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Planning for Disaster Risk Management & Disaster Assessment Methodology in the context of the 2030 Development Agenda and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals
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ECLAC and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) have convened a four-day training course in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to improve the ability of policymakers from eight Caribbean countries to prepare for disasters and to assess their effects and impacts.
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The training, which takes place from 24-27 January 2017 under the theme “Planning for Disaster Risk Management and Disaster Assessment Methodology in the context of the 2030 Development Agenda and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals”, is being attended by policy makers representing disaster management agencies in Aruba, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago, in addition to representatives from ECLAC, the ACS and Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).
During the various sessions, participants are learning about the complexities of a disaster, how it might affect different sectors, and how to properly apply ECLAC’s Disaster Assessment Methodology, as well as the necessary information to do this in a time-effective manner.
Welcome Remarks
Ms. June Soomer, Association of Caribbean States
Ms. Diane Quarless, Econonomic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Day 4 |
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Session 1 From the Millennium Agenda to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
Session 6 Disaster Assessment Methodology: introduction and basic concepts
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Session 10 Health and epidemics
Exercise: Estimation of the effects of a disaster in the health sector |
Session 14 Tourism |
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Session 2 The role of risk transfer in enhancing fiscal sustainability in the Caribbean - the case of CCRIF SPC |
Session 7 Affected population |
Session 11 Transportation
Exercise: Estimation of the effects of a disaster in the transport sector |
Session 15 Consolidation of effects and macroeconomic impacts |
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Session 3 The role of planning in disaster risk management and its impact on the attainment of the SDGs
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Session 8 Education
Exercise: Estimation of the effects of a disaster in the education sector |
Session 12 Water and sanitation
Exercise: Estimation of the effects of a disaster in the water and sanitation sector |
Session 16 Course evaluation
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Session 4 National development plans and prioritization of strategies in the Caribbean |
Session 9 Housing
Exercise: Estimation of the effects of a disaster in the housing sector |
Session 13 Telecommunications
Exercise: Estimation of the effects of a disaster in the telecommunications sector |
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Session 5 Principle 10 in the 2030 Agenda |
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Sede Subregional, Port of SpainAttachment(s)
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ECLAC Caribbean - Sustainable Development & Disaster Unit
- sustainability-pos@eclac.org
- telephone
