Subject 'Humanitarian Logistics'

Year:   2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    

Catastrophe types. Catastrophe scenarios. Event escalation in catastrophe area. Catastrophe life cycle. Humanitarian aid and principles of giving it. International humanitarian partnership. Humanitarian project. International humanitarian aid organizations. Rescue team and team tasks in catastrophe area. Search and rescue team. Expert’s tasks in catastrophe area. Logistics team. Formation of the logistics team. Dividing tasks between the members of logistics team. Managing the humanitarian aid. Aid organizations activities and starting the cooperation. Logistics core team and its tasks.

Cooperation with core team members. Logistician’s cooperation with rescue teams. Arrangement and training for humanitarian mission. Data capture in the catastrophe area. Identification of humanitarian aid material requirement. Preparing the lists of necessary foodstuff, fast moving consumer goods and medicaments. Identification of local logistics and transportation resources.

Planning of international humanitarian aid supplies. Planning and designing of humanitarian aid supply chain. Cooperation with supply chain members. Planning of transportation corridors and activation of transportation chain. Air transport cargo chartering for humanitarian aid. International cargo transportation by using timetable based railroad transport and sea liner transport.

Temporary storage of humanitarian aid materials in the catastrophe area. Distribution of humanitarian aid materials using road transport in the catastrophe area. Temporary humanitarian tent campuses. Ensuring drinking water for victims. Primary and long-time humanitarian aid.

To give students knowledge about humanitarian catastrophes, humanitarian aid operations and processes, aid organization tasks and cooperation, logistics team’s task, objectives and activities in the catastrophe area.

The student knows
• catastrophe scenarios and event escalation versions
• humanitarian aid principles
• international humanitarian aid organizations and their tasks
• logistics team’s tasks and activity principles in the catastrophe area
• possibilities for data capture and humanitarian aid materials requirement identification in the catastrophe area
• humanitarian aid supplies and supply chain planning principles
• humanitarian aid temporary storage and distribution principles in the catastrophe area

Lectures and interactive seminars.

Assessment is based on the following partial results:
• test in interactive e-learning environment – 50%
• solving of tasks – 20%
• solving of tasks individually - 30%

Note: Minimum positive grade - "satisfying" (2).

2020: LO*  OK*  

2019: OK*  TL*  

2018: OK*  TL*  

2017: TL*  

2016: TL*  

2015: TL*  

2014: TL*  

2013: TL*  

* Optional subject