Office IV - Technology Innovation and Telecommunications

Director: see references of the First-level Executive Officer
Phone: see references of the First-level Executive Officer
E-mail: see references of the First-level Executive Officer

The Office IV - Technological Innovation and Telecommunications:

  1. manages the technological support to the Department's information systems, ensuring their IT security and enhancing cyber resilience;
  2. oversees the development and implementation of telecommunications systems during emergencies, as well as data transmission systems and both fixed and mobile telephony;
  3. coordinates the Department's activities within the national IT-alert public warning system and the technological components of other early warning systems for the population or civil protection authorities.

The Office is divided into the following units:

Manager: see references of the First-level Executive Officer
Phone: see references of the First-level Executive Officer
E-mail: see references of the First-level Executive Officer

The Information Systems and Network Infrastructures Unit is in charge of: 

  1. planning, design and implementation of information and mapping systems and management of the Department's IT security systems;
  2. management of development activities, integration, interoperability with the national open-data platform and implementation of departmental databases and territorial information systems;
  3. development of organisational models and procedures to promote IT redundancy and systems efficiency;
  4. planning and management of activities aimed at ensuring the operational continuity of departmental information systems;
  5. support for activities outside the departmental offices during emergencies relating to information systems.

    Manager: see references of the Office I - Volunteering, Training and Assistance
    Phone: see references of the Office I - Volunteering, Training and Assistance
    E-mail: see references of the Office I - Volunteering, Training and Assistance

    The Emergency Telecommunications Unit is responsible for:

    1. development of organisational models and procedures to facilitate the operation of the National Service's telecommunications in emergencies;
    2. planning the use and management of the Department's equipment and technologies competing in the governance of the emergency radio and satellite communications system;
    3. management of communication infrastructures, including fixed and mobile telecommunications systems;
    4. design, planning and implementation of alternative telecommunications systems to be used in emergencies;
    5. support for activities outside the Department's headquarters during emergencies relating to telecommunications.

      Manager: see references of the First-level Executive Officer
      Phone: see references of the First-level Executive Officer
      E-mail: see references of the First-level Executive Officer

      The Warning Systems Unit deals with:

      1. planning and management of activities related to the technological systems for warning used by the Department;
      2. planning and management of activities related to the national public warning system IT-alert;
      3. planning support activities for the administrations and authorities managing the national public warning system, IT-alert, and other early warning systems for the population and civil protection authorities.