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The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) was activated in Syria in 2013 in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country. We would like to gather your valuable feedback.
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A core ETC competence, this course focuses on some of the key elements of teamwork and demostrates how working well in teams enables a better response to emergencies. |
In 2000 a group of employees at Ericsson wanted to support humanitarian efforts and started the Ericsson Response initiative.
The four pillars of the ETC2020 strategy focus on enabling, building and strengthening people, processes and equipment to ensure that by 2020, all those responding to humanitarian
By Jay Mahanand, Chair of the ETC and Chief Information Officer, World Food Programme
Over one year since the massive Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption devastated Tonga, the ETC response―led by WFP in the Pacific―has been handed over to the national ETC Tonga team.
John Bursa has been a member of WFP’s Fast IT & Telecommunications Emergency & Support Team (FITTEST) from 2003 to 2006, and again since 2018.
Voice communication is essential for effective communication, regardless of the situation or customer segment.
You arrive at Bangui airport in the Central African Republic (CAR) from headquarters, you switch on your smart phone to tell your family and colleagues that you’ve arrived and nothing happens: ‘there is no network’, said Jean-Luc Moot
More than ever, there is a need to keep humanitarian responders in Ukraine safe while they deliver life saving assistance amid a war which has left 14.6 million people in need of help and protection.
Telecommunications Security Standards (TESS) is an inter-agency project, requested and initiated by the Inter-Agency Security
The TESS project (stream 3) launched the "Request for Technology Solutions" (RTS) on 1 August 2019. The RTS process calls for concrete proposals of technologies that will meet the
This document provides an overview of the {TESS+} (Telecommunications Security Standards) services, summarizing the “why-who-what-how” including the requirements, mandate, key services, governance, accountability, oversight and reporting, the service model, staffing, funding and more.
When Patrick McKay, an Information and Communication Technology Officer for WFP, disembarked the first plane to arrive at Beira airport following Cyclone Idai, the scene sparked a certain sense of familiarity.
Stable telecommunications networks are essential in conflict, crisis, or disaster.
ETC is deploying to provide secure telecommunications to aid organizations
Humanitarian presence in Timbuktu has been restricted since fighting broke out in Mali over a year ago.
It starts with three personal accounts: one from a mother whose children vanished in conflict; one from a national disaster management officer who knows his country will soon be struck by crisis; and one from an over-worked humanitarian who needs to respond, fast.
The Kingdom of Tonga is comprised of 176 islands of which 40 are inhabited. Tonga is divided into three main islands Tongatapu in the south, Ha’apai in the centre, and Vava’u in the north. The capital Nuku’alofa is on the island of Tongatapu.
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022 was a stark reminder of how telecommunications preparedness can mean the difference between silence and life-saving response.
By Elizabeth Millership