Guestpost: Learn more about ITU Multi-stakeholder Forum on Emergency Telecommunications (Bogota, Colombia, 24-26 July 2012)
Connectikpeople quotes :''The World Telecommunication Development Conference that was held in Hyderabad, India in 2010 (WTDC-2010), identified natural disasters as a major threat to socio-economic development and adopted emergency telecommunications as one of the regional initiatives for almost all the regions including in the Americas.
In light of this, the International Telecommunication Union and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of Colombia are jointly organizing an event, "Multi-stakeholder Forum on Emergency Telecommunications," to be held in Bogota, Colombia, from 24 to 26 July, 2012.
This sub-regional event aims to bring together national agencies involved in disaster risk reduction and disaster management, private telecommunication entities, United Nations Agencies, and Non-Governmental Organizations to discuss and exchange views on how to assist countries and communities to mitigate, respond and cope with natural disasters.''
In light of this, the International Telecommunication Union and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of Colombia are jointly organizing an event, "Multi-stakeholder Forum on Emergency Telecommunications," to be held in Bogota, Colombia, from 24 to 26 July, 2012.
This sub-regional event aims to bring together national agencies involved in disaster risk reduction and disaster management, private telecommunication entities, United Nations Agencies, and Non-Governmental Organizations to discuss and exchange views on how to assist countries and communities to mitigate, respond and cope with natural disasters.''
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