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13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group
on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
20 November 2009
Interagency cooperation proposal
Collaborative building disaster risk management
communication capacities
in Asia and the Pacific
Information and Communications Technology and
Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD)
ESCAP
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Disaster communication function needs
• Prior to disaster
– Disseminating early warning
• Siren/loudspeaker; Data network; Voice/short message
broadcast; TV/radio broadcast
• Private network; Cellular and satellite mobile; Fixed
Phone/Fax; Internet; Amateur radio
• Approaching of major disasters
– Evacuation guidance
• Siren/loudspeaker; Voice/short message broadcast;
TV/radio broadcast
• Fixed, cellular & satellite phones; Private network;
Amateur radio
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Function needs
• Within first 3 hours
– Reporting to relevant authorities
• Phone; Fax; Short message
• Fixed, cellular and satellite phone; Amateur radio
– Among authorities and supporting organizations
• Phone; Fax; Short message; Data network
• Fixed, cellular and satellite phone; private network;
Internet
• Within first 24 hours
– Monitoring and warning of secondary disasters
• Data network; Short message and voice broadcast
through phone systems; Siren/loudspeaker
• Cellular and satellite mobile; Private network; Internet
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Function needs
• Within first 24 hours
– Field news gathering and reporting
• High rate data for TV & pictures; Lower rate for voice &
text
• Private network; Phone/Fax; Internet; Satellite data
• Beyond 24 hours
– Among field teams & local coordinators
– Among field team members
• Voice; Short message
• Cellular & satellite mobile; Citizen band (CB) radio;
Walkie-talkie; Satellite short message service
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Function needs
• Beyond 24 hours
– Among government authorities, international
organizations & international field teams
• Voice/Fax; Data; Networking; e-mail
• Fixed, cellular and satellite phone; Private network;
Internet
– Communication of victims with their family members
• Voice; Short message; e-mail
• Fixed, cellular & satellite phone; Internet
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Major conclusion of analysis
• Satellite mobile
– Most effective for rapid deployment after disasters
– Reporting disasters to relevant authorities
– Receiving early warning
• Cellular mobile base stations
– Local mobile service is mostly needed for field teams
– Be resilient to continue or to rapid restore services
– Connection to outside: satellite as back-up
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Major conclusion of analysis
• Broadband
– Support networking, cellular mobile, video/audio
conferencing, tele-medicine, Wi-Fi
– Private networks consider through IP platform
– Satellite as a major way
• Cellular & satellite network congestions
– Allocate more bandwidth
– Expand cellular mobile larger handling capacity
• Cross-boundary shipment of telecommunication
equipment procedure be arranged in advance
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
When Governments are responsible to build
such capacities, it is not cost-efficient for
building standby capacities that are
expected be rarely used
Collaborative Building of Disaster Stand-By
Communication Capacities
• Advanced distribution of satellite mobile
handsets to community level
• Collaborative satcom stand-by mechanism
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Advanced distribution of satellite mobile
handsets to communities
• Handsets to be distributed to identified
communities prone to major destructive disasters
• Handsets to be operated by trained persons
responsible for disaster risk management
– Reporting disaster to authorities
– Receiving disaster alert
– Supporting early stage communications of
response actions
• Maintain by the communities and check working
conditions regularly
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Collaborative satcom stand-by capacities
• At regional or subregional level
• Based on available satcom services
– Agree on sets of equipment for standby
• Satellite mobile handsets
• Satellite broadband terminals with WiFi / WiMAX
access points
• Satellite cellular mobile terminals
• Capacity expansion packages for enhance cellular
base stations handling capacity
• Movable cellular mobile base stations
• And other rapid deployable communication
equipment
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Collaborative satcom stand-by capacities
• Technical, institutional and financial arrangement
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Agreeing on sets of standby equipment
Agreed standby service providers
Service & maintenance standards
National operators and responsible users
Charging policies
Activation & delivery procedures
• Request, assessment, approval, international and local
transportation, custom clearance and etc.
– Sustainable financial arrangement
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Multi stakeholder approach
• National stakeholders
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Disaster management authorities
Telecom authorities & service providers
Emergency response agencies
Community leaders
• Satellite operators and equipment venders
– Thuraya, Inmarsat, Thaicom, Motorola expressed
interest
• United Nations entities
– ESCA, ITU, APT, OCHA, ISDR, UNOPS,
– Other humanitarian assistance organizations
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Public-Private Partnership
• Market demonstrated cost-efficient
technologies and services
• Established service networks
• Marginalized profit
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Thank you
For more information:
• http://www.unescap.org/idd
• E-mail : [email protected]
13th Meeting of the Regional Interagency Working Group on ICT, 20 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand