Meetings and conferences
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Regional DRR Planning Workshop for the Caribbean: DIPECHO Action Plan 2015-16
Organizer(s)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Comisión Nacional de Emergencias
United Nations Development Programme - Regional Centre for Latin America and Caribbean
Format
In person
Date
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The workshop is the first regional meeting under the framework of the 2015-2016 DIPECHO Action Plan for the Caribbean.
Workshop objectives:
- Strengthen the understanding of linkages between the goals and priorities of the 2015-2016 DIPECHO Action Plan for the Caribbean with global and regional frameworks for Disaster Risk Reduction.
- Facilitate the joint planning and stimulate collaboration between national and regional Disaster Risk Reduction stakeholders and DIPECHO partners.
- Develop a joint action plan around key themes identified in order to optimizing the impact and allowing scaling up.
Sessions:
- Session 1: Put Global and Regional Frameworks into Action
- Session 2: Disaster Risk Reduction Country Documents
- Session 3: Early Warning Systems
- Session 4: Disaster Risk Reduction Communication