This document presents volunteers' activities in preventing and reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, as an effective support system in the wake of a disaster, and in post-disaster reconstruction efforts. It also features the need to factor
In this report, the Secretaries-General of the Commonwealth resolves to:
(a) develop inventories of the advance warning resources and systems available in each of the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Ocean regions; and through this, to
(b) identify aspects
This document is the proceedings of a meeting on “Role of Information and Communications Technology for Disaster Reduction”, which was jointly organized by Asia-Pacific Telecommunity and the International Telecommunication Union on the 28th of February
This report sets out to give a description of the professional efforts, the challenges faced and the lessons learned by European NGOs in the Tsunami disaster. At the same time it puts forward a number of recommendations to the European Union aimed at
Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in EmergenciesEuropean NGO confederation for relief and development
This document presents the event held on 10-12 December 2007 in Geneva, which brought together stakeholders in disaster management and seeked to launch a number of practical initiatives. These are aimed at providing universal access to telecommunications
This publication presents, for the first time under one cover, the work being done by ITU's three Sectors (Radiocommunication, Standardization and Telecommunication Development) in the field of emergency telecommunications (or disaster communications)
This handbook is written to serve as a close companion to those involved in the noble work of providing as well as using telecommunications for disaster mitigation and relief. It simplifies and demystifies the complex technical issues that characterize
This document presents the ITU Framework for Cooperation in Emergencies (IFCE), which goals are to position the organization as the leader in providing telecommunications/ICT services and applications for disaster mitigation at all phases of disaster