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2022 - 2024

Humanitarian Connectivity Charter Pakistan Workshop 2024, 11 to 12 December 2024, Islamabad, Pakistan
National workshop for the development and implementation of the NETP framework for Gambia, 20 and 21 November 2024, Banjul, Gambia
AI for UN EW4All Initiative AI-Sub-Group event, 16 November, Bulgarian Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
COP29 Presidency High-level event on Strengthening Climate Information and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Increased Resilience, 16 November, Hirkan Room, Baku, Azerbaijan
EW4All 4th Advisory Panel Meeting, 15 November, Baku, Azerbaijan
UNFCCC Official Side Event Scaling-up climate finance for ambitious action on early warning systems for adaptation with a focus on the most vulnerable, 14 November, Side Event Room 3, Baku, Azerbaijan
EW4All Progress and Cross-Learning Event, 14 November, WMO Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
Presentations of the Tonga and Jamaica Smart Weather App, 13 November, Moana, Blue Pacific Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
High level event convened by the UN Secretary-General on Delivering Early Warnings for All and Addressing Extreme Heat, 13 November, MR 22, Baku, Azerbaijan
Advanced technologies, innovation and digital transformations for Earth observation, 11 November, Caspian Plenary, Baku, Azerbaijan
Caribbean Regional Workshop on Emergency Telecommunications Preparedness: Strengthening Collaboration for Resilient Connectivity, 29 and 30 October 2024, Bridgetown, Barbados
ATU-ITU Joint Workshop on Early Warning for All (EW4ALL), 12 September 2024
Forecasting the future: AI in early warning systems, AI for Good Global Summit, 14:00–18:00 CEST, 31 May 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
COP-28 Digital connectivity and technologies for Early Warnings for All, 18:00-19:00, 4 December 2023, WMO Pavilion, Dubai
COP-28 Early Warnings for All: Artificial Intelligence to unlock the potential of Early Warning Systems, 18:00-19:00, 1 December 2023, IPCC-WMO-MERI Pavilion, Dubai
Regional Caribbean workshop on the role of telecommunications in in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, 21-23 November 2023, Barbados
Disaster Connectivity Map – understanding connectivity during and after the disasters, NetHope Global Summit, 24 October 2023
2023 CAP Implementation Workshop and Training, 10-12 October 2023, Geneva
Global Symposium for Regulators Session 7: Saving Lives: Emergency public earlywarning systems, 7 June 2023, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Rapporteur Group Meeting for Question 3/1: The use of telecommunications/ICTs for disaster risk reduction and management, 12 May 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
Question 3/1 workshop on Emergency Preparedness for Disaster Management, 11 May 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
Validation Workshop of the Situational Analysis Report – SADC National Emergency Telecommunications Plan, 22-24 March 2023
WSIS&SDG TalkX : ICTs and Disaster Risk Reduction, virtual, 13 October 2022, 14:00–15:00 (UTC+02:00)
WSIS ALFM C7: E Environment "Digital Public Goods for Climate Change Adaptation", virtual, 30 May 2022,
09:00 - 10:00 (CET)
MHEWC-III Status, gaps and ways forward - Thematic perspective: Warning communication and dissemination (co-organized by ITU and WMO, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction), hybrid, 24 May 2022, 09:00 - 09:40, Bali, Indonesia
MHEWC-III Learning Event: Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), (co-organized by ITU, WMO and IFRC, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction), 23 May 2022, 17:45 - 19:15, Bali, Indonesia
WSIS session 238 - The Global Call to Action on Emergency Alerting, virtual, 19 April 2022
WSIS session 224: Tackling disasters and reducing risks through awareness of citizens, virtual, 5 April 2022
Webinar on the latest developments of Disaster Connectivity Maps (DCM), 2 February 2022

