PCP-TDR

The creation of the PCP-TDR was proposed at the February 2003 ITU-T workshop on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief (TDR), endorsed by TSAG in its February 2003 meeting, and approved by ITU-T Study Group 16 in May 2003. After WTSA-04, PCP-TDR is under the responsibility of ITU-T Study Group 2.

The PCP-TDR should ensure that key players are involved in defining and meeting the requirements for telecommunications for disaster relief, here included early warning. Participation is open to international telecommunication service providers, related government departments, standards development organizations, disaster relief organizations, and other entities working in the field.

Meeting report:

The report of the PCP-TDR held in Geneva on 2 May 2006 is available and can be found in the PCP-TDR FTP area at:

http://ifa.itu.int/t/sftp/pcptdr/meetings/0605-Geneva/.

Terms of reference, mode of operations and membership

The Terms of Reference are as follows:

• Monitor the progress of technical standardisation work in general and in particular a mapping to the requirements of the different categories of users
• Take into account the deliberations of WSIS and its output.
• Address coordination issues between the partners
• Develop and maintain contact with entities not traditionally involved in standards development
• Promote the adoption of existing standards.
• Keep ITU-T TSAG, ITU-R RAG and ITU-D TDAG informed the progress of the work

The PCP-TDR will operate as follows:

• Periodic Progress reports
• Work to be done mainly by email
• Possibly hold a maximum of two physical meetings per year

Members of this PCP would be (non-exhaustive list):

• ITU-T: SG2, SG11, SG13, SG16, and other SGs on request
• ITU-R: SG5, and others on request
• ITU-D: SG1, SG2
• SDOs: ISO/IEC, APT, ATIS T1, ETSI, IETF, OASIS, TIA, and others
• Intergovernmental Organizations: UN-OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, and others
• NGOs: IFRC, ICRC, TSF, CAESa and others
• Industry Forum and Consortium: MESA, TETRA, and others

PCP-TDR Reference documents:

• Workshop on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief
• TSB Circular 173: "Creation of the Partnership Co-ordination Panel in support of standardization on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief (TDR/PCP)"

Links to PCP-TDR Members:

• EMTEL – Emergency Communications (ETSI)
• Project MESA (ETSI/TIA)
• TIA Engineering Committee TR-8 - Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards
• TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Standards
• OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee
• Others to be added as received

Other Useful links:

• ITU-T technical publications on TDR/EW
• ITU-T Action Plan for Standardization on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief and Early Warning (TDR/EW)
• WMO Register of Alerting authorities
• Introductory video on the Common Alerting Protocol (X.1303)

Electronic facilities:

• Mailing list: pcptdr@lists.itu.int
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• Mailing list archive: http://www.itu.int/ml/lists/arc/pcptdr/2010-11

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