The Humanitarian Research Group was established by Professor Luk Van Wassenhove in 2001 and has recently been integrated into the newly-founded INSEAD Social Innovation Centre. The ultimate objective of the group is to facilitate cross-learning between the actors currently engaged in humanitarian response activities.

The specific areas of focus are disaster preparedness, response coordination, and stakeholder collaboration (including the private sector).

Close collaboration with practitioners and the private sector has enabled the group to produce a unique set of materials capturing the complexity and evolution of issues affecting the humanitarian sector. To date, the group has produced a body of work of over 20 research reports, case studies and other pedagogical materials.

The Management in the Humanitarian Sector programme is one of the group’s many contributions to this sector based on their work to date.

Over five days, it will address crucial management issues such as finance, strategy, negotiation, leadership, supply chain logistics and operations. Close interaction during the programme allows the participants to share the knowledge they have gained through their experience.

• Acquire the tools and concepts to raise the standard of management within humanitarian organisations

• Develop inter-sector and cross-sector learning to better facilitate co-operation among the various actors involved with the humanitarian field

• Benchmark best practices and organisational challenges with the different stakeholders

• Enable private sector managers to learn from the specific skill set of humanitarian organisations including agility, flexibility and efficiency in a highly volatile environment

Business Intelligence

UAE

13 Apr 09

Two INSEAD faculty work with worldwide humanitarian organisations for insight into public-private partnerships

Presentation of the book ‘Humanitarian Logistics’ by Professor Luk Van Wassenhove and Research Associate Rolando Tomasini.