The Way Ahead
- Private sector partnerships prior to emergencies
- All member states to ratify the Tampere Convention & ensure related provisions in national legislation
- Single focal point for all Tampere-related matters
- Establish Early Warning systems and share information and alert mechanisms
- Use OCHA's Central Register of Disaster Management Capacities to create/maintain a telecoms inventory of human and material resources with contacts/conditions
- Need to view the Tampere Convention beyond customs arrangement but as an essential element for preparedness