United Nations Joint Logistics Centre

Functions

• Collecting, analyzing and disseminating logistics information relevant to the ongoing humanitarian operation,
• Scheduling the movement of humanitarian cargo and relief workers within the crisis area, using commonly available transport assets,
• Managing the import, receipt, dispatch and tracking of non-assigned food and non-food relief commodities;
• Upon specific request, make detailed assessments of roads, bridges, airports, ports and other logistics infrastructure and recommend actions for repair and reconstruction

• Serve as an information platform for supporting humanitarian logistics operations;
• Upon specific request, coordinate the use of available warehouse capacity;
• Coordinate the influx of strategic humanitarian airlift into the crisis area;
• Serve as an information platform for recommending the most efficient modes of transportation;
• Identify logistical bottlenecks and propose satisfactory solutions or alternatives;
• Serve as the focal point for co-ordinating facilitation measures with local authorities for importing, transporting and distributing relief commodities into the country;
• Provide reliable information regarding the logistics capacity in meeting the prioritisation of targets;
• Be the focal point to coordinate humanitarian logistics operations with the Local Emergency Management Authorities or, in a Peacekeeping or Complex Environment, with the Department of Peace Keeping Operations or the relevant military entities.