About us
The Humanitarian Logistics Association
Policy change
We work with donors, aid organizations, private and public sectors to help them improve their supply chain management policies to enable improved aid delivery.
Market Transparency
We support shared marketplaces which are recognised and used by all sectors involved in aid delivery, enabling resource efficiencies and better supported local businesses.
Empowered Logisticians
We facilitate evidence and knowledge generated via projects, research and case studies to be shared to improve awareness and provoke mind-set changes, enabling individual skills and organisational supply chain design improvements.
Policy change
We work with donors, aid organizations, private and public sectors to help them improve their supply chain management policies to enable improved aid delivery.
Market Transparency
We support shared marketplaces which are recognised and used by all sectors involved in aid delivery, enabling resource efficiencies and better supported local businesses.
Empowered Logisticians
We facilitate evidence and knowledge generated via projects, research and case studies to be shared to improve awareness and provoke mind-set changes, enabling individual skills and organisational supply chain design improvements.
The HLA is focused on achieving three key outcomes:
Policy change
Market Transparency
Empowered Logisticians
How we are governed
HLA is governed by a board of Trustees who represent aid logistics, private and academic sectors. The board of trustees is responsible for setting the HLA’s overall strategy and objectives, its budget and its governance, supported by the HLA Advisory Group.
The day-to-day running of the association is delegated by the Board to the HLA operations team who are helped by a number of volunteers across various disciplines including finance, project management, IT and marketing.
Member benefits and packages
Becoming a member of HLA will give you access to a wealth of information, knowledge and the ability to connect easily with others in the sector. Organisational membership for NGOs, Academic Institutions, Emergency Management Authorities , Suppliers and Manufacturers gives all your individual team members access to the benefits of joining HLA meaning you only need one subscription.
All members enjoy access to our interactive member-only platform which is the home of member-to-member communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing. It’s the place to hear first about HLA events and other activities and you can use the platform to contact us directly if you need help identifying other members who have expertise in a particular area.
Upload your tenders for the procurement of goods, services, and consultancy advice. Advertise vacancies and promote your events and training courses.
Promote your business via the supplier register and HLA events throughout the year (membership tier dependent), gain access to the tender portal and respond to relevant opportunities, advertise vacancies and promote your own events to members.
Access and contribute to the ‘emergency roster’ and ‘emergency register’ which matches requirements for products, services and human resources to available supply which will streamline responses in times of crisis.
Seek input and contributions to research reports or other projects relevant to the aid logistics sector, promote your findings among HLA members.