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Displaying 15 of about 125 resultsThese studies supports the implementation of the Country Work Programme for the Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Barbados and Haiti, as well as the design and revisions of other critical national instruments including the National Adaptation Plan, Medium and Long-Term (National) Development Strategie…
This declaration maintains the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) as a body for consultation, concerted action, co-operation while stressing the relevance of its work in the domains of trade, sustainable tourism, transport, disaster risk reduction, and therefore agrees that the best way to tackle this vulnerability is by incorporating comprehensive d…
This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean region, which includes Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and Guyana. The profile summarizes how climate change will potentially impact six key sector…
The preparation of this Regional Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.The progress report mainly assesses the trans-boundary issues and the status and progress in the implementation of disas…
The preparation of this Regional Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.The progress report mainly assesses the trans-boundary issues and the status and progress in the implementation of disas…
This brochure presents the products combining risk reduction and insurance for low income groups such as small-holding farmers and day labourers that will be designed and implemented by the Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean programme. It targets medium-level weather extremes (e.g. hurricanes and droughts) through five goals: (i) hel…
♪ Water come inna mi room
Huh huh!
Mi sweep out some with mi broom
Di likkle dog laugh to see such fun
And di dish run away with the spoon ♪
It was catchy, it was humorous, it was enjoyed by persons as far as Nicaragua, however, it spoke to a very serious subject. It was a song about Hurricane Gilbert and the devastation wrought upon Jamaica in 19…
The Government of Australia signed an agreement last Friday with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to facilitate the handing over of an initial AUS$1 million for humanitarian assistance to earthquake ravaged Haiti. This was done during a visit to the Coordinating Unit by Australian High Commissioner, Mr. Philip Kentwell where he…
According to SKNVibes, key governmental stakeholders met at the Department of Disaster Management to assist in the design of a harmonised protocol to integrate disaster risk reduction into the national emergency management services of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) states. "The OECS is developing a harmonised protocol ensuring that…
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 Coordinating Unit levels for the CDEMA System. The objective of the five instruments is to have qua…
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 Systems (MHEWS) and risk assessment. The findings provide the foundation for future capacity develo…
This is a comic for youth and adults to raise awareness on the importance of leaving no one behind in times of COVID-19 during hurricane season. This comic has been designed for the Caribbean, but can be used in other parts of the world.
This comic is part of a regional awareness campaign of the READY Together programme implemented by PIRAC / Fre…
Ensuring the safety of residents and tourists is vital to one of the region's top economic earners - tourism and in this regard, the Government of Barbados is committed to assisting in the establishment and implementation of a sustainable tourism development programme.
According to the Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy, his ministry has already collab…
Children, a priority in disaster emergency management and response.
UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate on the development of more resilient communities, states and regional actors in preparation for disasters or emergenci…