Logistics Working Group Meeting Minutes, 21 August 2020 COVID-19 Response

LOCATION Teleconference

DATE 21 August 2020

CHAIR Samuel Kealey

PARTICIPANTS AECID Alejandro Fuentes CLRAH Melissa Sanchez Kirsch IOM Naisa Snape OCHA Dario Alvarez Save the Children Ayack Montalvan UNHCR Carina Chung UNHRD Francisco Quesada UNICEF Pablo Llopis WFP Gabriela Candano WFP Lila Ricart WFP Mabel Dominguez WFP Nivia Quirós WFP Samuel Kealey WFP Salvador Peña

ACTION POINTS

• Finalised ToRs to be shared with the group • WFP to post relevant Mesa Logistica updates and documents on a dedicated Humanitarian Response webpage. • WFP to share updates on passenger flights as they become available.

AGENDA 1. Global Logistics Activities and the Global Appeal for WFP Service Delivery 2. Regional Logistics Bottlenecks

Panama Logistics Working Group Meeting Minutes, 21 August 2020 COVID-19 Response

1. Global Logistics Activities and the Global Appeal for WFP Service Delivery

• The following regular flights will begin next week. o On Tuesdays, starting from 25 August: ▪ City (Toluca Airport) – City – San Pedro Sula – – Panama City. ▪ Lima – Bogota – Panama City – Bogota – Lima. o Given that there has been, up until now, very little demand for Lima as a destination, it is possible that it will be eliminated as a regular destination on the Tuesday flights. Panama-Bogota flights would continue as scheduled. o On Wednesdays, starting from 26 August: Panama City – Port-au-Prince – – Panama City. o On Thursdays, starting from 27 August: Panama City – San Salvador - San Pedro Sula - – (Toluca Airport). • As WFP currently has a delegation in Venezuela requiring a return flight, in the second week of the September, the following ad-hoc flights will be operated: o 4 September: Panama City – Caracas – Panama City o 5 September: Panama City – San Salvador – – Guatemala City – Mexico City (Toluca Airport) • Organizations wishing to book flights for passengers entering or exiting Venezuela must submit a “nota verbal” to the Venezuelan migration authorities 72 hours prior to the scheduled flight. For more information and the template for the nota verbal, please visit the Humanitarian Booking Hub (link below) for more information. Or contact Mabel Dominguez ([email protected]) for more information. • WFP must comply with several operational requirements imposed by the airlines and the national governments- such as submitting finalized paperwork at least 7 days before the flight and obtain final flight clearances prior to flight. • Partners are encouraged to communicate with their aviation focal point responsible for booking flights. • Please check the Humanitarian Booking Hub to see find the schedule and all relevant information related to scheduled flights: https://humanitarianbooking.wfp.org/. • All passengers are responsible for booking their own accommodations and connecting flights. • The WHO Supply Portal allows organisations and Governments to submit their needs and requests for purchase of critical items: https://covid-19-response.org/. • All requests for the transportation of supplies to WFP done outside the WHO Supply Portal, must be made on the Emergency Service Marketplace (ESM) platform https://emergency.servicemarketplace.wfp.org/. • Approximately 1,300 CBM of cargo is in the pipeline for the region, most of which will be arriving directly to receiving countries. • Smaller consignments destined to various countries in the region are being dispatched by the UNHRD Regional Hub. • WHO/PAHO cargo was dispatched to 6 CARICOM countries this week. The remaining open tickets should be booked and dispatched within the coming two weeks • Jack Ma Foundation cargo has been dispatched partially, while the remaining tickets are being booked currently. • UNHRD is operating as normal

Panama Logistics Working Group Meeting Minutes, 21 August 2020 COVID-19 Response

• The Global Logistics Cluster maintains a COVID19-dedicated page on their website with real-time logistics information related to the COVID-19 response: https://logcluster.org/COVID-19. The cluster is also consolidating information on humanitarian organisations’ needs for international cargo transport using the Cluster Humanitarian Operational Coordination of Logistics and Air Transport (CHOCOLAT) Platform to connect partners with existing offers from non-WFP contracted flights. This platform can be found here.

2. Regional Logistics Bottlenecks

• Several countries have postponed the re-opening of their airports for commercial passenger flights: o 31 August: , Argentina and Ecuador o 1 September: , Guatemala, Colombia, , Bolivia o 4-6-12 September: , Uruguay, Venezuela o 14-18-21-26 September: Chile, Suriname, Panama, o 1 October: Trinidad & Tobago o 4-18 October: , • Although many countries are extending closures for commercial passenger flights, an increased activity of U.S. Carriers in and the Caribbean is being observed. In addition to that, European Carriers are also adding frequencies and new destinations for their repatriation operations. • In Belize, authorities have decided to keep border with Mexico closed indefinitely.

Contacts

John Myraunet [email protected] Nivia Quiros [email protected] Samuel Kealey [email protected] Mabel Dominguez [email protected] Mert Kazmirci [email protected] Lila Ricart (Global Logistics [email protected] Cluster)