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Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

Government Barbados Website

Regional inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); coordinates response and Comprehensive Disaster Management across 19 Participating States.

Country
Barbados
Agency type
Government
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Agency dossier

Role In Contract
Beneficiary / subject of the assessment — its coordination function is what is being assessed
Headquarters
Lower Estate, St. Michael, Barbados
Established
2009 (successor to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency / CDERA, founded 1991)
Participating States Count
19
Participating States
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands
Governance
Council of Ministers (highest organ); Management Committee of Participating States; Technical Advisory Committee; Coordinating Unit headed by Executive Director
Core Functions
  • Mobilising and coordinating disaster relief
  • Mitigating consequences of disasters
  • Information clearing house on disasters
  • Establishing/maintaining disaster response capability
  • Coordinating preparedness and prevention efforts
Strategic Framework
Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy
Key Donors Partners
  • CDB
  • World Bank/GFDRR
  • USAID/BHA
  • UKAID/FCDO
  • EU
  • Government of Canada/GAC
  • UNDP

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