Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme -2018 Version

1. Humanitarian Logistics Certification programme
Delivered by:
Humanitarian Logistics
Certification Programme
(HLCP)
Fritz Institute / CILT (UK)

2. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
Humanitarian Logistics
Certification Programme
Reviewed,
Renewed,
Revitalised!

3. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
Creation and Development
Fritz Institute led and managed the creation of this programme, bringing
together a team of logisticians from many of the major humanitarian
organisations and NGOs. Building of these courses was funded by USAID,
ECHO, and DFID.
The team of senior logisticians came together and defined what a
humanitarian logistician looks like. What the fundamental skills required of
them are. Pulling this together, they built a ‘competence’ model, on which the
course was built. The logisticians donated their time and their organisations
supported their involvement, providing access to their internal procedures and
vocabulary.
The result was something no one thought possible – a suite of programmes
that are true INTER-AGENCY standard. Since the launch of this course, much of
the inter-agency logistics materials have been based on its core concepts and
terms, such as the Logistics Operations Guide.

4. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
Defined, developed and supported by a team of logisticians from:
Creation and Development

5. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
The objective of the Humanitarian Logistics Certification programme is to
increase the professionalism and competence of humanitarian logisticians.
Objective:

6. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
The objective of the Humanitarian Logistics Certification programme is to
increase the professionalism and competence of humanitarian logisticians.
Objective:
Specifically: • More efficient delivery of aid
• Increase recognition &
status of logistics
• Build capacity
• Better collaboration –
common processes, language

7. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
The programme is made up of three separate
courses:
CHL
1599
DEPTH
SPECIALIZATION
CHSCM
MedLog
186
209
Our most popular course, the
Certification in Humanitarian
Logistics (CHL) was introduced
in 2006.
Since it’s inception, 1,599
students have enrolled - 1,316
on the English version, and 283
on the French version.
In 2008, the Certification in
Humanitarian Supply Chain
Management (CHSCM) was
launched. It goes deeper into
managing the overall supply
chain. 186 students have
enrolled on CHSCM since its
launch.
In 2009, the programme was
expanded to include the
Certification in Humanitarian
Medical Logistics Practices
(MedLog) a course that deals
with the specific supply chain
challenges of supporting
medical and health
programmes. 209 students
have enrolled on MedLog.

8. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
Organisational Impact
These courses have had demonstrable impact on the sector.
• Cost savings on training – as organisations do not need to develop their
own training on fundamentals
• Cost savings and improvements in Operations – staff understand best
practices in supply chain, catch potential problems, and identify
opportunities for improvement
• Effectiveness in current roles – staff are more efficient and effective in
delivering their current assignments
• Increased capacity – and they can take on more, in other supply chain
related tasks
• Interaction with other units and organisations – staff are better positioned
to explain supply chain constraints and advocate for logistics’ needs

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So what’s new?
Why are we saying that the
programme has been
‘reviewed, renewed, and
revitalised’?
Well, since 2015, we’ve been
working on updating the
courses to support Cash
Transfer programming (CTP).

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Delivering humanitarian aid…

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Here is an extremely simplified delivery process for traditional, in-kind programmes.
We procure, transport or ship, store it in warehouses, until it is time to distribute.

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Now with cash, the delivery process may be very different – for example, first contracting a
financial service provider, planning and managing an encashment process, and, in the end, the
beneficiary receives a debit card with which they can purchase the items they needs directly
from shops.

13. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
But before a delivery process can be initiated, now a decision needs to be made as to which
approach is going to be used. This choice will hugely affect the resource requirements for
the operation.

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And to make that decision, assessments, analyses, and weighing of options needs to occur.

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All of these icons that are now blue are new skills and expertise required of supply chain
and logistics staff. Staff that have traditionally been involved in very action-oriented tasks
are now required to assess, analyze, critically compare options, and provide inputs to
support decision making.

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For CHL, we focused largely on explaining supply chain’s role and contribution as well as
how to coordinate with other functions to achieve effective delivery. CHSCM now
emphasises planning and estimating quantifying and comparing the requirements between
different approaches.

17. Humanitarian Logistics Certification Programme
Core CTP Skills for
Supply Chain, Finance & ICT Staff
Just as the original content for this programme was developed by representatives of
UN, NGOs, and Red Cross together, so was the content for this update.
In fact, updating the HLCP for cash led to Fritz Institute partnering with the Cash
Learning Partnership (CaLP) to develop their new core training course for Operations
staff: ‘Core CTP Skills for Supply Chain, Finance, and ICT Staff’.
The updated content in CHL and CHSCM therefore directly aligns with the content in
the CaLP training targeting Supply Chain staff.

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Core CTP Skills for
Supply Chain, Finance & ICT Staff

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More information…
For more information about the programmes, please
contact us:
Web: http://www.logisticslearningalliance.com/humanitarian-
courses
Email: HLCRegistrations@logisticslearningalliance.com
Skype: Admin_LLA
Tel: +44 (0) 1530 832264