Emergency.Lu

emergency.lu is a platform created to re-establish communications following man-made or natural disasters to support the coordination efforts of humanitarian organisations in the field. Emergency.lu is a public-private partnership by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg in collaboration with a consortium of Luxembourg companies and organisations Developed after the Haiti earthquake in 2010 Upon their return, in January 2010, the humanitarian rescue teams pointed out the lack of coordination of international aid in Port-au-Prince due to the destruction of the existing telecommunications infrastructure. As the first 72 hours after a disaster are crucial for saving lives, rapid and organised aid on the spot is essential. Faced with this problem, Luxembourg’s Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs saw the need for a mobile and deployable solution and this led to the development of the emergency.lu platform.