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- World Food Programme (WFP), the global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) lead, has offered to support the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDMA) with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) assessments and deployment of Internet connectivity services where req
A follow-up Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) information-sharing teleconference to discuss the impact of category-4 Hurricane Matthew on the Caribbean region and response required.
Associate Director, Humanitarian Information Systems & Telecommunications, Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs
Isaac waited more than three hours to send his 218 kBs of data via radio link from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Switzerland.
Are we actually moving forward with technology? We have new partnerships, innovative technologies, and we definitely have the motivation, so where are we going with it all?
ETC network review operations and plan for 2020 at Plenary Meeting
Partnering and piloting for the road ahead was the overriding message from the second 2015 ETC Plenary Meeting, held at UNHCR headquarters in
ICT officers, Ivan Storr and Hugh Macready were deployed from Australia to Haiti to respond to the earthquake emergency. Members of RedR Australia, Ivan and Hugh joined the World Food Programme (WFP) team to restore electrical services and communications.
Action on Disaster Relief 2018 presents an invitation-only Emergency Telecommunications Cluster Meeting in Panama
Local communities are the first responders, and all those supporting the emergency operation will have access to vital communications services. By 2020 that is.