2016 - 2021

2021 CAP Implementation Workshop, virtual, 13 and 14 October 2021
How ICTs Enhance Resilience and Awareness in Countries at Risk: Lessons Learned from International Collaboration, held in the occassion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13 October 2021, 14:00–15:00 (UTC+02:00)
Online Workshop on the Role of Telecommunications/ICTs for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for the Americas, 14 to 16 September 2021
Training on Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) for Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), 7 July 2021, Sultanate of Oman
Session 3 - Emerging technology for telecommunications in disaster management, during the Emerging Technology for Connectivity: Accelerating Digital Transformation in LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS, 6 July 2021, 11:00 to 12:00 CET
Online Webinar on "Promoting gender equality for the use of ICTs in disaster management", 08 March 2021, 14:30 to 16:00 CET
Information session and virtual launch of the ITU online training modules on emergency telecommunications, 20 January 2021, 14:30-16:00 CET
ITU and USTTI Webinar on Building Disaster Resilience through Emergency Telecommunications, 15 and 16 December 2020, 09:00-12:00 EST/15:00-18:00 CET
Online Workshop on ICTs Tabletop Exercises, Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and Tampere Convention for Disaster Management in the Arab region, 28 and 29 October 2020, (14:00-17:00) pm Cairo time
2020 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Online Workshop, 29 to 30 September 2020, 12:30-17:30 (CEST)
High-level Dialogue: Women and emergency telecommunications: ensuring gender equality in building disaster resilience, 6 August 2020
Online workshop to develop a National Emergency Telecommunication Plan for St. Lucia, 17-18 June 2020
Online workshop to develop a National Emergency Telecommunication Plan for Afghanistan, 6-7 April 2020
Online Special Session to launch Guidelines for National Emergency Telecommunication Plans and Table Top Simulation Guide, 19 March 2020, from 14:30 to 17:00 GMT +2
Regional Multi-stakeholder Workshop on the Role of Telecommunications/ICTs for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for Arab Region, 26-28 November 2019, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Workshop on conducting National Level Emergency Communications Drills and Exercises, held in conjunction with ITU-D Study Group 2 Question 5/2 meeting, 07 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
Special Session on Expanding ITU’s work on emergency telecommunication deployments, 16 September 2019, ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Emergency telecommunications for saving lives – the Crisis Connectivity Charter, followed by a networking lunch hosted by EMEA Satellite Operations Association (ESOA/GSC), 11 September 2019, Budapest, Hungary
Second Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC) Session 1: The "Last Mile", co-organized by ITU, WMO and WFP, 13 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
ITU Workshop for Europe and CIS Regions “Using ICT to save lives", organized by ITU-D in collaboration with the А.S. Popov Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications (ONAT) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 24-26 April 2019, Odessa, Ukraine
Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications (GET-19) - Innovating together to save lives: using technologies in disaster management, 6-8 March 2019, Balaclava, Mauritius
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Workshop, Pre-event to GET-19, 5 March 2019, Balaclava, Mauritius
Workshop on the Role of Telecommunications/ICTs for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction, 15 and 16 January 2019, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Regional Multi-stakeholder Workshop on the Role of Telecommunications/ICTs for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for Arab Region, 26-28 November 2019, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Workshop on conducting National Level Emergency Communications Drills and Exercises, held in conjunction with ITU-D Study Group 2 Question 5/2 meeting, 07 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
Special Session on Expanding ITU’s work on emergency telecommunication deployments, 16 September 2019, ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Emergency telecommunications for saving lives – the Crisis Connectivity Charter, followed by a networking lunch hosted by EMEA Satellite Operations Association (ESOA/GSC), 11 September 2019, Budapest, Hungary
Second Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC) Session 1: The "Last Mile", co-organized by ITU, WMO and WFP, 13 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
ITU Workshop for Europe and CIS Regions “Using ICT to save lives", organized by ITU-D in collaboration with the А.S. Popov Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications (ONAT) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 24-26 April 2019, Odessa, Ukraine
Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications (GET-19) - Innovating together to save lives: using technologies in disaster management, 6-8 March 2019, Balaclava, Mauritius
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Workshop, Pre-event to GET-19, 5 March 2019, Balaclava, Mauritius
Workshop on the Role of Telecommunications/ICTs for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction,
15 and 16 January, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Multi-stakeholder Forum on the Role of Telecommunication/ICTs for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction for the Caribbean Islands, 4-6 December 2018, Roseau, Dominica
Workshop on technological evolution, ICT exercises and disaster management drills, 3 October 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
Panel Session on Early Warning Systems (EWS), held in conjunction with ITU-D Study Group 2 Question 5/2 meeting, 8 May 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 Emergency Telecommunications Side Event,
13 October 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Second Multi-stakeholder Forum on the Role of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Management for the Americas Region, 29-31 August 2017, Bogotá, Colombia
ITU Workshop on Emergency Telecommunications and Disaster Relief, 17 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland
Workshop on ICT Technologies to Mitigate the Effects of Earthquakes and Tsunamis, 12-13 September 2016, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications (GET-2016): Saving Lives, 26-28 January 2016, Kuwait City, Kuwait

