Após a passagem do furacão Matthew, uma equipe de expertos em avaliação de danos e perdas da Sede Sub-Regional para o Caribe da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) voou às Bahamas para avaliar os danos provocados no país.
A missão, financiada pelo Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), se realizou de 23 a 29 de outubro de 2016 em colaboração com a Organização das Nações Unidas para a Alimentação e a Agricultura (FAO) e a Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (OPAS).
A equipe da CEPAL e seus homólogos visitaram as zonas de Andros, Berry Islands, Gran Bahama e New Pr…
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…
C’est dans le cadre d’un accord de collaboration (2015) entre l’Institut Mora et le Siège Sous- Régional au Mexique de la CEPALC, qu’est conduit le projet de recherche A cinq ans du tremblement de terre en Haïti : leçons apprises de la coopération sud-sud. Les cas du Brésil, du Chili et du Mexique. Ce projet vise à identifier et à analyser certaines pratiques de coopération sud-sud qui ont été menées durant 2010-2015 et ont eu des résultats et impacts positifs en Haïti. Il est de spécial intérêt en particulier de connaitre les facteurs qui ont rendu possible ces résultats positifs afin d’ident…
Optimizar la respuesta en emergencias desde la perspectiva social es un tema vital para los países de América Latina y el Caribe, afirmó el Ministro de Desarrollo Social de Chile, Marcos Barraza, en un seminario celebrado el miércoles en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en Santiago.
El Ministro añadió que, por su configuración geográfica y sus características geológicas, Chile “ha debido enfrentar una serie de desastres naturales a lo largo de su historia”, a lo que se suma ahora “el complejo fenómeno del cambio climático, que está afectando a todo el m…
Intervención de Antonio Prado, Secretaria Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, con ocasión de la inauguración del Seminario Internacional "Optimizando la respuesta en emergencias desde lo social"
22 de junio de 2016
Santiago de Chile
CEPAL
Sala Celso Furtado
Marcos Barraza, Ministro de Desarrollo Social de Chile, es un gusto recibirlo nuevamente en la CEPAL y colaborar con su Ministerio, tras el exitoso lanzamiento del pasado lunes del Consejo Nacional para la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible,
Mahmud Aleuy Peña y Lillo, Subsecretario del Ministerio del Interior d…
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.
S…
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…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is partnering with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in its effort to strengthen the ability of countries across Latin America and the Caribbean to manage the impacts of disasters, in the context of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
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 Feb…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has applied its experience in the Caribbean towards building the disaster assessment capacity in Peru’s National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED).
Since May 2015, ECLAC Caribbean has supported the efforts of the CENEPRED to become a forerunner in the field of disaster risk reduction, since Peru remains one of the most vulnerable countries across Latin America to disasters. It is estimated that over the past 15 years there have been 59 disa…
The purpose of this work is to review ECLAC’s experience in assessing the economic and social impact of disasters. Toward that end, the database established according to assessment reports is described and the patterns of sectoral damage and losses from different types of events are defined.…
Este documento expone los avances logrados por el Gobierno haitiano, en adecuar su marco normativo para hacer efectivo el pleno ejercicio de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad, tras el terremoto ocurrido en 2010. La información documental obtenida se desprende en gran medida del primer Informe presentado por el Gobierno de Haití al Comité de Derechos de las Personas con discapacidad (CRPD) en 2014, que fue elaborado en base a las consultas al Comité Interministerial de los Derechos de las Personas, organizaciones de y para personas con discapacidad, así como el Informe Alternativo s…
This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development.
The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…
Peru is among the countries of Latin America that is most vulnerable to natural disasters. The establishment of the National Center for Disaster Assessment, Prevention and Risk Reduction (CENEPRED) is among the most significant efforts undertaken in recent times by the Peruvian government to comprehensively address the vulnerability of its population.
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 …
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