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The 3rd Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications (GET-19) - Innovating together to save lives: using technologies in disaster management, organized by the International Telecommunication Union and hosted by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Mauritius (ICTA) will take place from 6 to 8 March 2019, in Balaclava, Mauritius.

​This event comes at a time when natural hazards are having devastating impacts on people and economies across the globe. At the same time, incredible growth in ICT networks and services and innovation in technologies open doors to opportunities for saving lives and limiting the impact of disasters. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has also helped raise awareness of the importance of disaster risk reduction and management. Of the 17 goals for sustainable development established by the United Nations, Goals 1, 2, 11 and 13 make reference to the need of nations and communities to address the challenges of disasters.

The theme of GET-19 - Innovating together to save lives: using technologies in disaster management - highlights the role of information and communication technology (ICT) networks and services in disaster risk reduction and management, and saving lives.

Discussions will focus on disaster risk reduction strategies, national emergency telecommunication planning and policies, resilient infrastructure, and national coordination. The event will also highlight the importance of early-warning and monitoring systems and showcase and demonstrate the role of new technologies such as big data, Internet of Things, robotics, and Artificial Intelligence in detecting, monitoring and predicting disasters as well as their applications in the immediate aftermath of disasters.

The Forum will highlight the needs and opportunities of partnerships and cooperation and address challenges and opportunities for ICTs in the humanitarian context. GET-19 will discuss how humanitarian organizations can leverage technology to prepare and respond more effectively and to help victims of conflict or humanitarian crises. It will help present existing, and shape new partnerships between the ICT sector, governments and the humanitarian community.

GET-19 brings together ICT ministers, heads of national ICT regulatory authorities, chief executive officers from the ICT industry, heads of United Nations organizations, other senior level participants and representatives from non- governmental organizations, humanitarian organizations, development banks, regional disaster management organizations, academia and media.

BACKROUND DOCUMENTS

• Draft concept note on Partnerships for Saving Lives – Disaster Connectivity Map​​​ (in pdf format)​
• Caribbean 2017 Hurricane Season, an evidence-based assessment of the early warning system, by WMO-CREWS (in pdf format)
• ITU-R activity for emergency and disaster relief communications​
• ITU-T work on emergency telecommunications​​​​​

INVITATION LETTER

• Invitation letter to ​ITU Member States and Resolution 99 (E, F, S, A, R, C)
• Invitation letter to ITU-D Sector Members, Regulators, Regional Telecommunication Organizations, United Nations and Specialized Agencies, Regional and Other International Organizations (E, F, S, A, R, C)
• Invitation letter to the Pre-event Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Workshop, 5 March 2019​

ABOUT

ITU plays an important role in using ICTs for disaster risk reduction and management, through the design of national emergency telecommunication plans, the setting up of early warning and monitoring systems and the provision of emergency telecommunications equipment when disasters strike.

REGISTRATION

REGISTER NOW! In order to register, please complete the GET-19 online registration form.

Interpretation will be provided based on the requests of participants. You are, therefore, invited to indicate on your registration form by 19 January 2019 (23:59 hours Geneva time) if you require a language other than English. Based on the requests made by this forty-five (45) calendar days deadline and provided there are at least five (5) participants requesting a given language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish), interpretation will be provided in the requested languages.    

Participants are encouraged to submit papers relevant to the agenda items of the meeting, by e-mail, to get@itu.int. These papers will only be available in the languages in which they are submitted.

Note: Once you have submitted the online registration form, you will receive a confirmation of your registration by e-mail.

FELLOWSHIP

ELIGIBILITY

Within the budget available, one fellowship per country may be granted to participants from countries with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of less than USD 2000. Because of budgetary constraints, the countries benefiting from ITU fellowships may be required to partly contribute to expenses associated to their nominee’s participation. 

HOW TO TREQUEST FOR A FELLOWSHIP 

To request a fellowship form, participants must first register online and tick the appropriate box. Upon acceptance of the registration, a fellowship request form will be sent to the participant. The form should be completed, signed and approved by an authorized officer of the administration. Priority will be given to applicants who submit a paper of direct relevance to an agenda item. It is the responsibility of each participant to ensure that the duly completed form is signed, approved, stamped and returned together with the paper at the latest by the deadline of 01 February 2019.

The fellowship form and the paper can be scanned and emailed to bdtfellowships@itu.int.   

Only requests that have fulfilled all conditions will be considered. It is imperative that fellows be present from the first day to the end of the meeting and participate during the entire fellowship period. â€‹

VANUE

The InterContinental Hotel
Coastal Road, Ville Valio
Balaclava 
Mauritius

Contact Person: 
Ms. Marie Louise Hotentot 
Director of Convention Sales at the InterContinental
E-mail: reservations.icmauritius@ihg.com
Tel: + (230)2611146
Fax: + (230) 2611201

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