WFP and the Government of Luxembourg have established a partnership for the integration of EPIC into the emergency.lu solution.

Owned by the Government of Luxembourg, and developed in partnership with UN agencies and private companies, the emergency.lu solution is designed to address the challenge of worldwide rapid response capacity and preparedness for humanitarian emergencies.

emergency.lu is a key component of the ETC response solution.

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Governments

Governments around the world are assisting the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) - through WFP - to provide timely, predictable, and effective inter-agency telecommunications services to support humanitarian operations in emergencies.

The ETC is extremely grateful for contributions received from the following governments:

2012

  • Luxembourg for the Special Operation in South Sudan and Mali
  • The USA, Iceland and Denmark for the Special Operation in Mali
  • Australia for the Special Operation in South Sudan

2011

  • Luxembourg
  • European Commission, Iceland and The Netherlands for Special Operation in Libya
  • Norway and Spain for Special Operations in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia

2010

  • Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, UK and USA for the earthquake emergency response in Haiti

 

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