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2015 was a year of transformation for the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC). We started January with the same party line we’ve had for the past five years, but by April, the ETC vision, scope and approach had radically expanded.
As the provision and use of ICT services becomes more critical for effective humanitarian emergency response, so too is the effective leadership and coordination of providing these services.
The ETC supports the ‘930’ humanitarian call centre in Madagascar which people can call to request assistance and access critical information.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will shutdown it Radio Australia shortwave radio transmission service to the Pacific from 31 January 2017, affecting PNG and the South Pacific.
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is a global network of organizations that work together to provide shared communications services in humanitarian emergencies. The ETC is one of the 11 clusters designated by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC).
Conflict has displaced millions of people in northeast Nigeria, many of them fleeing to Bama in search of safety.
Thanks to generous support from the Government of Luxembourg, the ETC Services Centre in Diffa, Niger, is giving thousands of people fleeing violence a chance to rebuild their lives. Promisingly, more than 60% of visitors are women, narrowing the digital divide.
French non-governmental organisation Action contre la faim (ACF) became the 24th member of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) today at the spring session of the Plenary Meeting in Washington D.C.
This ICT sector assessment summary by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is linked document to the Report and Recommendation of the ADB President to the Board of Directors c
For the second time in as many months, my daydreams of travelling from Aden to Djibouti by boat – the WFP-chartered VOS Apollo – were scuppered at the last minute.
Workshop agenda for the Pacific Regional ETC Workshop in Vanuatu from 12-14 June 2017.
The challenges facing humanitarian operations today are numerous and immense, from access and preparedness to capacity and funding.
The summit demonstrates best practice approaches, current initiatives and latest innovations, offering trans-disciplinary discussions with participants from all relevant stakeholder groups.
The Global Disaster Relief Summit 2016 agenda offers updates on emergency procurement strategy, innovations in data management and communication technology, best practice in humanitarian logistics, lessons learned from recent dis
With 20 years of experience, Bhawana Upadhyay, ICT Officer and ETC focal point with WFP Nepal, is a legend at the World Food Programme (WFP): she was part of the emergency response when a devastating earthquake struck the
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is not currently activated in Anguilla, but the World Food Programme (WFP), in its capacity as global ETC lead,
The first ICT & Data panel focused on Better Communication with Communities. The moderator Gianluca Bruni, Chief of IT Emergency Coordination Branch, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster of the UN World Food Programme noted the importance of communicating in a
The information technology (IT) and telecommunications industries are characterised by their increasingly rapid pace of change.