The Logistics Cluster is a community of partners. Its purpose is to support global, regional, and local actors to alleviate logistics constraints impeding the delivery of humanitarian assistance to people in need around the world. 

All partnerships under the Logistics Cluster are created with the goal to support the wider humanitarian community. Through the Logistics Cluster, a single entry point is provided so that all Logistics Cluster partners - UN agencies, NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent, and others can access private-sector support through a single, streamlined process, maximizing reach and efficiency.  

This approach reduces duplication, increases efficiency, and accelerates collective impact across its 1145 partners. 

  • Before crises, we strengthen humanitarian response capacity, especially in high-risk countries and regions.
  • In crises, where local capacities have been exceeded, we provide leadership, coordination, information management, and operational services.
  • After crises, we evaluate the response, identify areas for improvement, share good practices and solutions, and invest in learning and preparedness for future emergencies.

There is no formal membership to participate in global or local Logistics Cluster activities; all organisations responding to humanitarian crises can contribute. The Logistics Cluster acts as a platform of exchange through which partners may share and address issues of common interest which have an impact on the community’s capacity to deliver assistance. Governance of the implementation of the Logistics Cluster strategy is overseen by partner organisations through the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) and through global meetings.

Private Sector Partnerships

World Food Programme

The United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot

The Logistics Cluster works closely with the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) to strengthen emergency preparedness and response. This collaboration ensures that humanitarian partners can access critical logistics services and expertise when and where they are most needed. Key areas of joint work include:

Training and capacity-building: supported by UNHRD, the Logistics Cluster is involved in the delivery of specialized trainings such as Temperature Sensitive Logistics (TSL) courses, which build cold chain capacity for storing and transporting life-saving items in hard-to-reach areas.

Preparedness and simulation exercises: UNHRD supports large-scale simulation exercises like the Logistics Response Training (LRT), enabling responders to test and enhance their operational readiness for complex emergencies.

Regional collaboration leverage UNHRD’s global network of depots to provide practical skills and resources for humanitarian actors.
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WFP Supply Chain

The World Food Programme (WFP) serves as the lead agency for the Logistics Cluster and provides critical operational support through its global supply chain network. From an Information Management (IM) perspective, the interaction between the Cluster and WFP Supply Chain focuses on ensuring timely, accurate, and transparent data flow to facilitate decision-making and coordination.

Pipeline and Cargo Tracking: WFP Supply Chain shares updates on incoming and outgoing cargo, pipeline status, and delivery timelines. The Cluster consolidates this information to produce situation updates and dashboards for partners.

Common Services Reporting: When WFP provides common logistics services (e.g., storage, transport), Logistics Cluster teams at field level collect and process service requests.

Operational Constraints: WFP communicates access constraints, transport capacity, and storage availability. IM ensures these updates are reflected in maps, snapshots, and operational guidance for partners.
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