Press Releases

Greetings and salutations to all and welcome to our Annual Press Conference and to the offices of the CDEMA Coordinating Unit. To those tuning in on the various social media and ICT Platforms -a pleasant good morning to you.

I wish to first acknowledge the work of the previous Executive Director, Mr. Jeremy Collymore and the CU team in establishing CDEMA as a regional and Global leader in Disaster Risk Management. An enviable regional platform or network of institutions and partners now exist that are poised to collectively take on the challenge of achieving regional resilience to disasters including those driven by climate change. (Please click here to listen)

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Bridgetown, Barbados, May 7, 2013 (CDEMA) - The Regional Stakeholder Consultation on the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy Beyond 2012 will take place on May 8 and 9, 2013 at the Accra Beach Hotel in Barbados. A key objective of the meeting is the review and refining of the Framework for the CDM Strategy and agreeing on the timeframe for implementation.

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Bridgetown, Barbados, April 13, 2013 (CDEMA) - The 4th Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) will be held in Belize next week, from April 17-18.

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