Advance Aid

admin April 23rd, 2007

Advance Aid attended the prestigious Fritz Institute annual Humanitarian Logistics Conference (HLC) in Geneva from April 23-27, with representatives from 35 other humanitarian organisations (pictured*).

The theme of the Conference was ‘Linking Logistics to Global Initiatives Through Capacity Building’. The HLC has become a venue for logisticians from humanitarian organisations around the world to discuss both the challenges facing their profession and the ways to address these challenges collaboratively. This year marked the fifth anniversary of Fritz Institute and the fifth HLC Conference. Discussions from the event will help Fritz Institute develop a roadmap for the next five years to facilitate more rapid and effective disaster response and recovery worldwide.

* Front Row (left to right):
Jeri Driskill, Fritz Institute; Desiree Bliss, Fritz Institute; Ramiro Lopes Da Silva, WFP; Birgitte Olsen, IFRC; Saban Buttanri, OSCE Vienna; Laura Rock Kopczak, MIT Zaragoza; Charlie Mason, Save the Children UK; Abdi Egeh, UNHCR; Caroline Loftus, Save the Children US; Mich Mizushima, Fritz Institute; Arnt Breivik, UNJLC; Jose Rovira Vilaplana, WHO; Fenneke Pak, IOM; Rob McConnell, Fleet Forum; Anisya Thomas, Fritz Institute; Vladimir Gvilava, IOM; Laszlo Viranyi, Mercy Corps; Nilesh Malpekar, Blue Star Iris Logic

Row 2 (left to right):
Joyce Albert, Fleet Forum; Isabelle de Muyser-Boucher, OCHA; Carsten Voelz, CARE International; Mike Pillinger, IOM; Paul Molinaro, UNICEF; Elaine Shapowal, Medair; Jacqui Gavin, DFID; Bernard Chomilier, WFP; Martijn Blansjaar, Oxfam GB; Martin Bush, IFRC

Row 3 (middle group):
Pablo Ibanez, ECHO; Steve Nsubuga, WFP; Sylvia Ermini, ECHO; Christophe Hambye, ICRC; Loic Cohen, CARE International; Pauli Immonen, Medair; Mike Goodhand, British Red Cross; Kaboor Ghenna, Fritz Institute; Marin Tomas, IMC; Dave Coddington, Catholic Relief Services; Mario-Lito Malanca, IOM; Rebecca Vince, Oxfam Australia; Tim Grimble, Merlin; Simon Lucas, Advance Aid; David Dickie, Advance Aid; Agnes Kalungu Banda, Talent Africa; George Fenton, World Vision International; Emma Maspero, CSIR South Africa; Anna Spindler, UNICEF; Andrea Friedman, Save the Children US; Sylvie Betemps Cochin, International Trade Centre; Didier Segui, MSF-Geneva; Laura Tiberi, FAO; Jean Ayoub, Fritz Institute

Back Row (left to right):
Eric Branckaert, UNJLC; Karim Bah, FAO; George Wachiuri, World Vision Somalia; Todd Horne, USAID; John Jung, World Vision; Martin Dalton, Concern

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