Logistics is at the core of every successful effort to reach vulnerable populations and disaster-affected communities. It thus offers immense opportunities for public-private partnerships to strengthen emergency preparedness, response and recovery.
This case study seeks to demonstrate why humanitarian agencies and businesses need to work together in the field of logistics. It discusses the challenges of collaboration but argues that the potential gains from this constitute one of the strongest arguments for explicit cross-sector coordination throughout the disaster management cycle, from emergency preparedness to crisis response and recovery.
It also aims to help different stakeholders identify their knowledge and skills gaps and work with professionals to address them—ultimately saving more lives and livelihoods.