The traditional spring meeting of the Club of Venice, the informal body that brings together government heads of communication of European states and institutions, is to be held in Istanbul from 29 to 30 April. 

The meeting is entirely devoted to communications in an emergency, a subject previously dealt with at the autumn meeting, which took place in Venice last November.

The MIAVITA project is financed by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. It is managed by a consortium lead by the French Geological Survey – BRGM - and involving Italian, French, Spanish, Norwegian, German, British and Portuguese technical and scientific institutions along with international cooperation partners from Cape Verde, Philippines, Indonesia and Cameroon (ICPCs).

13/04/2010: While the country recovers from the devastating earthquake, the annual hurricane season is just seven weeks away. The World Food Program (WFP) and its partners are increasing the number of pre-positioning locations from 15 to 20 and improving warehousing capacity to handle the storage of food and essential shelter items required in all 10 departments. One of the key problems when Haiti is hit by torrential rains is that many key roads are blocked by floods or landslides.

30 March 2010): Latest Government figures confirm that over 1.8 million people have been affected in the four regions most devastated by the earthquake and/or the ensuing tsunami; 65% of these people are located in the Region of Biobío. Priority needs indicated by the new Government remain temporary shelter, education and WASH. Source: MIC Daily