We are delighted to be partnering with Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) for Capacity Europe 2026

Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) was founded in 1998 as the world’s first NGO focusing on emergency-response technologies.

During humanitarian crises, they give affected people the possibility to contact their loved ones and begin to regain control of their lives, as well as build rapid-response communications centres for local and international responders.


 

A person in a bright orange shirt and a headwrap uses a large satellite phone in the foreground of a damaged area. In the background, other people stand amidst debris and makeshift structures, illustrating Télécoms Sans Frontières' work in emergency response zones.

The first emergency technology NGO

Thanks to 20 years of experience in the field, TSF's high-skilled technical team adapts and tweaks existing tools to respond to different crises and beneficiaries’ needs in the ever-evolving humanitarian context.

From its early days, the culture of first emergency response has been core to TSF’s identity, but they have grown and evolved as the role of technologies in emergencies has expanded.

Communications for life

In parallel to this core activity, TSF also develop, adapt, and make available innovative and cost-effective solutions to assist migrants, refugees, displaced people and other disadvantaged communities in different areas, including education, healthcare, women’s rights and food security.

TSF is a member of the United Nations Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (UNETC), a partner of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and a member of the US State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy.

Since its creation, TSF responded to over 140 crises in more than 70 countries providing communication means to over 20 million people and nearly 1,000 NGOs.

A smiling girl looks at the camera while a woman next to her, wearing a teal headscarf, smiles and speaks into a corded satellite phone. In the background, the Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) logo is visible on a white banner, signifying the organization's role in providing vital communication links.