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DHL LAUNCHES GARD PROGRAM IN ARMENIAN AIRPORTS
October 8, 2013 - 15:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Deutsche Post DHL is taking its GARD program ("Get
Airports Ready for Disaster") to Armenia's Zvartnots international
airport and Gyumri airport, webwire.com reports.
The training is taking place from October 7-10 and will prepare airport
personnel and infrastructure for the special logistical challenges
that accompany natural disasters. The training demonstrates how
logistics capacities and local expertise can be optimally utilized,
bottlenecks prevented and inbound relief supplies handled quickly
and efficiently after an extreme natural event.
"Again and again, we have experienced that natural disasters pose
special challenges for logistics in particular and require a fast
support," said Christof Ehrhart, Director of Corporate Communications
und Responsibility at Deutsche Post DHL. "Our GARD initiative is
designed to provide our logistics know-how to local experts in a timely
fashion and thus make the work following a natural disaster easier."
After conducting successful GARD trainings in Indonesia, Nepal,
Bangladesh, Lebanon, Turkey, El Salvador, the Philippines and Panama,
DHL, the world's leading transport and logistics company, together with
the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), will head to Yerevan and
Gyumri and provide emergency preparedness training to its 22nd airport.
"Lessons from the devastating earthquake in 1988 forced national
authorities to reconsider their response to natural disasters. For
almost a decade, UNDP has been supporting national counterparts
to increase awareness, to promote disaster preparedness and risk
reduction, to establish the concept of national disaster management;
as well as to change institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks.
Substantial progress has been made - a National Disaster Risk Reduction
Strategy and Action Plan have been developed and a National Platform
was officially adopted by the government," said Claire Medina, UNDP
Deputy Resident Representative in Armenia.
As part of the program, airport staff and representatives of local
agencies and government authorities will assess the local site and
develop customized and detailed emergency response plans. Employees
from different local airports took part in previous training sessions
so that they could apply what they learned at their own facilities.
Participants will include the Zvartnots airport staff as well as
security officials and government agency representatives. This will
ensure that every participant in the logistics operations internalizes
the training.
"GARD is a very praxis-oriented initiative that makes the work at
airports after a disaster more efficient," said Edward Kaspersky,
Managing Director of DHL Armenia. "The training makes it possible
for us to work hand-in-hand with Armenian airport employees. We are
pleased to be able to make a contribution here."
The GARD training program was created in 2009 by Deutsche Post DHL
and UNDP. It was developed on the basis of the personal experiences
of DHL Disaster Response Teams and UN personnel made during relief
operations, and aims at the fast and effective processing of relief
goods. The program is conducted by experienced trainers and logistics
experts from Deutsche Post DHL.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/170982/
October 8, 2013 - 15:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Deutsche Post DHL is taking its GARD program ("Get
Airports Ready for Disaster") to Armenia's Zvartnots international
airport and Gyumri airport, webwire.com reports.
The training is taking place from October 7-10 and will prepare airport
personnel and infrastructure for the special logistical challenges
that accompany natural disasters. The training demonstrates how
logistics capacities and local expertise can be optimally utilized,
bottlenecks prevented and inbound relief supplies handled quickly
and efficiently after an extreme natural event.
"Again and again, we have experienced that natural disasters pose
special challenges for logistics in particular and require a fast
support," said Christof Ehrhart, Director of Corporate Communications
und Responsibility at Deutsche Post DHL. "Our GARD initiative is
designed to provide our logistics know-how to local experts in a timely
fashion and thus make the work following a natural disaster easier."
After conducting successful GARD trainings in Indonesia, Nepal,
Bangladesh, Lebanon, Turkey, El Salvador, the Philippines and Panama,
DHL, the world's leading transport and logistics company, together with
the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), will head to Yerevan and
Gyumri and provide emergency preparedness training to its 22nd airport.
"Lessons from the devastating earthquake in 1988 forced national
authorities to reconsider their response to natural disasters. For
almost a decade, UNDP has been supporting national counterparts
to increase awareness, to promote disaster preparedness and risk
reduction, to establish the concept of national disaster management;
as well as to change institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks.
Substantial progress has been made - a National Disaster Risk Reduction
Strategy and Action Plan have been developed and a National Platform
was officially adopted by the government," said Claire Medina, UNDP
Deputy Resident Representative in Armenia.
As part of the program, airport staff and representatives of local
agencies and government authorities will assess the local site and
develop customized and detailed emergency response plans. Employees
from different local airports took part in previous training sessions
so that they could apply what they learned at their own facilities.
Participants will include the Zvartnots airport staff as well as
security officials and government agency representatives. This will
ensure that every participant in the logistics operations internalizes
the training.
"GARD is a very praxis-oriented initiative that makes the work at
airports after a disaster more efficient," said Edward Kaspersky,
Managing Director of DHL Armenia. "The training makes it possible
for us to work hand-in-hand with Armenian airport employees. We are
pleased to be able to make a contribution here."
The GARD training program was created in 2009 by Deutsche Post DHL
and UNDP. It was developed on the basis of the personal experiences
of DHL Disaster Response Teams and UN personnel made during relief
operations, and aims at the fast and effective processing of relief
goods. The program is conducted by experienced trainers and logistics
experts from Deutsche Post DHL.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/170982/