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7 September 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Expresses Solidarity and Offers Support to Caribbean Countries Affected by Storms
Executive Secretary of the UN organization, Alicia Bárcena, sent a letter to Heads of States of all islands struck by the storm season in the last two weeks.
5 July 2017 | News

ECLAC brings Caribbean disaster assessment expertise to Argentina
ECLAC Caribbean sets out to build the capacity of public officials in Argentina to conduct disaster assessments, determine their own recovery and reconstruction path in the aftermath of disasters, and incorporate measures to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience.
17 de April de 2017 | Fact sheet

Desastres, crecimiento económico y respuesta fiscal en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, 1972-2010
Resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 121, abril de 2017. Autor: Omar D. Bello.
13 March 2017 | News

ECLAC hosts disaster seminar and training in Barbados

ECLAC brings together representatives of national disaster agencies to build capacity in disaster planning and assessment.
Omar Bello gives disaster presentation in Peru
9 February 2017 | News

Step by step disaster guidelines to be finalized following joint ECLAC WHO/PAHO training
ECLAC and WHO/PAHO hold joint disaster training in Lima and Piura focusing on the social aspects of a disaster, with particular attention on issues such as health and water and sanitation.
27 January 2017 | News

Eight countries receive disaster training in Trinidad and Tobago
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) have convened a four-day training course in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to improve the ability of policymakers from eight Caribbean countries to prepare for disasters and to assess their effects and impacts.
Photo of the area of New Providence in Brahamas hit by the Hurricane Joaquin in 2015.
8 November 2016 | News

ECLAC team conducts post-Matthew disaster assessment in Bahamas

The Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean sent a group of experts on 23-29 October and is now preparing an official report.
Hurricane Earl
13 September 2016 | News

Following Hurricane Earl, ECLAC sets the groundwork for disaster assessment in Belize

An interagency team lead by ECLAC has visted the main sites hit by Hurricane Earl in Belize, including San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Belize City, Ladyville, Belize River Valley, Orange Walk and Belmopan.
1 March 2016 | News

Brazil to benefit from ECLAC disaster assessment training
ECLAC’s mission to the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) will mark the organization’s first venture in Brazil in the area of disaster assessment, and its first partnership with a national development bank in this regard.
16 February 2016 | Announcement

ECLAC and UNISDR join forces to bolster disaster assessment capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean
5 February 2016 | News

Caribbean experiences build Latin American expertise, as ECLAC wraps up 9-month training series in Peru

Peru’s National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED) now has an established network of trained staff throughout the country, which may be successfully activated in case of a disaster.
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.
1 July 2015 | Infographic

Damage and Loss Assessment
The Caribbean region is vulnerable to many types of weather related disaster as well as earthquakes. Disaster in the region have inceased over time. They are recurrent and happen unexpectedly. Damage and Loss Assessment is the basis for Post Disaster Needs Assessment.
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

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