MARCH 2018CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8s the frequency of humanitarian disasters remains high globally, response and recovery strategies are increasingly turning to Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-enabled solutions for enhanced effectiveness, often as a matter of life and death. Let us explore some key components of UNICEF's ICT strategies for disaster response. From perpetual warfare and civil unrest in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, to typhoons in Asia and hurricanes in the Caribbean, 2016 was not an unusual year for UNICEF and our partners in the humanitarian community. UNICEF was established 70 years ago with a primary aim to protect children's lives in precisely those types of tragedies. UNICEF's ICT function, operating in over 300 locations worldwide, has developed and gained tremendous experience over the years because of numerous successes as well as the occasional failures to be learned from. We have established--and are continuously improving--our disaster response and recovery strategies that have proven themselves successful time and time again.STRATEGIZING THE BEST DISASTER RECOVERY PLANSDANIEL COUTURE, CIO, UNICEFAIN MY View
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