2023 Annual Preparedness Workshop

Together with the ESUPS - Emergency Supply Prepositioning Strategy team, the Logistics Cluster facilitated the 2023 Annual Preparedness Workshop at the Welthungerhilfe (WHH) Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, on 7-9 November 2023.

The 3-day event brought together over 40 humanitarian supply chain and logistics (HSC&L) professionals and practitioners from Governments, United Nations Organisations, International and National NGOs, Academia, and the Private Sector to review key milestones in 2023 following the Preparedness Roadmap identified in January 2023 (2022 Annual Global Preparedness Workshop), exchange views and experiences in HSC&L Preparedness engagements and look beyond into the 2024 outlook for attainable solutions together.

🎯 Key Takeaways & Targeted Actions from the Preparedness Community:

• Shift mindset to a longer-term planning approach for effective results and sustainable outcomes.
• Strengthen links across various preparedness engagements and initiatives, including the Field-Based Preparedness Project, Stock-Prepositioning, Customs & Importation, Environmental Logistics, Anticipatory Humanitarian Action, Supply Chain Strategic Engagements, etc.
• Enhance partnership and collaboration by involving all partners and networks – from local to global levels.
• Take stock of best practices and lessons learned in collaboration with think tanks/academia to generate knowledge evidence and develop Preparedness Impact Measurement.