{"69855":{"#nid":"69855","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Offers New Humanitarian Logistics Professional Certificate Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Tech Health \u0026amp;\nHumanitarian Logistics Center\u003C\/a\u003E is launching a new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/subjects\/humanitarian-logistics\u0022\u003EHumanitarian\nLogistics Professional Certificate Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; This executive learning\nprogram is designed for practitioners in non-governmental organizations,\ngovernment, industry, and military who are active participants in humanitarian\nrelief operations and seeking to build skills to improve decision making in\npreparedness, response, and system design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nHumanitarian logistics encompasses a broad range of activities related to\npreparing, responding, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters as\nwell as ongoing humanitarian crises due to war, famine, and infectious\ndiseases. In humanitarian organizations, inefficiencies in preparation,\nresponse, or recovery can cause drastic results including the loss of\nlives.\u0026nbsp; Addressing the unique skills needed by professionals in the\nhumanitarian world, Humanitarian Logistics Professional Courses, include methodologies\nfor assessment, mobilization of resources, procurement, transportation, and\ndistribution.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\nThe program is comprised of three courses: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPre-planning\nStrategy for Humanitarian Organizations \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESystems\nOperations in Humanitarian Response\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETactical\nDecision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\ncourses include many interactive components, such as case studies and games,\nwhich help professionals in the humanitarian world to link the challenges and\ndecision-making trade-offs they face in practice with the systematic\napproaches, tools, and techniques presented.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\nThrough extensive phone and online surveys among health and humanitarian\nlogistics professionals, research has found \u201cthere is clearly a gap in supply\nchain logistics as applied to complex humanitarian emergencies and learning\nopportunities to do better.\u0026nbsp; This kind of training could be very useful.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThe Center for Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics at Georgia Tech, a unit of\nthe Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute and a part of the School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering, works to improve humanitarian logistics\n(including short or long term, man-made or natural disasters) and ultimately\nthe human condition by system transformations through education, outreach,\nprojects and research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nFor more information about the certification program or its courses, please\nvisit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/subjects\/humanitarian-logistics\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/subjects\/humanitarian-logistics\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/subjects\/humanitarian-logistics\u003C\/a\u003E, or send an\nemail to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:humloged@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehumloged@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003EThe Georgia Tech Health \u0026amp;\nHumanitarian Logistics Center\u003C\/a\u003E is launching a new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/subjects\/humanitarian-logistics\u0022\u003EHumanitarian\nLogistics Professional Certificate Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; This executive learning\nprogram is designed for practitioners in non-governmental organizations,\ngovernment, industry, and military who are active participants in humanitarian\nrelief operations and seeking to build skills to improve decision making in\npreparedness, response, and system design.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-07 11:28:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:05","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69864":{"id":"69864","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Humanitarian Logistics Professional Certificate Program","body":null,"created":"1449177275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:35","changed":"1475894611","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:31","alt":"Georgia Tech Humanitarian Logistics Professional Certificate Program","file":{"fid":"193443","name":"hhlgraphic_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hhlgraphic_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hhlgraphic_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24797,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hhlgraphic_0_0.jpg?itok=YQBgjAGg"}}},"media_ids":["69864"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14233","name":"Georgia Tech Health \u0026 Humanitarian Logistics Center"},{"id":"14234","name":"Humanitarian Logistics Professional Certificate Program"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}