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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.