Cebu Province MDRU Field Testing and Training
The Project and Beneficiary Cebu Province MDRU Field Testing and Training assessed if the MDRU can used as a disaster management tool, an educational and health aid; to promote tele-education and tele-health services to islands normally with no means of communication and even electric power. The selected beneficiary is the Municipal of Cordova and its
CVISNET Presents e-Resilience During UN-ESCAP 2018
Last August 27 to 31, 2018, Mr. Jeffrey Llanto, Executive Director of CVISNET Foundation, Inc. presented the importance of ‘e-Resilience’ during disasters and normal day to day situations, the Role of Information and Communications Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and the 5I’s for e-Resilience Preparation in Asia-Pacific; during the United Nations – EconomicICT Disaster Response Conference 2017
To raise awareness in reducing the effects of disasters through a showcase of different ICT solutions that serves to improve communications, resilience and disaster response, we are pleased to announce the very FIRST Information and Communication Technology Disaster Response Conference (ICT DRC) in Cebu City. The event will be on September 20 to 21, 2017CVISNET Conducts Nepal MDRU Field Testing and Technical Training
Last July 10-12, 2018, CVISNET visited Kathmandu of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal to conduct the Nepal MDRU Field Testing, Community Preparation and Technical Training. The visit was in cooperation the Education Nepal Foundation (EN) of Nepal and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation of Japan (NTT). During the 2015 Nepal earthquake, it left almost
1st Asia Pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee
Over 100 international and regional ICT experts attended the first session of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) Steering Committee held last November 1 – 2, 2017 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event is a collaboration by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Government of Bangladesh to enhance
8th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum
CVISNET Executive Director Jeffrey Llanto represented the foundation during the 8th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum held Bangkok, Thailand, from 26 to 29 July 2017 at Chulalongkorn Unviersity. The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is a multi-stakeholder platform for public policy on internet and its impact on society. For almost a decade,CVISNET Wins 2016 IGF Award
CVISNET wins 2016 Internet Governance Forum (ISIF Asia Award for Community Impact) The Movable and Deployable Resource ICT Unit (MDRU) is Philippines entry to the 2016 SEED Alliance Award and one of the eight winning innovative initiatives given international recognition for its contribution to the region’s social and economic development. Official IGF Coverage at www.intgovforum.org website.
