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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.
This guidance provides the framework for the gathering of information relevant to the conduct of the ICT Capacity Assessment (ICA).
A lifesaving workshop
In today's world, with its increasing number of natural disasters and manmade catastrophes, there is an indisputable need for governments and states to prepare their countries to respond effectively to rising threats.
Gone are the days when a technician, was simply a technician. It is no longer enough for humanitarian ICT responders to just have the technical skills, they need to be so much more.
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.
Side Event: Improving Cross-Sector Responses to Humanita
The Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is inviting you to participate in the second information-sharing teleconference on the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami which will be held Friday 5 October 2018 at 1300 UTC.
Agenda:
A devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawe
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake Palu City and Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday, 28 September, 2018. The earthquake epicentre was recorded at 10 km depth, 27 km northeast of Donggala, Central Sulawesi.
The ETC conducts Information Management (IM) and communications activities at the global level as well as for operations in which the ETC/ETS is activated.
In October and November, the Internews team in Bangladesh, composed of the Asia Humanitarian Adviser and the Internews Bangladesh Country Representative, condu
By Emma Wadland, Communications Lead, IT Emergency Preparedness and Response, World Food Programme
Photo: WFP / Phyza Jameel
Are women more vulnerable to the effects of disasters than men?
The outbreak of violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar since August 2017 has displaced the Rohingya population, who have been forced to flee their homes and cross the border to Bangladesh.
Before there was email, before there were radios, before there were phones, there were Chasquis – teams of agile and highly trained runners who physically carried messages thousands of kilometres across the ancient Incan Empire to report, coordinate and communicate.
? Since Hurricane Beryl tore across the Caribbean in early July 2024, interagency #CT efforts have supported national government response ― coordinated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) ― to restore co
The interim guidance for Pacific Island Countries (PICs) on the use of digital health tools and systems for the COVID-19 health sector response is now available to view.
Suva, 4 March, 2016
"ITU is very proud to be a part of this significant new milestone in bringing ICTs to the aid of people in need,” said ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao, who today signs the Charter during the ITU Telecom World 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.
Access to the internet has become an essential service for all ETC users. The following section outlines the purpose for providing internet connectivity for each group, and a description of the typical service provided.
WFP constructed this ETU managed by the NGO named ALIMA where the ET Cluster provided Internet connectivity.
ETC and NetHope connect NGO hubs in Nepal
Their excitement was palpable.
Being a service Cluster can sometimes mean being out of the spotlight and working behind the scenes. Being the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) especially, means providing an intangible service, one that people don’t really pay attention to when everything is working as it should.
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) was formally activated in Iraq in August 2014 in response to the deteriorating security situation in the country.
The humanitarian crisis in Iraq remains one of the largest and most volatile in the world. The pace of displacement over the past three years is nearly without precedent. In 2014, over 2.5 million civilians were displaced in Iraq; in 2015, more than an additional 1 million were forced to flee.