The first ETC Workshop for the Pacific brings together National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs), Telecommunications Ministries, Regulators, NGOs and the private sector to work on a strategy related to emergency communications across Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Tonga.
Over 40 emergency responders and telecommunications experts are attending the three-day event, organised by the United Nations World Food Programme – Global ETC lead agency - and hosted in collaboration with the Samoan National Disaster Management Office. Topping the agenda are technology innovations in the delivery of humanitarian assistance; boosting coordination capacity in emergency communications and building effective partnerships to improve disaster response in the Pacific region.
Photos: WFP/ Stuart Shaw