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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Management in the CARIFORUM
REG/FED/024-192

Agreement No. REG/FED/024-192 – ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Management in the CARIFORUM was signed on the 4th February 2014 for an amount of 20.0 million Euros and to be implemented over a period of 84 months

Mode of implementation

Result 1- implemented by Direct Centralized Management mode through a grant award to CDEMA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency) and the Dominican Republic Ministry of the Presidency and General directorate of Multilateral Cooperation.

Result 2 and 3  implemented through Joint Management between the EU and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Objectives

The purpose of the programme is to strengthen regional, national and community level capacities for mitigation, preparedness, management and coordinated response to natural hazards and the effects of climate change.

Expected results are as follows

R1-Capacity of National Disaster Offices (NDOs) and CDEMA’s Coordinating Unit strengthened for implementation of Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM);

R2-National, local and regional resilience through strengthened early warning, national risk profiling and community-based DRR and CCA;

R3- Sector resilience strengthened in key public sectors, through DRR and CCA mainstreaming.

The Programme is ongoing

The deadline for the implementation of the programme is 4th February 2019.

Beneficiary countries

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.

For more information, Contact: Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade