Governments at the heart of the VAN

Government officials represent the largest user group at the country level (43%). A foundational principle of the VAN is that country governments own and steward the critical global decisions affecting product flow into their borders. Given the VAN’s successful foundational work to engage 35 active member countries, this year’s focus has been to offer interested and eligible governments additional services and features equipping them to lead joint supply and demand planning. From March to July, the VAN trained 63 government and country stakeholders in Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, and Togo who joined Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Malawi as Premium users. They can now review the current and projected stock outlook, supply plans, and forecasts in the platform with other collaborators; build scenarios; and conduct joint supply planning with other procuring partners.  

Category: Global FP VAN