Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics

Consequently, GCEL was created as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in 2005 by government and private sector leaders from three Midwestern states - Michigan, Illinois and Nebraska. They represented the interests of the manufacturing, agriculture and material handling industries. Due to rapidly expanding international recognition, GCEL was legally established in Switzerland during 2006. Over subsequent years GCEL has further broadened its PPP wherein its members and supporters now include pan regional organizations that represent more than 150 countries, 26 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs) as well as the world's most prominent service industry firms, all of which are committed to empowering the Digital Economy as the means to grow the real economy. GCEL is organized under the laws of Switzerland with regional headquarters in Asia, MEA, Europe and the Americas. GCEL was created as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in 2005 by government and private sector leaders.