Barbados

Documentos Clave

* Country document on disaster risk reduction will be available by autumn 2014

	Department of Emergency Management (DEM)
	Director (a.i.): Kerry Hinds, Department of Emergency Management
	30 Warrens Industrial Park Warrens St. Michael Barbados, BB22026		Tel: (246) 438-7575
			Fax: (246) 421-8612
			Email: deminfo@barbados.gov.bb

	Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
	Hastings, Christ Church BB15156, Bridgetown Barbados

UNDP Barbados and the OECS: Strengthening resilience and coping capacities in the Caribbean through integrated early warning systems

Area of intervention:
Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Regional harmonization and knowledge sharing for EWS
Knowledge of risk and vulnerability enhanced in communities to improve preparedness and response
Framework for CAP-compliant all-hazard early warning systems integrated at national and community levels

UNISDR: Implementing the post 2015 DRR framework in the Caribbean at the local, national and regional levels

Area of intervention:
Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

- Enhance political commitment and institutional engagement

Aligning of two main regional DRR strategies with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Promote the integration DRR Country Documents/profiles updating processes into regional and national monitoring and evaluation processes
Provision of technical support for the preparation of two DRR Country Documents (Haiti and Belize)

- Facilitate access to relevant DRR information in ordert to informed decision-making for DRR as an integral component of policies and planning

Providing key decision makers with DRR information and tools
Promote the DRR country document at regional, national and local level
Promote results, tools and initiatives at the regional (national) level using different media tools

PAHO

Project title: Caribbean health services resilient to impact of emergencies and disasters
Implementation in: Barbados, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Core Activities: Diagnosis of the situation of health risks management capacity, needs assessment of emergency services, technical assistance, health emergency plans, emergency supplies, simulation exercises, training, preposition stocks

UNISDR

Project title: Strengthened Disaster Risk Reduction in the Caribbean through greater fostering of the Hyogo Framework for Action priorities for action at the local, national and regional levels

Implementation in: Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Core activities: Communication and dissemination of DRR tools and initiatives, HFA implementation, Country documents

UNDP Barbados

Project title: Community Alerts Project - An effective implementation in the Caribbean through integrated Early Warning
Implementation in: Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Core Activities: Safe hospital index, small mitigation works in hospitals, guidelines for medium health facilities on safe hospital index, guidelines for the construction of safe hospitals, training of evaluators