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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.
Tokelau, a non-self-governing territory of New Zealand comprising three low-lying coral atolls—Atafu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo—is among the most climate-vulnerable places in the world.
The Kingdom of Tonga, an archipelago of 169 islands in the South Pacific, remains highly vulnerable to climate change and natural hazards.
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
One of the largest eruptions of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha-apai underwater volcano in the past 30 years occurred on 15 January 2022.
'Training' is one of the six thematic areas of expertise identified by the ETC to guide implementation of the 2020 strategy.
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is not activated in Trinidad and Tobago.
ETC supports Government of Fiji to respond to worst tropical storm ever recorded in the Pacific.
Category-five Cyclone Winston tore through Fiji on 20 February, bringing winds of over 320km/h, torrential rain and waves of up to 12 metres high. It is said to be the second-str
Fleeing instabilities in their home countries, thousands of migrants from the Middle-East and Africa are taking dangerous and sometimes fatal routes to seek asylum in Europe.
Highlights:
- TSF is providing free satellite internet access for the humanitarian community and migrants in Macedonia and Serbia
- Over 1,000 unique devices connected each day in either centre
- More than 40,000 unique devices connected in 1 month
The Seismology Section of the Fiji Mineral Resource Department in collaboration with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) issued a bulletin on 4 January 2017 at
Ham radio strengthens emergency telecommunications preparedness in disaster-stricken Mozambique
This story originally appeared on wfp.org
By Elizabeth Millership
ETC security communications (support for UHF radio programming and coverage) and customer services are provided by the cluster in the U
Two earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.7 magnitude occurred in south-east Türkiye on 06 February 2023. The epicentre of the earthquakes occurred in the Kahramanmaraş region and affected an area of 400 kilometres.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory located southeast of The Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean. They consist of two island groups with a total land area of approximately 948 square kilometres.
Tuvalu, one of the world’s smallest and most remote nations, comprises nine low-lying atolls and reef islands scattered across the central Pacific Ocean.
Tuvalu has deployed an Early Warning System (EWS) under the Government of Tuvalu's National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA 2) project with the support of UNDP. The EWS will serve as a communications backup in the disaster-prone region.
Adhering to the timeless saying that two heads are better than one, IT officers from United Nations agencies in Bolivia are whole heartedly embracing the concept of a united, United Nations.
After months of rising tensions between Ukraine and the Russian Federation (RF), there has been a significant escalation in armed hostilities in Ukraine as of 24 February 2022. Intense conflict is ongoing across major cities, including the capital Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson and Odessa, as w
After months of rising tensions between Ukraine and the Russian Federation (RF), there was a significant escalation in armed hostilities in Ukraine as of 24 February 2022. Intense conflict is ongoing across major cities, including the capital Kyiv, Kh
Even in times of war, the right to education must be protected. In Ukraine, where conflict has disrupted daily life for millions, the World Food Programme-led Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is stepping up to ensure that children can continue learning.
On 21 August 2024, the ETC successfully activated a 1Gbps dedicated undersea fibre connection in Port Sudan.