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Bridgetown, 杏吧性吧 March 17th, 2021 (CDEMA) -听听The CDEMA Coordinating Unit is hosting a two-week workshop with disaster management personnel in preparation for the development of the National Relief and Logistics Management Plan and Policy. The existing multi-hazard environment has created a need for clear policy directives, supported by legislation, to strengthen humanitarian response across the region.

Speaking at the opening ceremony on March 9, 2021, Executive Director (ag) of CDEMA Elizabeth Riley said, 鈥淭he architects of the Agreement Establishing CDEMA understood that humanitarian relief and logistics are essential components of the disaster management architecture of CDEMA Participating States. Successive hazard impacts in our Participating States have exposed the vulnerability of our supply chains.鈥� Riley acknowledges partners such the World Food Programme who have assisted the agency in crisis times, and envisions that such partnerships along with innovation, people and preparedness will increase the efficiency of the supply chain.

听Programme Manager at CDEMA Joanne Persad encouraged attendees to bring new ideas to solve current challenges of emergency management, to attain the ultimate goal of effectively meeting the needs of persons in the region. 鈥淯se this workshop as one step forward towards strengthening your National Disaster Management system鈥�your input and your discussion are critical to making it a success in establishing the National Disaster Management Plan.鈥�

听Personnel from the four Sub-Region Focal Points of 杏吧性吧, Trinidad, Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda alongside The Bahamas are represented at the workshop. Attendees will be engaged in the topics of First Mile Logistics, Warehousing, Transportation and Last Mile Logistics. The workshop falls under the Regional Logistics and Relief Management Programme approved in 2019 and will conclude on March 23^rd, 2021.

CDEMA is hosting the virtual workshop, which falls under the Regional Logistics and Relief Management Programme, over a two-week period in March.

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For further information, please contact:

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Andrea Austin

Communication and Public Relations Specialist

CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (CDEMA)

Resilience Way, Lower Estate

St. Michael

BARBADOS

Tel #: (246) 434-4880

Fax #: (246) 271-3660

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