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The main strategic areas to be addressed with regard to the use of ICT by CDEMA CU and Participating States going forward are as follows:
(a) Developing an overarching policy on the role of ICT in Disaster Management in the region. Since that is already in motion, the focus would probably be on consolidating and refining what has been articulated so far, determining whether there are additional issues to be addressed, and ensuring a coherent strategy is articulated. This would address the following at a high level:
(i) what is it we intend to achieve from use of ICT in DRR in the region
(ii) how we
intend to achieve it and
(iii) who will lead it.
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Disaster Management, Developing Country Communities & Climate Change: The Role of ICTs

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Year: 
2011
Type of Publication: 
Paper
ICT Focus Areas: 
Access / Connectivity
Capacity Building
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Climate Change Adaptation, eResilience
Related Member States: 
Cuba
Grenada
Jamaica

Author : Nonita Yap - University of Guelph, Canada

Publication: 
application/pdf iconYapDisasterManagementDevelopmentICTs.pdf
Web URL: 
Nexus for ICTs, Climate Change and Development Resource Papers

Applying Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Mitigation in Central America and the Dominican Republic

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Year: 
2009
Type of Publication: 
Report
ICT Focus Areas: 
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Access / Connectivity
Local Content Development
Related Member States: 
Dominican Republic
Belize

This Policy Paper is one of the deliverables for the “Applying Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Disaster Mitigation in Central America and the Dominican Republic”
Project. This project was implemented by the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States (DSD/OAS) and funded by the International Development
Research Center (IDRC) of Canada, through the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA).

Publication: 
application/pdf icon4d5d757caaa13.pdf
Web URL: 
http://www.rimd.org/documentos.php?tipo=2

Haiti AID Map

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Year: 
2011
Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
Access / Connectivity
Capacity Building
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Related Member States: 
Haiti

InterAction, in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center and with funding from FedEx, has developed Haiti Aid Map to provide detailed project-level information on the work being done by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Haiti. The site can be browsed by location, sector, organization or project and features maps highlighting NGOs’ work on specific issues, such as the cholera outbreak.

Web URL: 
http://haiti.ngoaidmap.org/

Haiti and beyond: Getting it right in Crisis Information Management

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Year: 
2010
Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
eLearning, ICT in Education
Related Member States: 
Haiti
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Publication: 
application/pdf iconHaiti+and+beyond-+Getting+it+right+in+Crisis+Information+Management.pdf
Web URL: 
http://wiki.ict4peace.org/w/page/25258880/Haiti%20and%20beyond%3A%20Getting%20it...
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