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: “Enhanced institutional support for CDM Programme Implementation at national and regional levels” and
- Outcome Area 4: “Enhanced Community Resilience in CDEMA Participating States to Mitigate, Respond to and Recover from the Adverse Effects of Climate Variability and Change and Disasters”
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 Barbados’ 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 Barbados 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).