Application of a member of the CGDIS Humanitarian Intervention Team towards the disaster area in Turkey

The HIT intervenes outside the area of Luxembourg in the event of very serious disasters, either on behalf of the federal government or at the request of the country or countries concerned, or as part of international help. UNDAC teams are maintained by the United Nations Office for that Coordination of Humanitarian Matters (OCHA), a long-standing companion of the Luxembourg Cooperation, and they are deployed at short observe around the world to help coordinate the international humanitarian response and conduct rapid assessments. emergency. lu is a mobile satellite communications platform in whose primary objective is to restore communications (Internet, voice) after a disaster, to support the coordination efforts of humanitarian organisations in the field and thus contribute to conserving lives in humanitarian emergencies. It is a public-private partnership between the Luxembourg government and three The duchy of luxembourg companies ( SES Telecom Services, Hitec Luxembourg and Luxembourg Air Ambulance SA ). Luxembourg provides emergency. lu solutions as a free global open public good to the humanitarian neighborhood. The same services are offered to the population and governments of the affected countries. This evening, the first member of the Humanitarian education Intervention Team (HIT) from the Corps grand-ducal d’incendie et de secours (CGDIS), a professional in information and communication technologies, will leave on a humanitarian mission to the earthquake zone in Turkey. Within the framework of the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) network of which CGDIS is a member, this particular expert provides ICT assistance to the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) emergency response team. These teams, which are deployed in the first phase of an emergency, assess international relief needs plus coordinate local support plus relief efforts. Along with the CGDIS expert, a first application of the mobile satellite telecommunications platform “emergency. lu” is going to be made to support the restoration of telecommunications services in the area. Pr release by the Ministry of House Affairs / Directorate with regard to Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs / Corps grand-ducal d’incendie et de secours (CGDIS) 

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