Guyana

Documentos Clave

• Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change- 2012
• The World Bank. Country Profile

* Country document on disaster risk reduction will be available by the end of 2014

Herramientas

Actores Principales

Delegación Unión Europea

Plan de Acción DIPECHO 2015-2016

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

• Main project results:

- 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

Plan de Acción DIPECHO 2013-2014

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 regional: Communication and dissemination of DRR tools and initiatives, HFA implementation, Country documents
• Contact person regional: Sandra Amlang, Regional Project Coordinator, Email: samlang@eird.org

• Core activities national: Support the preparation of the country document for disaster risk reduction for Guyana. The counrty document will be available by Oct 2014
• Contact person national: Marco Velasco, Liaison Officer, Email: dipechoguy@eird.org

Plan de Acción DIPECHO 2011-2012