Attachments
Highlights
• The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) continues to provide services to the humanitarian community in five sites across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).
• The ETC has completed the scope of work for a project to extend Internet services to refugees in two centres, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Youth Centre and International Rescue Committee (IRC) Library, in Domiz camp, Dohuk. This will be carried out in three stages.
• The ETC has secured the necessary funding to ensure the provision of ETC services and staff in Iraq until the end of the year.
• The contingency plan for the potential breach of Mosul Dam is being finalised and will be distributed to partners.
Situation Overview
Over the last month, the ETC team in Iraq has been focusing on a project to extend its Internet connectivity services refugees in Domiz camp. The project will be carried out in three stages, starting in May, and will see Internet services being provided in two centres within the camp.
This expansion of connectivity services to affected populations is part of the ETC strategy to ensure that, by 2020, all those responding to humanitarian emergencies have access to communications. The plan has been fully embraced by NonGovernment Organisations (NGOs) and all ETC partners on the ground.