Sustainable, Digital, and Smart Humanitarian Logistics in Disaster Relief Operations

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SMARTLOG4DIS is envisaged as a 2-year international graduate program that aims to develop an integrated transnational program in sustainable, digital, and smart humanitarian logistics. The future-oriented curricula and graduate education that better meet the needs of humanitarian organizations considering sustainable and smart sectorial skills is the main motivation of the project. The project includes a joint degree with an agreement among five different universities (Gaziantep Uni.-GAUN, Uni. Della Svizzera Italiana-USI; Karlsruhe Ins. of Tech.-KIT, Int. Uni. of Logistics and Transport in Wrocław-IULT, Qatar Uni.-QU) with the support of two institutions (Logistics Association-LA, Bonyan Organization-BO). SMARTLOG4DIS project will provide a fully integrated joint European program promoted and tailor-made by partners whose expertise fits and complement each other: GAUN as the applicant (on the Syrian border), known for teaching excellence in humanitarian actions and migration; USI, internationally recognized for its research in the field of humanitarian logistics; KIT, famous for its operations research capacity in disaster relief operations; IULT, renowned for its excellence in NGOs in humanitarian aid; QU, in co-operation with Qatar Charity and other global organizations; LO, is the widest logistics association in Turkey; BO, a renowned NGO for refugee-based disaster management. The program is organized in 4 semesters (120ECTS), one semester must be spent with one partner and one NGO will be selected by each partner. More specifically, some expected outcomes are: (1) a consortium agreement among the five partner universities and two institutions, (2) the joint procedures for student application, admission, selection, monitoring, and performance evaluation, (3) the curriculum, including the green, social, and digital skills and micro-credentials courses, and (4) the internships at NGOs. By the end, partners intend to submit to accreditation agencies and EMJMD.