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Emergency Response by WFP Logistics. WFP. The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Forward Purchasing Facility (FPF) and Prepositioning initiative. Forward Purchasing Facility (FPF). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Emergency Response byWFP Logistics
WFPThe World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Forward Purchasing Facility (FPF) and Prepositioning initiative
Forward Purchasing Facility (FPF)
Since mid 2008: almost 430,000 mt mostly for the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Reduces procurement & transport lead times (from 86 to 1-45 days). Commodities are procured without having defined funding or final destinations
Preposition of stocks
Similar to FPF but in addition keeps food stored at strategic locations, where WFP has operations and assets
Needs a reliable demand (HoA and GLK)
WFP in emergencies have the dual mandate of delivering food aid and coordinating the logistics efforts of the humanitarian community through the logistics cluster.
Apart from provision of transport and warehousing for humanitarian agencies, other activities of the Logistics Cluster are
Haiti responseWFP and the Logistics cluster set up camp in Port-au-Prince within 48 hours of the earth-quake and the first relief goods were flown in a day later.
WFP Logistics: Cluster Haiti
WFP Logistics
**Lead time is reduced from an average of 83 days to 0 0 to 45 days
FPF mechanism has evolved since last year: at the beginning, food would not leave the port unless it had identified funding, now food is procured, shipped and arrives without always knowing the final destination
Advance Financing (when permitted|) still goes through the 83 day-long process
FPF can be used in cases where advance Financing is not permitted*Lead time is reduced from an average of 83 days to 0 0 to 45 days
FPF mechanism has evolved since last year: at the beginning, food would not leave the port unless it had identified funding, now food is procured, shipped and arrives without always knowing the final destination
Advance Financing (when permitted|) still goes through the 83 day-long process
FPF can be used in cases where advance Financing is not permitted