ETC 2020:Envisioning our future, expanding our network

WGET, April 2015

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Why ETC 2020?

New humanitarian challenges

Rapid technology innovation

Need to expand and adapt to best serve affected populations

New operating environment

Increased and more complex demand on ETC

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ETC 2020 – What we did

ETC 2020 strategy process

Affected Populations

Government Resilience

Response Readiness

Partnerships

Enhanced Connectivity

Humanitarian Community

1Thematic Work Streams

2Strategy Workshop

3Draft Strategy

4Strategy Validation/Adoption

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ETC 2020 – Our vision

“By 2020, the ETC in partnership with leading edge technology companies and local telecomm providers will create an environment for emergency response which allows humanitarian responders, citizens and

governments to have a seamless, resilient and principled communications experience in order to

facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid.” 

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WHO: Serving a wider community

Humanitarian response community

Governments

Affected populations

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WHAT: Four priority areas

Enh

ance

d

com

mun

icat

ions

and

ener

gy

Increased

resilience to

disasters

Communications as aid

Improved and

decentralized

response readiness

Response community

Governments

Affected populations

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Enhanced communications and energy

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Increased resilience to disasters

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Improved & decentralized response readiness

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Communications as aid

Communications as aid

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How will we do it?

Partnership

Experiments and pilots

Advocacy

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Where will we do it?

Key high-risk countries

9 disasters, 6 at once

Global network

Local impact

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ETC 2020 – Partnership opportunities

Working groups, ready-to-go partnerships,

technical support, much more!

Innovation

Government Resilience

Preparedness

Global roster

Simulation and training

Connectivity solutions