disaster management
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CDB Approves EU-Backed Grant to Strengthen CDEMA
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a technical assistance grant of USD346,000 to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to support a comprehensive institutional assessment aimed at strengthening the Agency’s ability to support Caribbean countries before, during and after disasters. CDEMA is the CARICOM agency that coordinates disaster risk management across the region. Through this support, CDEMA will hire specialist consultants to…
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Regional Organisations Collaborate to Strengthen Early Warning Communication Across the Caribbean
The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO), in partnership with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), convened a ‘Regional Workshop on Strengthening Knowledge Exchange and Mutual Understanding between National Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Services (NMHSs), National Disaster Risk Management Offices (NDRMOs), and the Media’. The workshop was executed under the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems…
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CARICOM Institutions Support Coordinated Recovery Efforts in Jamaica Following Category 5 Hurricane Melissa
Members of the High-Level team (left to right): Mr Daniel Best, Dr Lisa Indar, Ms Elizabeth Riley and Dr David Farrell (Credit: CDEMA) Monday, 3 November 2025 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastating impact, governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have dispatched aid and pledged financial support to assist in the response and recovery…
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JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF CARTAGENA III CARICOM-COLOMBIA MINISTERIAL SUMMIT
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia and of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), convened in Cartagena, Colombia on May 28th, 2025, on the occasion of the III CARICOM-Colombia Ministerial Summit. The Ministers: REITERATED their commitment to further strengthen relations between the Caribbean Community and the Republic of Colombia, to advance regional cooperation as an important instrument to…
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12th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM)
The 12th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) on December 7-9, 2022 at the Savannah Beach Resort & Spa, Barbados. This year’s event is headlined by The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister – Barbados and is the region’s premier event on disaster risk management which is being delivered under the theme: “CDM Road to Resilience: Checkpoint 2022 –…
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Elizabeth Riley appointed Executive Director of CDEMA
(Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Press Release) The Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Honorable Vincent Byron Jr, Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, St Kitts-Nevis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Elizabeth Riley as Executive Director of the Agency with effect from July 1, 2021. Ms. Riley,…
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CDEMA, UNOCHA host data, information management training in Barbados
(Barbados Today) In efforts to improve collaboration and coordination of information and data management among ministries and agencies before, during and after a disaster event, members of the national disaster management system in Barbados and given its role as a sub-regional focal point for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) benefited from a data and information management training workshop,…
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CDEMA’s drive to advance disaster resilience
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has said it will continue to advocate for the passage of key legislation in its member states, to advance disaster resilience. Executive Director of CDEMA, Ronald Jackson, told a news conference on Friday to mark the start of this year’s hurricane season, that the region remains vulnerable to natural disasters, and such legislation…
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Americas endorse historic disaster action plan
MONTREAL, Canada, Mar 10, CMC – The fifth Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas (RP17) has ended here with at least 50 countries, including those in the Caribbean, endorsing a regional action plan (RAP) for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2015 – 2030 in the Americas. The plan which has four…
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“Indigenous solutions needed for disaster risk management” – CDEMA head
MONTREAL, Mar. 9, CMC – Head of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says the region needs to marry its indigenous solutions to disaster risk management with modern technology. Ronald Jackson was a panelist in a forum discussing the linkages between disaster risk reduction, climate change and sustainable development, at the 5th Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the…
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