Press Releases

Bridgetown, Barbados, November 17, 2011 (CDEMA) – The tourism sector disaster management programme will benefit from an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funded project to be officially launched in Barbados on Friday, November 18, 2011.  The US $750.000 grant will support the development of a regional monitoring, evaluation and reporting information system for the disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation in the Caribbean tourism sector.

Bridgetown, Barbados, November 10, 2011 (CDEMA) – CDEMA’s Executive Director, Jeremy Collymore is leading a CARICOM mission to Brazil to hold discussions on disaster risk reduction initiatives. The team of technical experts began the one week mission on Monday, 7 November aimed at exploring areas of strengthening cooperation in disaster risk management between the CARICOM States and Brazil.

  1. Acute Vision Inc. and Digiscapes sponsor historical disaster management documentary
  2. Forty Senior Public Officers to be trained in Comprehensive Disaster Management
  3. Civil Defence Commission observed International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011
  4. Youths and Young Children Challenged to Step Up for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction-NEMO-SVG

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