Let’s Comm Digital 2018
Let’s Comm Digital is a five-day training course which is directed towards humanitarian workers, with a background in analogue VHF communications and specialized in ICT, who require expertise in the deployment of DMR Digital radio infrastructure.
ETC Plenary 2018
From the 15-17 May 2018, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Plenary meeting, which is an annual gathering of ETC partners to discuss ongoing operations, key strategic developments and initiatives within the humanitarian ICT sector and other pertinent issues relating to the cluster, took place in Luxembourg.
Let’s Net 2018
Let’s Net training aims at preparing humanitarian workers to respond more efficiently in emergencies by deploying, running and supporting the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Data and Voice services.
VIDEO: Internet boosts assistance for people displaced by Boko Haram
In support of the Refugee Emergency Telecommunications Sector (RETS) led by UNHCR in Niger, the Governement of Luxembourg deployed one emergency.lu kit in Diffa, supporting UNHCR and its partners.
Emergency.lu joins the EERC
Luxembourg will hence participate with the satellite-based telecommunication system «emergency.lu» to the European Emergency Response Capacity (EERC) as well as to the European Medical Corps for an initial period of two years.
ETC Services for Communities (S4C) in Dominica
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is enabling hurricane-affected communities in Dominica to communicate with their families and friends and to access critical information and make better-informed decisions on how to rebuild their lives.
Let’s Net 2017 hosted in Luxembourg
Training sessions (like Let’s Net) prepare humanitarian workers to better respond in emergencies – participants get familiarised with the equipment, improve not only their technical but also their soft skills, and learn to work better as a team!
