International Telecommunication Union (ITU) jointly with PORTRAZ organized a Multi-stakeholder workshop on the use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management: Saving Lives that took place in Harare, Zimbabwe, 28-30 November 2011. The purpose of this event was to bring together the main stakeholders active in the dissemination of ICTs and their use for disaster mitigation, and to serve as a forum in which they can map out concrete strategies and adopt practical measures aimed at giving ICTs a central role to play in disaster prevention and management, i.e. early warning, preparedness, relief and response.
