Source: World Food Programme, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster
Country: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Highlights
· To coordinate requests and offers for support, the ET Cluster has compiled and circulated a 2014 Needs and Partners matrix covering the three pillars of the inter-agency ICT response. Partners such as BT, Ericsson Response and the Government of Luxembourg have confirmed support.
· In coordination with UNDSS, sites for expansion or establishment of security telecommunications services across the three countries have been confirmed. Equipment has been ordered to upgrade (where possible) or install networks in 15 locations across the three affected countries.
· ET Cluster member NetHope conducted a mission in Liberia to understand how it can better support the inter-agency ICT response.