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CDEMA hosts Geographical Information Systems Training for it...

Bridgetown, Barbados June 9, 2022– The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) successfully hosted an online training for its Participating States between 9th May 2022 and 3rd June 2022 in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in...

OECS - Procurement Manager

Reporting to the Head- Procurement Unit, the Procurement Manager will be responsible for assisting the Head- Procurement in the management and coordination of the unit’s procurement activities. The Procurement Manager will apply sound technical expertise and experience to support and...

SITUATION REPORT #3 - SURINAME FLOODING

SITUATION OVERVIEW: A number of communities were declared disaster areas by the Government of Suriname on 25th May after experiencing widespread flooding which began in March 2022 The districts affected were Brokopondo, Sipaliwini, Marowijne, Para, Saramacca, Coronie and Nickerie, which are all...

SITUATION REPORT #2 - SURINAME FLOODING

SITUATION OVERVIEWAs a result of heavy rain showers in the interior and southern sections of Suriname, various areas, in particular the Districts of Brokopondo, Sipaliwini, Marowijne, Para, Saramanna, Coronie and Nickeriehave been severely impacted by flooding, and some are still...

SITUATION REPORT #1 - SURINAME FLOODING

HIGHLIGHTS:● Due to heavy rainfall in the interior and southern sections of Suriname, the President declared the districts of Brokopondo, Sipaliwini, Marowijne, Para, Saramacca, Coronie and Nickerie disaster areas on Wednesday 25 May, 2022.● The weather forecast indicates there is...

CDEMA team heads to Suriname to assess the impact of heavy f...

Bridgetown, Barbados May 30, 2022– The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), is deploying a two-man team to travel to Suriname to assess the impact of heavy flooding caused by recent heavy rainfall. This follows a Declaration on Wednesday, May 25th...

CDEMA hosts Exercise SYNERGY 2022

Bridgetown, Barbados May 25, 2022– As the 2022 Hurricane Season approaches, the CDEMA Coordinating Unit (CU) hosted its fourth annual Exercise SYNERGY virtually on May 22, 2022, to build preparedness for the potential multi-island, multi-hazard impact threat to the region....

Argentina as President of CELAC hosts Caribbean Latin Americ...

Bridgetown, Barbados May 6, 2022– As part of the initiatives of the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) headed by the Republic of Argentina, the International Seminar "Exchange of experiences and lessons learned...

CDEMA hosts National Level Exercises across its 20 Participa...

Bridgetown, Barbados March 22, 2022 - The Preparedness and Response Division (PRD) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) recently hosted a series of virtual Tabletop National Level Exercises (NLEs) focused on enhancing capacity at the national level to...

Caribbean Urban Forum 2022

Registration is Open for the Caribbean Urban Forum 2022- 15- 17 June in Barbados Barbados will be hosting the 2022 Caribbean Urban Forum (CUF) Conference and it will be held from 15th-17th June, 2022 as a hybrid of physical and online meetings. CUF...

HAITI FLOODING - SITUATION REPORT No. 1

SITUATION OVERVIEW Intermittent rainfall with various intensities over 72 hours, severely impacted communes of the North-West Department following the passage of a cold front over the region. Nearly 20 municipalities in the Departments of Nord, Nord'Est and Nippes are partially flooded.

HAITI EARTHQUAKE - SITUATION REPORT No. 1

SITUATION OVERVIEW DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL PROTECTION, HAITI REPORTED: On Monday, 24 January, 2022 shortly after 8 AM, the Seismological Unit of the Bureau of Mines and Energy recorded a series of tremors ranging from magnitude 3.5 to 5.5 on the Richter scale. These...

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CEDEMA and The University of the West Indies signing of an MOU MOU Signing between UWI and CEDEMA

Posted: 8 months ago
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Model Safe School Programme Feature - Dennery Primary School, St Lucia

Posted: 8 months ago
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Regional Recovery Symposium - Launch of the CRRF Launch of Caribbean Resilient Recovery Facility

Posted: 8 months ago
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CDEMA 30th Anniversary message - Michael Grant (GAC) CDEMA 30th Anniversary message from Michael Grant, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas, Global Affairs Canada

Posted: 8 months ago
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CDEMA's message for International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction 2021 Today is International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), recognized each October 13th to garner international support to build resilience across the planet.
Executive Director of CDEMA Elizabeth Riley shares the importance of DRR in the Caribbean, in the face of Climate Change. This year has shown the importance of strengthened DRR strategies, as the region faced a major volcanic eruption, earthquake and above normal hurricane season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
#OnlyTogether #DRRday #CDEMA

Posted: 10 months ago
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CDEMA 30th Anniversary Coordinating Unit Highlight - PRD CDEMA 30th Anniversary Coordinating Unit Highlight on the Preparedness & Response Department featuring Ms. Joanne Persad, Programme Manager, Preparedness & Response

Posted: 10 months ago
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CDEMA 30th Anniversary Coordinating Unit Highlight - BRICS Team CDEMA 30th Anniversary Coordinating Unit Highlight featuring the team implementing the Building Resilience In CARIFORUM States (BRICS) Project, which is sponsored by the European Union.

Posted: 10 months ago
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CDEMA 30th Anniversary NDO Highlight - Montserrat CDEMA 30th Anniversary NDO Highlight featuring a message from Maj. Alvin Ryan, Director of the Disaster Management Coordination Agency in Montserrat.

Posted: 10 months ago
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CDEMA 30th Anniversary NDO Highlight - St. Kitts & Nevis CDEMA 30th Anniversary NDO Highlight features a message from Mr. Brian Dyer, Director of the Nevis Disaster Management Department

Posted: 10 months ago

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