2011 - 2015

Regional Ministerial Consultative Meeting on Ebola: Leveraging Information and Communication Technology to Save Lives, 26-27 August 2015, Freetown, Sierra Leone
ICT4DRR: Multi-stakeholder Forum on using ICTs for Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation ‎and Mitigation, 15 March 2015, Sendai, Japan
ICT for Development and Saving Lives @ ITU World Telecom 2014, 7 December 2014, Doha, Qatar
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for SIDS: Multi-stakeholder Dialogue, 29 August 2014, Apia, Samoa
Multi-stakeholder Forum on the Role of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Management and Climate Change,
18-20 September 2013, Bridgetown, Barbados
ITU Regional Workshop for CIS on the Role of ICT in Saving Lives: Climate Change and Emergency Telecommunications, 19-21 August 2013 , Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic
Multi-stakeholder Forum on the Role of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Management and Climate Change, 5-7 November 2012 , Guatemala City, Guatemala
ITU Multi-stakeholder Forum on Emergency Telecommunications, 24-26 July 2012, Bogota, Colombia
MIC-ITU Symposium on Disaster Communications ITU-D Study Group 2 Rapporteur Group meetings,
16 March 2012, Sendai, Japan
Workshop on the Use of Telecommunication/ICTs for Disaster Management: Saving Lives, 28- 30 November 2011, Harare, Zimbabwe
Emergency Communications, Climate Change, E-Waste and Cyber Security Awareness Workshop,
28 November - 2 December 2011, Lusaka, Zambia
Workshop on Saving Lives Through Emergency Telecommunications, 16-18 November 2011, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Workshop on the use of Telecommunications in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, 29 August 2011, Mar del Plata, Argentina
ITU Asia-Pacific Regional Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Emergency Telecommunications, 8-11 July 2011, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2005 - 2010

Round table on the reconstruction of Haiti, 29-30 June, 2010, St. Michael, Barbados
WSIS Forum 2010 - High Level Debate on ICTs for Disaster Management, 10-14 October 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
National Workshop on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Disaster Management,
27-29 October 2009, Kampala, Uganda
ITU Workshop on Accessibility, 13-15 October, 2009, Bamako, Mali
Central African Workshop on the Use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management, 21-25 September 2009, São Tomé & Principe
Central American Workshop on Disaster Management, 21-23 September 2009, San Salvador, El Salvador
Using ICT for Effective Disaster Management Pacific Forum , 7-9 July 2009, Apia, Samoa
Joint ITU-Greece (Ministry of Transport and Communications) Workshop on Emergency Telecommunications,
8 April 2009, Greece
Workshop on Use of Information and Comm+unication Technologies in Disaster Management, 10-12 March 2009, Dakar, Senegal
ITU Southern and Eastern Africa Workshop on the Use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management: Saving Lives, 17-18 July 2008, Lusaka, Zambia
Training Workshop on Disaster Management including the Integration of Emergency Telecommunications Plans into Disaster Management Plans, 9-11 July 2008, Kigali, Rwanda
Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management: Saving Lives,
10-12 December 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
2nd Humanitarian Development Summit, 17-19 October 2007, Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Kenya
ITU Sub-Regional Workshop on the Role of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Management for the Central African Region, 30 May-1 June 2007, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Joint ITU/LAS/UN Agencies Regional Conference on "Disaster: Relief and Management: International Cooperation and Role of ICT", 14-17 April 2007, Alexandria, Egypt
Workshop on the Role of Telecommunications/ICT in Disaster Mitigation, 28 March 2007, Bandung, Indonesia
Joint ITU--ESCAP Regional Workshop on Disaster Communications, 12-15 December 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
Using ICT for Effective Disaster Management Caribbean Forum 2006, 26-28 July 2006, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Amateur Radio Administration Course, 24-27 July 2006, Dakar, Senegal
ITU Workshop on Emergency Telecommunications for Disaster Management, 29 March 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ITU Workshop on Emergency Telecommunications for Disaster Management, 23 March 2006, Sri Lanka
Telecoms for Disaster Relief: Tampere Convention - PrepCom-2 of the Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, 22 February 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Japan

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