Developing a Regional Disaster Emergency Communications Plan for the Pacific Islands

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA) and NZAID
    Summary:

    BACKGROUND: Unexpected natural and man-made disasters can occur any place, any time. An immediate response to organize and coordinate recovery operations rapidly is essential to save lives and restore the community infrastructure. These critical emergency activities depend upon the readily availability and access to telecommunication resources to support urgent communications. The Pacific region consists of thousands of islands scattered over approximately 54 million square kilometres of ocean most of which are with very basic communications access or none.

    Contacts:

    NZAID Contact:
    Paul Eastwood
    Email: paul.eastwood@nzaid.govt.nz

    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    NZAid
    Cofinancing Total:
    no information available

Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre - Preparedness for Climate Change

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-05 02:21
Summary:
Background

The Climate Centre supports the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its partners in reducing the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on vulnerable people. The Climate Centre is based in the Netherlands but serves the whole Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement, in particular in developing countries. There is a close co-operation with the secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva.