CDEMA is facilitating these sub-regional consultations as part of a broader initiative of the €1.8 million ACP-EU funded Disaster Risk Management 3-year Sub-Regional Programme which seeks to build the resilience of nations and communities in the Caribbean to hazard impacts. .
The consultations, which were held for the first time in 2011, in each of the four CDEMA sub-regions are now scheduled as part of the annual programme to improve the capacity of Sub-Regional Focal Points (SRFPs) to respond to disasters within their sub-regions. The first set of meetings focused on the sub-regional structure, functions and coordination arrangements and also identified aspects of response deficiencies of each state within the sub-regions for resourcing under future programming.
The Sub-Regional Focal Points (SRFPs), Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are CDEMA’s frontline response to member states after a disaster event. This year’s consultations will take place in each of the SRFPs over the next four (4) months.
For further information please contact:
Sarah Lionel
Senior Programme Officer - ACP-EU
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Building #1 Manor Lodge Complex
Lodge Hill, St Michael, Barbados
Tel: (246) 425 0386
Fax: (246) 425 8854
E-mail:
Website: www.cdema.org