Mali: Mali – Complex Emergency ETC Situation Report #30 Reporting period 26/12/13 to 25/01/14

Highlights

• New VSAT in Mopti is providing the humanitarian community in this area with internet connectivity.
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Responsibilities

• WFP is leading ETC activities in Mali with responsibility for coordination, implementation and overall operation support for common ICT services.

Achievements

• An inter-agency capable VSAT has been installed in the new UN common ground in Mopti to provide the humanitarian community operating in this area with internet connectivity. The ETC Response Solution, comprising technologies from emergency.lu and Ericsson Response, has been demobilised. The ETC thanks these partners for their contribution.

• The COMCEN in Bamako has been moved to the UNDP compound. The COMCEN continues to operate 24/7, providing security telecommunications services to the humanitarian community there.

• Additional ETC staff have arrived in country to support the operation.

Challenges and Gaps

• The ETC Mali operation is severely constrained by funding. Funding required for 2014 ETC activities is US$2.1million to ensure all locations can be provided with vital IT and telecommunications services. To date, only US$250,000 has been received. If additional funding is not received by March 2014, the ETC will need to drastically revise its operational plan.