26 Jun 2015, 05:30 - 15:00
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Evento (Monitoring committee)
“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)…
24 - 27 Ene
2017, 06:00 - 13:00
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Evento (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
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.…
Over the past few months, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with its well-established experience in dealing with natural disasters, has helped strengthen the capacity of CENEPRED officers, and of national and regional government officials to plan, prepare and respond to such events.
This month, a team from the ECLAC Caribbean office travelled to the San Martin and Piura regions to provide training, aimed at strengthening the capacity of CENEPRED and regional government officials to assess damages and losses caused by disasters.
Over 70 officers fr…
The first collaboration between ECLAC and UNISDR will be through a two-day training targeting members of the United Nations Development Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDG LAC), and will take place on 18-19 February in Panama City, Panama. The training will inform participants of the complexities of a disaster, how different sectors might be impacted, and how to use the damage and loss assessment methodology affectively in a timely manner.…
1 - 04 Mar
2016, 05:15 - 13:15
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Curso (Taller - En curso)
A public financial institution from Brazil, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) will soon benefit from the established disaster assessment expertise of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, as a team from the Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit (SDDU) visits from 1-4 March to present ECLAC’s disaster assessment training package to officials of the Brazilian Development Bank.
The initiative follows other similar efforts to strengthen the ability of countries in Latin America and the Ca…
1 Abr 2016, 09:00 - 30 Jun 2017, 08:00
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Proyecto/Programa
Resultados
Al terminar el proyecto se espera que las ciudades seleccionadas cuenten con un plan para mejorar la gestión del riesgo de desastres y que los gobiernos locales hayan generado estrategias para reducir su vulnerabilidad ante amenazas naturales y técnicas.…
The training on the Disaster Assessment Methodology was requested by the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN), as part of the ministry’s efforts to improve disaster risk management and reduce risk in the country.
The course is imparted during three days, and combines expositions of the methodology with practical cases to allow participants to apply the different concepts and methods. The training is designed for policy makers and professionals involved directly with disaster risk management and risk reduction. Additionally, and since the methodology has a multisectoral …
14 - 16 Mar
2017, 05:30 - 14:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The training course will focus on strengthening the capacity of member States in the assessment of the effects and impacts of disasters in the Caribbean in light of the 2030 development instruments.…
17 Nov 2020, 10:00 - 13:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The Caribbean is considered one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Indeed, the financial impact of disasters such as hurricanes on Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is invariably several times greater than their gross domestic product (GDP). Governments of the subregion therefore must continue to seek innovative approaches to mobilize both domestic and external sources to finance their sustainable development and resilience efforts.…
5 Nov 2020, 06:30 - 09:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
As a subregion extremely vulnerable to extreme weather events and the adverse effects of climate change, the Caribbean is particularly susceptible to disaster displacement and climate migration.…
30 Ago 2021, 05:00 - 08:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
This workshop is the first of a two-part series and is designed for senior technical officers having responsibilities in selecting and using technologies to support DRM.…
19 Oct
- 26 Nov
2020, 07:00 - 10:00
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Evento (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
Organizado conjuntamente por la CEPAL, el PNUD y el Ministerio de Ambiente de Panamá. Se realiza en modalidad a distancia, en combinación con un curso en línea (plataforma Moodle) y webinarios en directo (plataforma Webex).…