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This webinar is intended to provide a forum for rich and productive exchange among regulators, government ministries, departments, and agencies(MDAs) (who oversee the implementation of legislation and policy), development partners, industry professionals (who understand the practicalities of following regulations) and the private sector. As such, participants will include public-sector representatives (e.g., policymakers, engineers, architects, building inspectors, physical planners, building maintenance officers) from the respective OECS Member States; representatives of regional agencies and development partner organisations; as well as construction and private sector (e.g., banking and finance) professionals from all Member States.
 

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After two days of in-depth exchanges of analysis, considerations, challenges, opportunities and potential strategies, the Caribbean has strengthened its partnership for the development of multi-hazard early warning systems.


On September 1 and 2, several regional and global organizations involved in supporting early warning systems in the Caribbean, as well as some NDMOs representatives from CDEMA Participating States gathered in Bridgetown, Barbados, for the Regional Early Warning SystemsConsortium (REWSC) Meeting. The Consortium, chaired by CDEMA with the support of UNDRR and CREWS, is the perfect setting to explore complementarities and enhancing existing and potential institutional arrangements aiming to increase efficiencies through stronger coordination to address early warning systems for multiple hazards.

Bridgetown, Barbados, August 28th, 2022 – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has a new Chairman.


He is St. Lucia’s Minister of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, the Honourable, Shawn Edward.
Minister Edward’s elevation to the role occurred during a virtual meeting of the organization’s recently concluded 9th Extraordinary Meeting of Council of Ministers on August 22, 2022, held via ZOOM.


He takes over the chairmanship from former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Justice in St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr. Vincent Byron Jr, who held the post for two years.

  1. CDEMA hosts Geographical Information Systems Training for its Participating States
  2. CDEMA team heads to Suriname to assess the impact of heavy flooding
  3. CDEMA hosts Exercise SYNERGY 2022
  4. Argentina as President of CELAC hosts Caribbean Latin American Exchange Meeting on strategies for COVID-19

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