Where there is a human need to communicate Ericsson is there
UN OCHA - the UN Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs
- Earthquake in Pakistan. Through OCHA, support to all the UN organizations with the WIDER and volunteers for 9 months.
- Tsunnami 2004/5 indonesia and Sri Lanka. Support with GSM, Wider and volunteers.
- UN OCHA cooperation with UNDAC team in the Bam operation
- Development of the WLAN for Disaster and Emergency Response (WIDER)
- One ERV on OCHA mission to Sudan, 2004
- Letter of intent signed in May 2000
- Donation of a GSM system for the use of humanitarian organizations working with disasters. The System hub is placed in Brindisi, Italy and will connect to any disaster site
- Donation of mobile phones
- One ERV is UNDAC trained
- Exchange of experiences through presentation and seminars
- Ericsson Response basic volunteer training with NRX, IFRC, OCHA, WFP and SRSA as facilitators
- Ericsson Response is from the beginning a member of the Working Group for Emergency Telecommunications.
- Support to management and OSOCC meeting in Chambery, France 2000
WFP - World Food Programme
- Set-up of a complete mobile telecommunications solution in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2002. The network supported humanitarian operations and the interim Government.
- ERVs provide telecommunications/IT support to WFP operations in Sri Lanka after the tsunamI
- ERVs at the WFP logistics base in Dubai helped the agency to prepare their humanitarian relief operations in Iraq
- ERVs provide telecommunications/IT support to WFP operations in civil war struck Liberia and Sudan
- Stand-by-agreement signed in April 2003
- Exchange of experiences through presentation and seminars
- Ericsson Response basic volunteer training with NRX, IFRC, OCHA, WFP and SRSA as facilitators
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Banda Aceh, Indonesia. ERV to give IT, Telecom and Radio support.
- Exchange of experiences through presentation and seminars
- In 2002, a GSM mobile network was provided to assist relief organizations in Tanzania in responding faster to refugee's needs
- Telecommunications assessment mission to Sierra Leone and Guinea
- Development and testing of a inter-organizational wireless LAN (WIDER)
- Support to UNHCR Nordic office. Support consisted of writing articles and web development
UNV - United Nations Volunteers
- Donation of mobile phones to program officers and volunteers in the field
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Initially our counterpart on local (national) level
- Repair and new establishment of GSM network following the earthquake in Gujarat, India in 2000
UNFIP - United Nations Fund For International Partnerships
- UNFIP facilitates the UN-Ericsson "First on the Ground" partnership and is the gateway to the UN system
