{"id":40613,"date":"2026-03-23T10:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iecah.org\/impulsar-el-papel-de-la-logistica-y-las-cadenas-de-suministro-en-la-respuesta-humanitaria-las-normas-universales-de-logistica\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:33:53","slug":"impulsar-el-papel-de-la-logistica-y-las-cadenas-de-suministro-en-la-respuesta-humanitaria-las-normas-universales-de-logistica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iecah.org\/en\/impulsar-el-papel-de-la-logistica-y-las-cadenas-de-suministro-en-la-respuesta-humanitaria-las-normas-universales-de-logistica\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing the role of\u00a0logistics\u00a0and supply chains\u00a0in\u00a0humanitarian response: the Universal Logistics Standards\u00a0join\u00a0the Humanitarian Standards Partnership\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics-1320x743.png 1320w, https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/iecah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ULS-humanitarian-logistics.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;the context&nbsp;of increasing financial constraints&nbsp;and changing models&nbsp;across the humanitarian sector, the role of&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;and supply chains has become more critical than ever. As&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;face growing needs with limited resources, the ability to deliver&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;efficiently, effectively and at scale is essential. Supply chains are no longer seen as a purely operational function, but as a strategic enabler of humanitarian response, directly influencing both cost-efficiency and the quality of&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;delivered to affected populations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This shift&nbsp;is reflected in the emergence of global initiatives aimed at strengthening humanitarian&nbsp;supply chains&nbsp;and elevating their strategic role. Among them, the Humanitarian Leadership Group on Supply Chain (HLGSC), supported by&nbsp;DG&nbsp;ECHO, has brought together UN agencies, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, NGOs, private sector actors, academia, and donors around a shared vision: transforming humanitarian logistics requires stronger collaboration, greater alignment, and the adoption of common approaches. At the core of this transformation lies the need for shared standards that can guide practice across&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;and contexts.&nbsp;In this context, IECAH, as part of the INSPIRE+ Consortium,&nbsp;has contributed to&nbsp;fostering&nbsp;dialogue and collaboration&nbsp;towards&nbsp;more efficient and coordinated supply chain models.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Universal Logistics Standards (ULS) were developed to respond to this need&nbsp;under the INSPIRE+ Consortium,&nbsp;with the support of IECAH.&nbsp;Initiated in 2019 and shaped through an extensive&nbsp;and&nbsp;inclusive consultation process involving experts and practitioners from across the sector, the ULS provide a globally applicable set of&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;standards for humanitarian&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;and supply chain management. Rather than offering prescriptive technical guidance, the ULS define what must be achieved to ensure quality, accountability, and effectiveness, while allowing&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;the flexibility to adapt implementation to their specific context, capacity, and mandate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Structured in alignment with established humanitarian standards, the ULS&nbsp;are&nbsp;organised&nbsp;around&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;standards supported by key actions, indicators, and guidance notes. This approach ensures both clarity and usability, enabling&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;to assess their performance,&nbsp;identify&nbsp;gaps, and strengthen their&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;systems in a systematic way. Importantly, the ULS&nbsp;are&nbsp;designed to be accessible to a wide range of actors, from small local&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;to large international agencies, contributing to a more inclusive and&nbsp;harmonised&nbsp;humanitarian system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond their technical contribution, the ULS&nbsp;play&nbsp;a critical role in translating humanitarian principles into operational practice. Effective supply chains are essential to ensuring that&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;reaches people in&nbsp;a timely,&nbsp;appropriate, and&nbsp;equitable&nbsp;manner. By setting minimum expectations across key&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;functions\u2014such as procurement, transport, warehousing, distribution,&nbsp;and&nbsp;asset and fleet management\u2014the ULS help reduce delays, inefficiencies, and risks that can&nbsp;exacerbate&nbsp;human suffering.&nbsp;In doing so, they help ensure that&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;reaches people in ways that reduce suffering and uphold their dignity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since their publication in 2021, the ULS&nbsp;have&nbsp;gained increasing recognition and use across the sector. They have notably served as a reference framework within the PARCEL network,&nbsp;facilitated&nbsp;by Oxfam&nbsp;in partnership with a diverse range of humanitarian&nbsp;organisations, which focuses on strengthening the capacities of local and national humanitarian actors. As part of the PARCEL 2.0 phase, validation workshops and consultations were conducted with a wide range of stakeholders. The results demonstrated strong acceptance and relevance, with a large majority of participants highlighting the usefulness of the standards and expressing interest in applying them within their&nbsp;organisations. This feedback&nbsp;confirms&nbsp;both the practical value of the ULS and their potential to support&nbsp;localisation&nbsp;efforts by providing accessible and adaptable guidance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;integration of the ULS into the Humanitarian Standards Partnership (HSP)&nbsp;represents&nbsp;a significant milestone in this journey.&nbsp;The&nbsp;organisation&nbsp;was created to expand the&nbsp;scope of the&nbsp;Sphere&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;standards&nbsp;for humanitarian response.&nbsp;The&nbsp;HSP&nbsp;brings together leading&nbsp;humanitarian standards initiatives to promote quality and accountability in humanitarian action. By aligning sector-specific standards with a shared foundation\u2014including the Humanitarian Charter, the Protection Principles, and the Core Humanitarian Standard\u2014the HSP strengthens coherence across the humanitarian system and supports&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;in delivering principled, effective responses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within this framework, the inclusion of the ULS formally&nbsp;recognises&nbsp;humanitarian&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;and supply chains as a critical&nbsp;component&nbsp;of quality and accountability. It also positions the ULS as&nbsp;a&nbsp;reference for&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;within the broader ecosystem of humanitarian standards, reinforcing&nbsp;complementarity&nbsp;across&nbsp;sectors&nbsp;and&nbsp;ensuring that&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;is&nbsp;treated&nbsp;as an integral part of&nbsp;programme&nbsp;delivery and impact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sphere&nbsp;itself plays&nbsp;a central role&nbsp;in this ecosystem. As one of the most widely&nbsp;recognised&nbsp;initiatives in the humanitarian sector, Sphere sets out the ethical and practical foundations of humanitarian action. Through the Sphere Handbook, it defines&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;standards across key sectors, grounded in the principles of humanity, dignity, and accountability.&nbsp;The incorporation of the ULS into the HSP&nbsp;builds on&nbsp;this&nbsp;approach,&nbsp;extending the Sphere approach to&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;and reinforcing the&nbsp;importance of strong, principled systems&nbsp;across all areas of response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking ahead, the integration of the ULS into the HSP opens new opportunities for collaboration, dissemination, and impact.&nbsp;Building on this momentum, IECAH will continue to play an active role in promoting the standards across the humanitarian community, supporting their adoption through training and capacity strengthening, and&nbsp;refining&nbsp;them based on operational feedback and evolving needs. 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