The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (“OECS”) has applied for financing from Agence Française de Développement ("AFD"), and intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments under the following project Recycling Plastic Waste in the OECS.
Read more: AFD-OECS Recycle OECS Consultancy - Request for Expressions of Interest
RIGHT: Consulting Services to Develop a Methodological Framework to Monitor and Measure Regional Integration and Development Progress of the OECS Region.
The purpose of this contract is to support the Commission’s work to objectively monitor, measure and publish the progress of the operationalisation of the Eastern Caribbean Economic Union (ECEU) and the development achievement of the OECS region as prescribed in the Protocol of the ECEU in the Revised Treaty of Basseterre (RTB), and summarised with Articles 2 and 13.
The CDEMA Coordinating Unit (CU) is inviting applications for the position of Executive Assistant who will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Executive Director. The Executive Assistant serves as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders/customers on all matters pertaining to the Office of the Executive Director. The Executive Assistant also serves as a liaison to the senior management team and staff of the CDEMA CU.
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States is currently advertising Consultancy for the Development of a Communications Strategic Plan and Campaign to Support the Acceptance of the OECS Unique ID System.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Caribbean nationals[1] for appointment to the post of Project Development Officer, Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) Headquarters, located in Trinidad and Tobago. The CMO is a functionally autonomous specialized agency within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) serving sixteen (16) English-speaking Member States[2] in the fields of Meteorology, Operational Hydrology and Allied Sciences.
Bridgetown, Barbados November 18, 2021– CDEMA has recommitted its mandate to integrate geospatial technologies into disaster risk management through a renewed MOU with MapAction. The humanitarian mapping charity has been a key partner to CDEMA’s digital transformation, and the MOU will allow for further Geographic Information System (GIS) support from 2021-2025.
Read more: CDEMA signs MOU with MapAction to renew a longstanding Partnership
The Government of Jamaica, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are pleased to announce that the VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP21) will take place virtually during the week of 1 to 4 of November 2021. This will be the first time a regional platform will be hosted by a Caribbean nation, being one of the world's most vulnerable regions to extreme weather events and seismic activity.
Read more: VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean
SITUATION OVERVIEW
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded on Saturday 14 August at around 0830 am in the South Region of Haiti. The epicentre was located 13 km to the South-South-East of Petit Trou de Nippes, in the Departments of Nippes, Grand'Anse and Sud, with a combined population representing around 16% of the country's total population, estimated at 11.4 million. The earthquake, which was at a depth of 10 km, was followed by a number of aftershocks.
Bridgetown, Barbados, 13 September 2021 -The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Coordinating Unit (CDEMA CU), with support from the European Union (EU), is inviting National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs) and relevant national entities responsible for CDM implementation to apply for grants available through the Country Directed Fund (CDF). This Call for Proposals has been made possible through the Building the Resilience of the CARIFORUM States to Disaster Risks and Climate Change Impacts (BRICS) programme. Relevant national entities must apply through their local National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs).
Read more: COUNTRY DIRECTED FUND - Competitive Call for Proposals
