Objective

To effectively respond to the needs of the emergencies at global level through increasing the number of qualified professionals available for rapid deployment. 

Needs

The need for qualified professional staff ready for deployment to emergencies is now felt more than ever and in the 3 recent conflict-generated IDP situations (emergencies in East Timor, Somalia and Lebanon) and two natural disaster situations (Indonesia/Yogyakarta and Pakistan) this need was strongly apparent. 

Activities 1

- Development of training modules ;
- Providing 5 training workshops for the cluster leads, technical experts, field training, training of the trainers and standby capacity; and
- Creation and development of a website;

Activities 2

- Development of a logistics management system support tool;
- Providing 3 training workshops in supply management; and
- Training of warehouse staff, 2 training exercises.

Outcomes

Trained qualified professional staffs are ready to be deployed in case of emergencies worldwide.