In Copenhagen I attended the very successful 2nd 'People that Deliver' (PtD) Global Conference on Human Resources in Supply Chain Management. This was by far the best managed conference I have attended. The program was well thought through and the range of speakers and the diversity of the participants was impressive with more than 120 participants from 20 countries. I learnt a lot from the discussions which were rich and fruitful.
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| 'Supply Chain Capacity Development' training in Bangkok |
participants were great, they were engaged and the event was a success. I am always
humbled when after five days the participants go away feeling confident to
implement an action point or two.
One participant told me, “Now I am confident to work in a team designing a national supply chain capacity building. This SCCD training should be provided to higher level Health Managers having a say (executing SCCD activities and budget) on the health supply chain system.”
From Bangkok I headed to Brussels to run a three day logistics and supply-chain course at HLA/AidEx 2014, an exhibition and conference dedicated to the supply of essential equipment
and services for long term humanitarian development aid and disaster relief. The AidEx
event attracts buyers from the global humanitarian aid community to exhibit their products.
After the training, I was able to visit some of the stands and witnessed many innovative products on display, including vehicles to withstand the terrain typical of the aid environment, water containers and shelter tents. I was most impressed to see womens' hygiene and dignity kits, which didn't exist until after the 2004 Tsunami disaster! I was able to reconnect with my former colleagues, Rod and Sean, from Oxfam at their stand where they served a delicious coffee to revive my spirit!
Pamela and Sean at HLA/AidEx 2014
