted by; Pablo Medina and Seki Hirano

🎧 Episode 2: 2005-2009 Early days of the shelter cluster 

Guests; TBC

Hosted by; Neil Bauman

🎧 Episode 3: 2010-2018 

Guests; Denis Heidebroek, Sajjad Malik, Victoria Stoddart, Miguel Urquia

Hosted by; Joseph Ashmore

🎧 Episode 4: 2019 - 2024 

Guests; Carolina Corodero -Scales, Ela Serdaroglu, Martha Kow-Donkor, Phil Duloy 

Hosted by; Pablo Medina and Seki Hirano

🎧 Episode 5: 2005-2025 - Key Moments / Moments clés  (French Edition) 

Guests; Charlemagne Kpakpo, Xavier Génot, Olivier Moles, Sendralahatra Rakotondradalo, Siba Koivogui , Ephrem Ilboudo, Antoine Barbier, Caroline Dewast

Hosted by; Alexandre Koclejda and Pascal Panosetti