Dubai: Eighty world organisations took part in the 11th Annual Fleet Forum Conference held for the first time in the region. The event was opened in Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) on Monday.
Fleet Forum, founded in 2003, is a non-profit entity that provides a collaborative platform for sharing ideas and the recognition of excellence and leadership in effective fleet management.
By focusing on the development of effective practices in the areas of road safety, environmental impact, and cost-efficiency, Fleet Forum is helping organisations meet their organisational and corporate goals.
Hilal Saeed Al Merri, Director General of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, CEO of Dubai World Trade Centre and member of the IHC’s Board of Directors, spoke about the important role that logistics plays in effective humanitarian aid and development in his opening speech.
“We understand the power of transportation and logistics and appreciate the work of the Fleet Forum. With more than half of the major humanitarian crises occurring in the MENA region, Dubai was geographically placed to provide a centre for humanitarian organisations.” Al Merri said.
The focus at the conference this year was the impact that is achieved through collaboration, defined in the conference theme of “Gather, Share, Change.”
The conference brought together the expertise of personnel from international non-government organisations (NGOs) that work in the humanitarian aid and development sector, international companies that supply products and services for transport and logistics, donor organisations, academic institutions with global recognition in transport and logistics, and intergovernmental organisations such as the agencies of the United Nations, including the World Food Programme (WFP), and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Care By Air, Al Maktoum Airport and Emirates Cargo had an effective participation in the conference, which reflected the local institutions’ experiences in the fleet work to serve the humanitarian action.
