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29 October 2015 | News

The Caribbean experience helps strengthen Peruvian disaster capacity
Peru is among the countries of Latin America that is most vulnerable to natural disasters. As the regional hub for the provision of strengthened leadership in disaster assessment and post disaster needs analysis across Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC subregional office for the Caribbean has conducted a series of training sessions in disaster assessment in different regions of Peru.
ECLAC visit to Tranquility
12 October 2015 | News

ECLAC Caribbean talks to Trinidad students about disasters
For the first time ever, students from Trinidad have received first-hand information on disaster assessment from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional office in Port of Spain.
ODPM DaLa training
9 October 2015 | News

Trinidad and Tobago agencies receive training in disaster assessment
In an effort to increase technical cooperation with its host country, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean recently co-organized with the Office for Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) a multi-sectoral disaster assessment training session for agencies in Trinidad and Tobago.
Aerial picture of a Caribbean island
25 August 2015 | News

Caribbean Countries Identify Challenges and Opportunities for Making Progress on Access Rights in Environmental Matters
In Saint Lucia, delegates will also learn about the negotiation process for forging a regional agreement on Principle 10.
31 July 2015 | News

ECLAC disaster assessment package targets policy makers and children in Costa Rica
Policy makers and children in Costa Rica will soon be better prepared to prevent and deal with disasters, as ECLAC Caribbean brings its disaster assessment package to the country.
Attendees of the 17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
26 June 2015 | News

ECLAC Executive Secretary opens High Level Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago
Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the Caribbean gathered in Trinidad and Tobago to consider progress made in implementation of development strategies for the region on occasion of the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).
18 June 2015 | News

New series of disaster assessment training sessions set to kick-off in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is the first of seven Caribbean countries to receive training on Post Disaster Needs Assessment from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean.
16 June 2015 | News

ECLAC helps Peruvian officials better respond to disasters
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional office for the Caribbean is strengthening the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to assess the damages and losses caused by disasters
11 March 2015 | News

ECLAC’s new Disaster Unit to provide assistance to entire Latin America and Caribbean region
The newly configured Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is gearing-up to provide unprecedented assistance in disaster assessment to Caribbean states and to all countries across Latin America.
From left to right, Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet; Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General; Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and Antonio Molpeceres, Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Chile.
4 March 2015 | News

Secretary-General meets staff at ECLAC’s headquarters
Staff members from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) thanked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his support in rebuilding the organization’s headquarters.