Nepal: Country-Wide Analysis Of Pre-Positioned Relief Items - Executive Summary

Pre-positioning relief items in disaster prone countries or regions is a common mechanism adopted by many humanitarian organisations to increase their readiness in delivering assistance. Despite this preparedness measure being widely implemented, and due to many different strategic approaches or capacities, there is an alarming lack of coordination within and across organisations, both at national and regional levels, as to which relief items to pre-position, where and in which quantities. A range of studies have recently demonstrated the needs to invest in preparedness activities whilst also enhancing effective collaboration through a better access to pooled resources.