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In 2015 the ETC adopted its 2020 Strategy that seeks to ensure that all those responding to emergencies within the humanitarian sector- including communities affected by crisis- have access to vital communication services.
Over the past two months ― across three sessions in both English and French ― 34 humanitarian ICT responders have been busy skilling up to deploy and maintain radio communications systems, to be ready for any emergency scenario
This manual lays down the policies and processes followed by the ETC to support the delivery of learning activities.
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From 06 to 21 July, the ETC team is conducting a joint assessment mission with the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) to Kyiv.
- On 27 June, the ETC Services for Communities Officer, in collaboration with WFP, organised a focus group discussion to collect feedback on the ETC Chatbot in an internally displaced people (IDP) collective centre in Lviv.
- From 22 to 26 June, the ETC conducted an assessme
Between 17–20 June 2025, three Pacific Waves Training Alliance modules were delivered in Samoa:
Between 10–13 June 2025, three Pacific Waves Training Alliance modules—Mobile Satellite Systems (MSS) End User, Radio Telecommunications Systems (RTS) End User, and Training of Trainers (ToT–EDIP)—were delivered to 24 first responders in Tonga.
GEARING UP FOR A STRONGER RESPONSE, HUMANITARIANS GATHER IN SOUTHERN GERMANY FOR WFP-LED SIMULATION
It’s 1.30am, and more than 40 responders from the humanitarian community sit to discuss the latest operational update. They’ve each had just 10 hours sleep over a 72-hour period – in a tent. It’s cold.
When Chris Alagna and Rob Buurveld, senior specialists from the World Food Programme (WFP) Fast IT and Telecommunications Emergency and Support Team (FITTEST) were assigned to deliver a
When technical advancement starts with capacity building at the national level
The training starts at 8.30am on a Monday morning in Juba, South Sudan.
She’s a driving force behind the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster’s (ETC) training initiatives and over the past year, Priya Arora and her team have been busy testing and launching a new blended approach to the ETC’s learning and development portfolio.
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Pacific, has kicked off a vital week of training in Apia, Samoa.
The sun rises on another day in Maiduguri with the Harmattan haze covering the city. The Harmattan is a dusty wind which blows during the dry season from the Sahara desert over West Africa.
Ever felt like you’re being ‘sling shot’ from one location to another? You land in one location and only a short while later you’re being slung somewhere else? This is how I felt in my first week in Guinea.
In May 2025, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) in the Pacific, led by the World Food Programme (WFP), kicked off a series of intensive, week-long training sessions to strengthen national disaster response capabilities across the region.
Local capacity building is a priority area for the ETC heading into 2019 as the situation in Yemen becomes more complex.