Connected Stockpiles for Optimized Emergency Preparedness
ESUPS supports the definition of national collective prepositioning of disaster relief supplies around the world. We are the leading initiative to offer digital supply chain solutions for humanitarian actors to optimise emergency preparedness and anticipation.
Connected Stockpiles for Optimized Emergency Preparedness
ESUPS supports the definition of national collective prepositioning of disaster relief supplies around the world. We are the leading initiative to offer digital supply chain solutions for humanitarian actors to optimise emergency preparedness and anticipation.
The absence of a strategy costs time, the absence of collaboration costs lives.
When disasters strike, every minute matters. Emergency supplies stored in advance — a practice known as prepositioning — can save time, money, and more importantly lives. The absence of an emergency supplies prepositioning strategy creates gaps, overlaps, and misplaced stocks: sometimes there aren’t enough essential items, sometimes there are too many, and sometimes supplies are stored far from the affected population. When organisations work in silo, emergency supplies are not efficiently prepositioned across the country.
ESUPS was created to change this.
ESUPS supports the development of coordinated national and regional strategies so that coherent and collective prepositioned stocks truly strengthen emergency preparedness. By analysing data and connecting people we ensure that disaster relief supplies are located where they are needed, and available in a faster and more efficient manner.
At the centre of our work is the STOCKHOLM platform — a unique tool that maps and analyses prepositioned stocks across organisations, locations, and clusters. Ultimately, the platform provides recommendations by merging disaster history data with a comprehensive stock data collection in the country to supportlocal authorities towards the definition of a national prepositioning strategy.
Inspired by Stockholm’s islands connected by bridges, it symbolises how we link actors together to act collectively rather than in silos. Through STOCKHOLM, humanitarian actors can see what disaster relief supplies are available, where they are, and in which quantity — making collaboration simple and effective.
Alongside the platform, ESUPS and its partners carry out studies to demonstrate the value of collective prepositioning, ensuring that joint recommendations are heard and can spark a mindset change.
ESUPS ensures that relief supplies are where they are needed, and available in a faster and more efficient manner. More information about the project can be found on the Frequently Asked Questions.