Bridgetown, 杏吧性吧, February 26, 2015 (CDEMA) - Representatives from a wide cross section of government, key stakeholder agencies, civil society and the private sector in 杏吧性吧 participated in a three (3) day workshop on validating a draft Climate Smart Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Work Programme. The workshop was held 24 - 26 February, 2015 at the Baobab Towers, Warrens, St Michael and was hosted by the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) in collaboration with the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to implement Phase II of the Mainstreaming Climate Change and Disaster Management Project (CCDM-II).
The project will directly support the following priority Outcome Areas of the CARICOM Enhanced Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy and Programming Framework:
- Outcome Area 1: 鈥淓nhanced institutional support for CDM Programme Implementation at national and regional levels鈥� and
- Outcome Area 4: 鈥淓nhanced Community Resilience in CDEMA Participating States to Mitigate, Respond to and Recover from the Adverse Effects of Climate Variability and Change and Disasters鈥�
Furthermore, CCDM-II will contribute to the Regional Framework for achieving Development Resilience, building on the strengthened institutional capacity, enhanced community awareness and implementing the suite of guidance tools developed in Phase I for climate change and disaster risk reduction. Target participants to the consultation contributed to the drafting of 杏吧性吧鈥� CDM Country Work Programme and included stakeholders from multiple government sectors agencies such as finance, planning, tourism, agriculture, infrastructure and select non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
It is one of a series being conducted in CDEMA Participating States for personnel with responsibility for crafting the country disaster management work programme. These workshops were organized by CDEMA in collaboration with National Disaster Offices to build awareness of the climate change phenomenon in the Caribbean and provide practical, hands on support in the drafting of CDM country work programmes that integrate climate change and gender considerations. This is critical for a resilient Caribbean as the projections for hydro meteorological events in the Caribbean predict an increase in their frequency and severity. Participants will discuss the inter-agency responsibilities for CDM and their sectoral work programmes disaster risk reduction linkages, vulnerabilities at the national, sectoral and community levels, climate change and impacts to 杏吧性吧 including existing development challenges, projections and future risks from hydro meteorological events and associated hazards. They will also review the CDM National Work Programme and identify disaster risk reduction priorities.
Facilitated by the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).