BDT Director's Corner: Activities

​​​BDT Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin participated in the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Agreement between ITU and Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization (ARCO).

This Framework Cooperation Agreement comes as part of efforts to leverage the power of information and communication technologies for disaster risk reduction and management in the region.

Ms Bogdan-Martin said, ''Today marks yet another milestone in strengthening our collaboration to increase disaster preparedness at country and regional levels. It reaffirms ICTs as uniquely powerful tools that can help to significantly reduce the risk of hazards.''

She reaffirmed ITU's commitment to continue providing support to ARCO to be able to use ICTs to connect Arab National Societies of Red Crescent and Red Cross, and National Emergency Telecommunications Committees with the ARCO-Arab Center for Disaster Preparedness and Crises. 

''It is our desire to work with partners like you, to reduce the vulnerability of communities that are in constant risk in the region. I am confident that our partnership will go a long way to deliver on the promise of ICTs to save lives, working hand in hand with communities that are at the centre of a resilient pandemic recovery and future disaster response efforts,'' said Ms Bogdan-Martin.