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The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is not officially activated in Ecuador.
Next Global ETC Teleconference on the Ecuadar earthquake will be held on Thursday 28 April, 16:00 GMT.
The second Global ETC Teleconference on the Ecuadar earthquake will be held on Wednesday 20 April, 16:00 GMT.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Ecuador on 16 April 2016, at 7pm local time.
Now, university students in Yemen can access fast and reliable internet to enhance their studies, thanks to the WFP-led Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). ?
With her country under lock-down, and thousands of her Egyptian countrymen protesting on the streets, WFP IT Officer Dalia Mansour was working to ensure her colleagues still had connectivity they needed to continue their work.
Tropical Cyclone Mora hit the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh on Tuesday, 30 May, with heavy rain and winds estimated at 160 km/h. The south west coast in the area of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazaar has been affected by high winds and flooding.
An estimated half a million refugees have fled violence from Myanmar’s Rakhine State and are currently in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
Hurricane Irma remains a category 5 hurricane quickly moving west over the Atlantic Ocean with sustained winds nearing 240km/h and higher gusts of up to 295km/h.
Hurricane Maria has been upgraded to a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 205 km/h with higher gusts. It is following in Hurricane Irma’s path and is set to hit several recovering islands including Antigua and Barbuda.
Hurricane Matthew is predicted to be one of the strongest hurricanes in the Atlantic in years, with devastating impact for Jamaica, Haiti and possibly Cuba. The heavy storm has so far affected parts of Jamaica, but further damage is expected as the hurricane moves north.
Tropical Cyclone Donna is currently located north of Port Vila, the capital and largest city of Vanuatu.
The famously challenging course has trained 197 humanitarian workers since the first session in 2007
Dodging 'snipers', bandaging 'broken' arms, winching trucks out the mud: all on the bare minimum of sleep. Sound like your normal IT course? Well, that's because it isn't.
The life of an emergency responder can be hectic. Angel Buitrago, an experienced World Food Programme (WFP) ICT specialist working in the Regional Bureau in Panama, is currently finding this out for himself.
ETC is a global network of organizations that work together to provide shared communications services in humanitarian emergencies
By Ria Sen, ETC Preparedness Officer
As disasters continue to increase in frequency and scope across the world, the
World Food Programme-led Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and the
International Telecommunication Union Development Sector (ITU-D) have jointly
The ETC, WFP Rwanda, and the Ministry of ICT jointly delivered an emergency telecoms preparedness training for 32 participants in Musanze.
Last month, two of the strongest earthquakes in the region in more than 100 years struck south-east Türkiye. Amid thousands of aftershocks, the impact has been catastrophic.
The National Telecommunication Council (CONATEL) and the Department of Civil Protection (DPC) of Haiti is hosting an Emergency Telecommunications Workshop
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) in South Sudan recently took delivery of a new emergency.lu Rapid Deployment Kit which will replace the Regular Deployment Kit previously deployed in Renk.
Following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake which struck Nepal, the response community quickly mobilised essential aid, from food and water to shelter and medical supplies.
After 6 years of activation, ETC South Sudan demobilises
Beach ball satellite terminals and precariously mounted access points have become iconic of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) over the years.
DAVOS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is honouring Hans Vestberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ericsson, for Ericsson’s pioneering work providing telecommunications solutions in support of humanitarian response.
Recorded from the marketplace floor at World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), in this podcast Elaine Weidman Grunewald, VP Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility at Ericsson and Alpha Bah, Chief Emergency Telecommunications Cluster & IT Emergency Coordination Branch at the World Food Program
Following the delivery of a new Rapid Deployment Kit from emergency.lu in April, Ericsson Response has sent a mission to South Sudan to help the Emergency Telecommuni
Six months after the emergency deployment to support the complex earthquake relief effort in Haiti, Ericsson Response is bringing equipment and volunteers home. "The Haiti emergency response is something I really wanted to do,” says Tomi Virkkala, Ericsson Response Volunteer from Finland.
The ETC Plenary in April 2014 discussed "ETC 2020". Information is posted here.
This includes:
- A review of ETC operational work in the last 3 years.
- An overall SWOT analysis of the cluster at global and local levels.
For the very first time, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) has been officially activated to support emergency preparedness activities.
Large-scale humanitarian exercise TRIPLEX starts today
Armed with pelican cases crammed full of equipment, a 10-person Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) response team officially deployed to ‘Sorland’ today, in support of the population affected by landslides, floodi
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) has officially been activated and a system-wide L3 emergency has been declared in Mozambique following Cyclone Idai.
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
The 2019 Annual ETC Plenary Meeting was hosted by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 9 and 10 April 2019.
Emergency response in a rapidly changing world
Nine emergency operations, preparedness initiatives strengthened across 12 Pacific Island nations, the Crisis Connectivity Charter activated twice, and local communities empowered by access to information in Mozambique.
While the COVID-19 pandemic brought its share of challenges to the world in 2021, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) powered through with emergency responses in a record ten countries.
The Global ETC firmly believes that access to reliable and efficient communications infrastructure is a fundamental right, especially in crisis and disaster-stricken regions.
Access to information is a unique type of humanitarian aid.
It can’t be weighed in metric tons like food or measured in litres, like water.
In 2023, the ETC confronted more emergencies than ever before.
The Challenge
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) provides common information and communications technology (ICT) services to the humanitarian community in emergency operations.
This manual lays down the policies and processes followed by the ETC to support the delivery of learning activities.