Environmental disaster preparedness
Work an Israeli NGO in charge of managing and coordinating the response to ocean related disasters and oil spills, through a vast network of civil volunteers and government agencies.
The ERT supported Ecoocean in creating a regional system for event preparedness and team management, allowing HQ to have a centralized digital command center.
Ecoocean's team and volunteers are able to prepare, manage and coordinate an emergency event more rapidly, effectively and accurately.
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