Tag: disasters/emergencies

ICTP 297: Emergency communications, being prepared when disaster strikes and the Tampere Convention, with Sylvester Cadette of the ITU

ICTP 297: Emergency communications, being prepared when disaster strikes and the Tampere Convention, with Sylvester Cadette of the ITU

Posted by | 10 Apr 2024 |

Natural disasters and other emergencies are not situations that can be completely avoided, but like insurance, it is good to have access to the requisite support in times of need. As we approach the 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season, we thought it opportune to reshare a conversation we had with Sylvester Cadette, of the International Telecommunication Union, in 2021 on the Tampere Convention in which we discussed, among other things: the Tampere Convention, what it is and why more Caribbean countries ought to accede to it; the challenges that are likely to occur when countries have not signed on to the Convention; reasons why countries are not signing on the Convention; plus the need for Caribbean countries to have more comprehensive emergency telecommunications plans in place.

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ICTP 290: Governments and content creation, network infrastructure resilience, and regulating digital media

ICTP 290: Governments and content creation, network infrastructure resilience, and regulating digital media

Posted by | 21 Feb 2024 |

In our February 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Media and Business Strategist, Nerissa Golden, of Goldenmedia LLC, and ICT Consultant and head of PromoTIC in Haiti, Gregory Domond, the panel discusses: Governments and their use of influencers and content marketing as part of their communications strategy; telecommunications networks and infrastructure resilience assessments and the lessons Caribbean countries can learn from the recently concluded assessment exercise in Haiti; and regulating digital media, can it be done without undermining citizens’ rights?

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ICTP 286: e-Commerce, internet resilience, and the Caribbean brain drain in the remote work era

ICTP 286: e-Commerce, internet resilience, and the Caribbean brain drain in the remote work era

Posted by | 24 Jan 2024 |

In our January 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Esmeralda Levens of BearingPoint Caribbean in Curaçao, and Technology Architect and Digital Transformation Consultant , Garfield Gordon, of Jamaica, the panel discusses: e-commerce in the Caribbean; the resilience of our internet infrastructure; and the Caribbean brain drain in the remote work era.

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Improving the resilience of our critical infrastructure sectors to cyberattacks and other threats

Improving the resilience of our critical infrastructure sectors to cyberattacks and other threats

Posted by | 17 Feb 2023 |

The infrastructure sectors that are considered essential and critical to any society are increasingly under threat, such as through cyberattacks, disasters and even physical attacks. In the Caribbean region and based on recent occurrences, there is great concern that these essential sectors may not have the means to withstand or efficiently recover from cyberattacks and other threats.

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