Caribbean Hazard Mitigation
Capacity Building Programme (CHAMP)
Championing natural hazard risk
reduction in the Caribbean through development
and implementation of appropriate hazard mitigation policies and safer building
practices.
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The Caribbean Hazard Mitigation Capacity Building Programme (CHAMP) is a
three-year project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
implemented by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) and
executed by the Organization of American States (OAS). The project is
seeking to enhance regional capacity to reduce vulnerability to the effects
of natural hazards. This will be done through the development of national
hazard mitigation policies and implementation programmes, the promotion of
the wider use of hazard information in development decisions and the
strengthening of safe building practices building training and
certification. CHAMP activities will be carried out in the four pilot states
of Belize, British Virgin Islands, Grenada and St. Lucia.
Current Highlights
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First meeting of task force to prepare entire region for disasters
CDERA-led Task Force to meet to strengthen regional cooperation in disaster management between CARIFORUM/CARICOM states, British and Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) and French Overseas Department (DOM) nations. [More ...]
Thu, 7 Aug 2008
Deadline for Comments Set for Saint Lucia’s Mass Events Guide
Saint Lucia's National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) has set a deadline of September 30th, 2008 for comments on the Mass Events Guidelines that were designed to ensure the safety of participants of Mass Crowd Events. [More ...]
Mon, 4 Aug 2008
United Nations Regional UN-SPIDER Workshop
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its UN-SPIDER programme (United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the OECS Sub-regional Office, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) and the Department of Emergency Management of the Government of Barbados are organising the above regional workshop to contribute to helping countries within the Caribbean and Central America learn how to access and use space technology for disaster management and emergency response.
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Thu, 31 Jul 2008
The Caribbean Hazard Mitigation Capacity Building Programme (CHAMP) is a
three-year project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
implemented by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) and
executed by the Organization of American States (OAS). The project is
seeking to enhance regional capacity to reduce vulnerability to the effects
of natural hazards. This will be done through the development of national
hazard mitigation policies and implementation programmes, the promotion of
the wider use of hazard information in development decisions and the
strengthening of safe building practices building training and
certification. CHAMP activities will be carried out in the four pilot states
of Belize, British Virgin Islands, Grenada and St. Lucia.