Title: CDERA: Why a national hazard mitigation policy?
1 Why a national hazard mitigation
policy? Prepared by Liz Riley Caribbean Disaster
Emergency Response Agency for the Regional
Workshop/Policy Dialogue on a Model National
Hazard Mitigation Policy for the Caribbean
Coyaba Beach Resort, Grenada January
13 14, 2003 Barbados Bridgetown,
Barbados September 19 20, 2002
2 - Briefing Agenda
- WHY?
- Caribbean hazards and impacts
- HOW?
- What is CDM?
- Key CDM components
- Mitigation Policy and Planning within a CDM
framework
3 - Why a model national hazard mitigation policy?
4Natural Hazards
- Climatic and Meteorological Hazards
- Hurricanes Tropical storms
- Floods
- Drought
- Seismic and Geological Hazards
- Earthquakes
- Volcanic eruptions
- Tsunamis
- Landslides
5Technological Hazards
- Oil spills
- Aircraft and shipping accidents
- Fire
- Hazardous materials accidents
- Bio terrorism
6Hazard Impacts
LENNY 1989
7Hazard Impacts
LENNY 1989
8Hazard Impacts
LENNY 1989
9Hazard Impacts
- Multi sector impacts
- TS Lily St. Lucia 2002 gtEC20M
- Grenada Lenny 1989 EC 250,000,000 in damages
- Belize Hurricane Iris 75 80 Million BEL
10Lessons Learnt
- Need to reduce vulnerability to hazard impacts
- Need to build resilience in Caribbean communities
11 12COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- GOAL
- The overarching goal to which the Comprehensive
Disaster Management Strategy will contribute is
sustainable development in the Caribbean.
13COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
- Comprehensive Disaster Management is integrated
into the development processes in CDERA member
countries.
14COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- Integrate vulnerability reduction considerations
into planning and development - Integrated management of all hazards
- Management of all phases of Disaster Management
Cycle - Prevention and Mitigation
- Preparedness and Response
- Recovery and Restoration/Rehabilitation
15COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- To achieve the CDM objective, the strategy will
need to promote a culture of safety enlisting a
broad coalition of interested partners
governments,insurance and banking institutions,
schools, churches.
16 COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- Key Outcomes
- IR 1 - Stronger regional and national
institutions promote CDM - IR 2 - Research, education and training support
CDM - IR 3 - Major regional institutions and donors
incorporate CDM in their own programmes and
promote CDM to their national members/clients
17COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- IR 4 - Preparedness, response and mitigation
capability is enhanced and integrated - IR 5 - Hazard information is incorporated into
development planning and decision making
18SPECIFIC IR 4 LINKAGES
- IR 4.1 Disaster Management Legislation supports
CDM - IR 4.4 Lifelines and Critical Infrastructure
are protected with mitigation measures
shelters, retrofitting - IR 4.5 Mitigation included in response recovery
reconstruction actions
19SPECIFIC IR 5 LINKAGES
- IR 5.1 Physical planning includes consideration
of hazard and vulnerability information
20How are these objectives to be achieved?
- Institutional partnerships partnerships with
stakeholders Eg. CHAMP TCGs - ID opportunities for collaboration building
synergies between initiatives - National regional level - Building a culture of
safety - Integration of activities into national level
initiatives
21WHEN?
22Thank you!