IFRC

IFRC

IFRC

Introduction

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is one of the benchmark organizations in humanitarian logistics. Founded in 1919, the IFRC has both a disaster response and development mission. It comprises of a secretariat in Geneva, delegations in more than 60 countries, and works with 186 national societies. Delegations generally work through national societies in carrying out the development aspect of their mission. National societies are independent from the IFRC. They support governments in the humanitarian field improving the welfare of local population. In many cases, national societies also act as donors to IFRC for planning and responding to disasters and development work. Towards the end of the nineties, following some public criticism of their disaster response operations, IFRC revamped their logistics strategy to be “better, faster and cheaper” (Gibbons, 2004).

The restructure of logistics in the IFRC encompassed fleet management. In 2002 the IFRC centralized fleet management through the newly established Fleet Base, renamed Global Fleet Base (GFB) in 2006, with the stated goal of achieving excellence in providing vehicles to delegations and participant national societies: “better, faster and cheaper”.

Target populations of the organization

The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) is a personal humanitarian organisation founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland by Henry Dunant. Its 25-member managing assembly has a exclusive administration under worldwide humanitarian regulation to defend the life and dignity of the victims of worldwide and interior equipped conflicts. The ICRC was bestowed the Nobel Peace Prize on three events (in 1917, 1944 and 1963) (Hoole, 2005).

 

Locations where the NGO is working

The Federation actions reinforce the capabilities of National Societies worldwide. It aspires to double-check that this aid is sustainable and consistent. To enhance collaboration in this locality, the Federation has evolved a tripartite method with 7 donor authorities and their National Societies (Kim, 2007).

 

Sources of income

The source of earnings is key to that scheme is the consignment of very good economic and operational data, not only centrally at the Secretariat but furthermore to localized delegations and task managers employed on over 1,000 projects. “By decentralizing both the assemblage of data and describing, we can empower delegations and field-based task managers to competently organise localized claims, while minimizing centered overhead and maximizing the worth of donations,” interprets Michael Davis, head of investment at International Federation (Prendergast, 2002).

 

Mission Statement

The objective declaration of the International Movement as formulated in the "Strategy 2010" article of the Federation is to advance inhabits of susceptible persons by mobilizing the power of humanity. From 1999 to 2004, the widespread slogan for all undertakings of the International Movement was The Power of Humanity. In December 2003, the 28th International Conference in Geneva took up the seminar motto Protecting Human Dignity as the new Movement slogan (Kim, 2007).

IFRC Logistics Reconfiguration

Beginning in the late nineties, stimulated by some public criticism of their operations and the need to professionalize, IFRC developed a new logistics strategy for the organization with the goal of delivering relief and development programs “better, faster and ...