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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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Haiti Integrated Information System (SIIA)

Year: 
2010
Type of Publication: 
Presentations
ICT Focus Areas: 
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Knowlege Economy
eGovernment
Related Member States: 
Haiti

This is a presentation about a Haitian Integrated Information System which was prepared by the 'Groupe de Travail sur les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication  (GTIC) '

Publication: 

Communiquer avec les Communautés sinistrées (Communicating with Disaster affected Communities CDAC )

Year: 
2010
Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
Access / Connectivity
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Related Member States: 
Haiti

L’objectif central de CDAC est d’assurer un service coordonné, où non seulement les opérations humanitaires peuvent délivrer des informations vitales aux populations sinistrées, mais aussi donner une voix aux bénéficiaires par le biais des médias locaux et des canaux de communication informels.

ICT and Environment : Newsletter No 14 of eLAC

Year: 
2011
Type of Publication: 
Paper
ICT Focus Areas: 
Access / Connectivity
ICT and the Environment
Climate Change Adaptation, eResilience
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Related Member States: 
Cuba
Haiti

This is Newsletter 14 produced by ECLAC

Publication: 

Caribbean Risk Management Initiative - Tools

Year: 
2012
Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Climate Change Adaptation, eResilience
Related Member States: 
Barbados
Cuba
Antigua and Barbuda
Belize
Bahamas
British Virgin Islands
Guyana
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands

These tools provide applications and methodologies involving the use of online technologies for disaster reduction, disaster management and climate-related initiatives.

OCTs Regional Risk Reduction Initiative (R3I

Lead Implementing Agency
Type of Agency: 
Multilateral Donor
Organisation's Name: 
UNDP Barbados
Address: 
UN House, Barbados
Website: 
http://www.bb.undp.org/regional-risk-reduction-initiative
Funding Agency
Funding Agency (if different)
Type of Agency: 
Government
Organisation's Name: 
European Commission
Website: 
http://www.delbrb.ec.europa.eu/en/index.htm
Project Status: 
Ongoing - Active

The OCTs R3I covers the English and Dutch overseas countries and territories in the region, a total of 7 territories (Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos, and the Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, St Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius)). They are highly vulnerable to various natural hazards and climate change impacts, also having fragile ecosystems and concentrations of settlements and major functions in low lying coastal areas and other hazard prone locations.

Beneficiary Country(ies): 
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Montserrat
St. Lucia
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cost: 
€4.932m
Start Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Other Pertinent Information: 

Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius

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