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A COMMUNICATION AND A COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION TOOL IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS

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RATIONALE

Need of advanced communication andNeed of advanced communication andservices to improve mobilization and coordination

T0 T0 + 2 hours

Deployment team

T0 + 12‐20 hours T0 + 72 hours

Deployment team ready to go emergency.lu

installed & operational Current services

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emergency.lu has been developed in partnership with WFP, in its role as Emergency Telecoms Cluster (ETC) lead, t id li bl d di t bl i ti

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to provide a reliable and predictable communications service in humanitarian operations and is a public good, 

put at disposal by Luxembourg

APPROACH OF EMERGENCY.LU

emergency.lu intends to cover the entire service chain:

National, European or International processes and tools

Air Transport Satellite Infrastructure

Ground Segment  Servicesp Infrastructure gTerminal

emergency.lu is an integral and complementary part of the worldwide humanitarian tool box for setting up performing communication and information‐

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sharing systems

PRE-BOOKED & AD-HOC SATELLITE CAPACITY

Coverage Hubs South, Central and large parts of North  LuxembourgAmericaEurope, Middle‐East and AfricaCentral Asia

United States of AmericaHong KongAll controlled from Luxembourg

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Central Asia All controlled from LuxembourgIf needed, complementary ad‐hoc coverage and capacity available within a few hours

DEPLOYED COMPONENTS

NoSaCo® Rapid NoSaCo® Regular

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RAPID-DEPLOYMENT LOGISTICS

24/7 d t t t ff24/7 on‐duty expert staff 

Ready to leave within 2 hours (staff, equipment and aircraft)

Pre emptive maintenance on all technicalPre‐emptive maintenance on all technical equipment

Frequent trainings and drills

of deployment staff toof deployment staff to

ensure the required level of

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DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOSDEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS

In support of inter agency humanitarian operationsIn support of inter‐agency humanitarian operations, activated by WFP as Emergency Telecoms Cluster (ETC) lead;lead;

as European Response Asset, activated by ECHO/MIC;

on a bilateral basis, in support of USAR teams, CP or humanitarian first responders, consular services, etc.

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Joint trainings and joint deployments of civil protection and humanitarian staffprotection and humanitarian staff. 

Interoperability with existing TAST and ETC t l i ti i ttelecommunication equipment.

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