Events

Local Procurement Learning Framework

To increase localised approaches and improve the efficiency of aid delivery, more awareness on the benefits of local procurement, and tools and resources are needed to shift aid bureaucracies to policies and processes which can help buy more items locally.

This session will discuss structural barriers to the local procurement and manufacture of aid items. It will also introduce questions related to how crisis affected people can better communicate their needs, and how this information can be used to adapt the local supply / manufacture of relief products.

The Local Procurement Learning Framework will be one of the first outputs produced by the Local Procurement Learning Partnership (LPLP), an Advocacy Group housed in HLA. It builds on momentum from recently completed research which highlights the need and potential of increased local procurement. Feedback and testing of the framework is needed to inform the development of recommendations to support humanitarian agencies to adopt policies which take a more holistic view of local procurement in support of localisation.

The work of the HLA / LPLP is also expected uncover other areas where research and tools are needed to support local procurement adoption.

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Are you interested in learning about how local and national organisations can improve their humanitarian operations? Would you like to know how different stakeholders can work together to establish common standards and processes? Please join us at HNPW or on line for a briefing session on the Fritz Institute Humanitarian Logistics Certification Program, which aims to establish common good practices and harmonise processes and terminology across the sector. We are pleased to have a panel of learners share their experiences and the benefits they've gained from the program. They will discuss how the program has helped them increase their proficiency in humanitarian supply chain management, and how it has supported their career pathway.

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HLA will be represented at the Humanitarian Networks & Partnerships Week (HNPW) in Geneva from 24 to 28 April. Localisation will be a hot topic! Join us for a hybrid session on 26 April to discuss the development of a Local #Procurement #Learning Framework. HLA's session will complement another on local procurement being convened by the HumLog Institute on the 25th.

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The 15th annual Health and Humanitarian Logistics conference (HHL) will be co-led by the Humanitarian Logistics Association (HLA). Since its inauguration in 2008, the conference has travelled to various countries around the world including the Unites States of America, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Denmark, the United Arab Emirates, Rwanda and Belgium.

The event serves as an opportunity for practitioners, aid organisations, government representatives, innovators, academics, and others to learn and engage on challenges and opportunities relevant to today’s health and humanitarian supply chains. It is an ideal platform for sponsors and innovators to show-case their brand to a wide audience and link to a valuable annual cycle of follow-on activities. The event will be driven by case studies and discussions with a mix of high level and practical engagement.