Released on: October 6, 2008, 10:19 pm

Press Release Author: Aidmatrix

Industry: Non Profit

Press Release Summary: Brussels,-- NATO EADRCC and the Aidmatrix Foundation
announced their agreement to set up a partnership to help NATO EADRCC meet the
challenge of managing donations in civil disaster scenarios. The agreement is with
EADRCC (Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre), NATO's principal civil
crisis response mechanism, which coordinates assistance in the Euro-Atlantic area
from NATO Allies and Partners to countries that have been struck by a major
disaster.

Press Release Body: NATO Signs Agreement to Use Aidmatrix Network®
for Disaster Relief

Brussels, NATO EADRCC and the Aidmatrix Foundation announced their agreement to set
up a partnership to help NATO EADRCC meet the challenge of managing donations in
civil disaster scenarios. The agreement is with EADRCC (Euro-Atlantic Disaster
Response Coordination Centre), NATO's principal civil crisis response mechanism,
which coordinates assistance in the Euro-Atlantic area from NATO Allies and Partners
to countries that have been struck by a major disaster.

"Right now, we are handling all logistics with whiteboard, spreadsheets and brains",
said Guenter Bretschneider, Head of EADRCC. "After witnessing the success of
Aidmatrix software solutions during recent emergencies in the US for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), we are convinced that this is the right step for
our organization to better handle donations in times of crisis. Aidmatrix Network®
will make us faster, more transparent, more efficient."

Shari Temple, Managing Director, Aidmatrix Europe: "Aidmatrix Network® provides a
single location to capture and report the full picture of need, donations, and
delivery in real time. Whether it is product or volunteers, Aidmatrix Network
instantly makes requirements from the field available to potential donors and vice
versa. This also prevents unnecessary donations from getting in the way of critical
life-saving efforts."

NATO EADRCC plans to launch the Aidmatrix Network® in late September. It will be
available to 63 countries. These are the 50 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
member countries - NATO Allies and Partners, the "Mediterranean Dialogue Countries",
the "Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Countries" as well as Afghanistan and Kosovo.

About The Aidmatrix Foundation, Inc.
The Aidmatrix Foundation, Inc. builds and operates powerful technology solutions
that support diverse stakeholders in their efforts to work together to solve the
world's most challenging humanitarian crises. More than 35,000 leading corporate,
nonprofit and government partners leverage our solutions to mobilize more than $1.5
billion in aid annually, worldwide.
www.aidmatrix.org


About Euro Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC)
The EADRCC was established in 1998 as a partnership tool of NATO Civil Emergency
Planning and is NATO´s principal civil crisis response mechanism. The Centre stands
ready, year round, on a 24- hour basis, to respond to civil emergency situations in
the Euro-Atlantic area and to function as a clearing-house for coordinating requests
and offers of assistance. The coordination activities involve close cooperation
with NATO Military Authorities and consultations with the United Nations´ Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA).
www.nato.int/eadrcc

For Further Information:

Elena Mendoza
Marketing Director, Aidmatrix Europe
Phone: +49 0163 233 6635
Email: elena_mendoza@aidmatrixeurope.org

Web Site: http://www.aidmatrix.org

Contact Details: Elena Mendoza
Marketing Director, Aidmatrix Europe
Phone: +49 0163 233 6635
Email: elena_mendoza@aidmatrixeurope.org