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Dear ETC colleagues,
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to participate in the next Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Joint teleconference on Yemen, South Sudan, Iraq, Syria and Central African Republic to discuss the current situation, ICT capacity and preparedness plans/activities.
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to participate in the next Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Joint teleconference on Yemen, South Sudan, Iraq, Syria and Central African Republic to discuss the current situation, ICT capacity and preparedness plans/activities.
Dear ETC colleagues,
You are invited to participate in the next Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Joint teleconference on Bangladesh, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, which will be held on Wednesday 28 February 2018 at 1300 UTC to discuss the current situation.
Despite restrictions, the humanitarian community is working together to provide IT and telecoms services in and around Syria
"The situation in Syria is catastrophic and getting worse by the day," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said recently at a pledging conference in Kuwait.
The ETC will deliver two sessions of the Let's Comm training course in October in Syria, Damascus. The first session will take place from 02 to 06 October and the second one from 09 to 13 October.
Humanitarian pilots flying over Syria can now speak directly with ground teams mid-flight, thanks to a new Airband Radio system installed by the ETC in June 2025. This real-time link boosts safety, coordination, and response in high-risk zones over Damascus and Aleppo.
The foundation of security communications in Syria gained extra strength last week.
Keeping humanitarians safe in uncertain times:
Since its activation on 14 January 2013, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC)—now operating as the Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) since July 2025—has provided shared security communications and internet connectivity services to humanitarian responders across Syria and n