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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.
Workshop agenda for the Pacific Regional ETC Workshop in Vanuatu from 12-14 June 2017.
The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) will organize the 10th Policy and Regulation Forum for Pacific (PRFP-10) from 25 to 27 April 2017 in Nadi, Fiji.
This 24-page paper was published by the Lowy Institute for International Policy in November 2012. The analysis covers a
For the very first time, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) has been officially activated to support emergency preparedness activities.
A overview of where we worked and what we did throughout 2018.
From providing vital IT services in Iraq, Nigeria and Yemen to supporting preparedness activities in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) was highly active in 2018. He
“Communication before, during and after a disaster is vital to ensure a coordinated response," said Samoa’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, during the opening of the first Regional ETC Workshop for the Pacific
This report was published by GSMA Intelligence on 20 April 2015 to update on the state of the mobile landscape in Pacific Island Countries (PICs).
Pacific Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Regional Workshop.
Date: 4-7 December 2018
Location: Suva, Fiji
The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) is a network of humanitarian organisations that work together to assist the Pacific Island countries in preparing for and responding to disasters.
The Pacific Island Communications Infrastructure (PICI) Panel was established by the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) to serve in the capacity of an advisory and coordination committee to the PMC on matters concerning the infrastructure, communications and dissemination of national and region
This workshop will bring 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.
The Pacific is one of the world's most disaster-prone regions, with Pacific Island Countries (PIC) ranked among the most vulnerable in the world to natural disasters, due to rising sea levels and increasing severe weather patterns, caused by the effects of climate change.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is hosting a Regional Pacific Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and Logistics Cluster Workshop in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
PORT VILA– Preparing for and responding to threats posed by natural and man-made disasters are major themes being discussed at the first-ever joint meeting of the Regional Pacific Logistics Cluster and Emergency Telecommunications (ETC) Cluster which opens in Port Vila, Vanuatu, today, co
Apia, Samoa – Emergency responders and telecommunications experts from across the Pacific are converging in Apia on 11-13 July to discuss ways to improve emergency communications for disaster, at the first regional workshop of its kind jointly hosted by the Samoan Government and
The Solomon Star newspaper reports on the new digital HF radio system that was officially handed over to the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in December 2016. As reported in the news piece, the new HF stations are installed at the NDMO head office in Honi
To save lives and protect livelihoods, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) supports governments in strengthening their emergency preparedness and response capacities to mitigate the effects of disasters and reduce their impacts on vulnerable populations.