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LOGISTICS SUPPORT SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
WHO/PAHO/WFP/OCHA
Geneva, 25 to 27 July
2001
PROGRAM
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Presentations
Location: WHO/HQ, Salle A, 1st floor,
main building.
| Wednesday 25 July |
| 08:45 |
Opening: Mr Denis Aitken,
Senior Policy Advisor WHO/DG Office. |
| 09:00 |
The needs for Logistics Support Systems:
Dr. Xavier Leus, Director, EHA/WHO. |
| 09:10 |
Challenges and points of view of users (10 min presentations):
The food
aid sector, WFP
The health sector, WHO/PAHO
The international perspective, OCHA
Humanitarian organizations, NGOs (MSF-B)
The national coordinating authorities,
two user/experts
Others UN Agencies: UNHCR , UNICEF |
| 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 |
Review of existing systems: (20 minutes each)
Presentation of survey results from the Logistics Support Systems, project
carried out by WFP. Mr. Martin Bettelley.
COMPAS, a commodity tracking system used by WFP. Mr Tonino Di
Nucci.
SUMA, a coordination and transparency tool,
FUNDESUMA. Dr. Edgardo ACOSTA,
FUNDESUMA Executive Director.
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| 12:30 |
Lunch break |
| 14:00 |
Review of existing systems continuation….
Findings from the external SUMA evaluation in El Salvador, Mr. Nestor Nicolas
and Mr Richard Olson..
Questions/Answer (Review of existing systems)
|
| 15:00 |
Introduction to the working groups, OCHA. |
| 15:10 |
Working groups:
a) Commodity tracking systems in emergency response, moderator WFP.
- Discussion: Classification of commodities, data compatibility, potential
drawbacks and possible improvements.
b) Coordination and transparency of
systems, moderator FUNDESUMA
- Discussion: functions and modules (from pledge
to distribution), data compatibility, classification of commodities, potential
drawbacks and possible improvements.
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| 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30 |
Working groups continuation… |
| 17:15 |
End of working groups |
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| Thursday 26 July |
| 09:00 |
Working groups continuation… (report redaction ) |
| 10:00 |
Report of
working groups to plenary and discussion. |
| 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:30 |
Report of
working groups to plenary and discussion (continuation…) |
| 12:30 |
Lunch break |
| 14:00 |
Special open-section: Private sector presentations:
Mr Brent H.
Woodworth, IBM Crisis Response Team
Mr. Christopher Jones, Microsoft Corporation |
| 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30 |
Use of new technology and available platforms (20 minutes each)
- Mr.
Remigio Silva, Defence Logistics Agency (DLA)
- Mr Tonino Di Nucci, WFP,
- Ing
Jeronimo Venegas and Victor Martinez, FUNDESUMA
|
| 17:30 |
End of session |
| 17:30 |
Cocktail (private restaurant local) |
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| Friday 27 July |
| 09:00 |
Plenary discussion: "Where do we go from here?" Inter-operatibility
a) A common commodity tracking system
b) Redesign existing systems |
| 11:00 |
Coffee
break |
| 11:30 |
Wrap up and conclusions. |
| 12:30 |
End of workshop |
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