British Virgin Islands

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This document focuses on the Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF) for the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2014-2024. It presents the five instruments to guide the monitoring and evaluation (MER) processes at regional, national and CDEMA

This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the World Bank’s disaster-related engagement in the Eastern Caribbean in the context of a a $150,000 grant from the Global

This document sets out the government's disaster management policy for the British Virgin Islands (BVI). It involves all government institutions, the private sector and civil society and other players, as well as all activities related to disaster

This policy document presents British Virgin Islands’ vulnerability to hazards and the challenges to the implementation of hazard mitigation. It sets out priority areas for action and outlines specific tasks for the achievement of these priorities.

The

This act provides for the functioning and powers of the Department of Disaster Management of British Virgin Islands, and regulates the establishment of National Disaster Management Council, the functioning of emergency operations centres and shelters, the

This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by British Virgin Islands during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).

ISDR Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education 2012:

This desk review revisits existing reports about all aspects of school safety, gathered from 81 countries, and refers to the key advocacy and guidance documents for school safety of the past 7

This report presents the findings of an assessment undertaken by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during 2010-2011 which assessed the institutional and technical capacities and needs of the Caribbean region to support Multi-hazard Early Warning

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