12 - 16 Nov
2021, 06:00 - 09:00
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Evento (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
Organized by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science Technology, in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.…
The Caribbean region is highly prone to natural disasters, with he increased occurrence in recent years of hurricanes, storms, floods, storm surges and volcanic eruptions. These bring about the loss of lives, property and employment, and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. The poor are generally the most vulnerable to the impact of natural disasters, and it is the women and children among them who are often the hardest hit. These impacts are likely to be amplified by a country's particular development patterns, with the level of vulnerability of social groups influe…
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.…
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El XVI Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe discutirá cómo la región puede avanzar y proteger los logros sociales en el contexto de choques más frecuentes e intensos.
Esta reunión se basa en las discusiones iniciadas en el XIII Foro Ministerial en Antigua y Barbuda en 2021, que trató sobre desastres y sistemas de protección social en el contexto de crisis prolongadas.
El Foro es coorganizado y auspiciado por el Gobierno de Barbados con el apoyo del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) en América Latina y el Caribe y la Comisión…
Organized by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Suriname, in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.…
This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the
implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The
United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…
The Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology is helping to estimate the impacts of rain-related disasters that affected several communities along the eastern coast of the Trinidad over the past week.
Developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC), the DaLA methodology is being used as a guide by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) of Trinidad and Tobago to assess the economic consequences of the recent disasters at the community and household level.
Dr Steven Ramroop of the ODPM says that “the orga…
An on-line survey of experts was conducted to solicit their views on policy priorities in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Caribbean. The experts considered the goal
to “promote teacher training in the use of ICTs in the classroom” to be the highest priority, followed by goals to “reduce the cost of broadband services” and “promote the use of ICT in emergency and
disaster prevention, preparedness and response.” Goals in the areas of cybercrime, e-commerce, egovernment, universal service funds, consumer
protection, and on-line privacy rounded out the top 10.
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A team lead by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean carried out a mission to hurricane-struck Belize, to provide support to the Government in its effort to undertake comprehensive assessment of the impact of Hurricane Earl which hit in early August 2016, and to assist in the formulation of recommendations for recovery and reconstruction.
The team included experts from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO).
Hur…
This paper examines the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for disaster risk management (DRM) with a specific focus on the Caribbean. The study included the review of literature and case studies, as well the administration of a survey instrument that collected the feedback of 13 regional national DRM agencies.
Analysis of the survey suggests that while subregional disaster management agencies have fairly good access to technology infrastructure and enjoy an information sharing culture, challenges exist with regard to the information governance frameworks as well as the …
5 - 07 Jun
2023, 04:00 - 07:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The annual expert forums are organized to advance the production and use of disaster-related statistics for risk-informed development in support of the aim of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (IAEG-DRS) of the United Nations Statistical Commission.…
13 Ene
- 10 Feb
2020, 06:00 - 15:30
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Curso (Curso - Postulación abierta)
Language: English
Target Audience: The course is aimed primarily at key actors in the process of planning, implementing, following up and monitoring Agenda 2030 for the achievement of sustainable development objectives.
The course is mainly aimed to government officials from ministries of planning, public works and national emergency offices in charge of the development and implementation of strategies for disaster risk reduction
Duration: During this 4-week course, lessons will be enabled for students on a weekly basis. Each lesson has an estimated duration of 10 hours and should be completed…
Through the publication of a new policy brief, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has identified strengths and weaknesses in the DRM strategies of member states and how these can be mainstreamed in development plans and policies.
The brief which is entitled `Mainstreaming disaster risk management (DRM) strategies in development instruments” and focuses on Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago’. It presents policy recommendations to strengthen the role of DRM and to improve the use of resource…
Environment experts, from Cuba are now better equipped to evaluate the impact of disasters using Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology developed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This following a DaLA training workshop conducted by a team from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean from 11 to 13 October 2018, in Havana.
The course introduced the multisector approach of the DaLA Methodology to evaluate the impact of disaster using economic estimates of the damages, losses and additional costs and with a strong focus on the environmental…
6 - 08 Oct
2025, 09:00 - 12:00
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Evento (Reuniones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas)
El Quinto Foro Global de Expertos sobre Estadísticas Relacionadas con los Desastres se celebrará de de manera virtual del 6 al 8 de octubre de 2025, con sesiones diarias de 9:00 a 12:00 (hora de Chile). El Foro ofrece una plataforma única para que técnicos, estadísticos, responsables de políticas, profesionales en gestión del riesgo de desastres y otras partes interesadas intercambien conocimientos y fortalezcan la colaboración para mejorar la calidad, coherencia y uso de las estadísticas relacionadas con los desastres en apoyo del desarrollo sostenible basado en la gestión del riesgo.…