November 17-19, 2021, from 9:00 am to 13:30 PM (UTC -4)
Using International Disaster Response Law (IDRL) Principles, this workshop will examine best practices, share lessons learned and promote the advancement of regionally appropriate regulatory standards and mechanisms including National Comprehensive Disaster Management legislation and the Regional Response Mechanism.
This Workshop is a virtual event over three half days and is jointly facilitated by CDEMA and IFRC. Participants will be engaged through virtual sessions via Zoom which will include presentations, panel discussions, working group activities and opportunities for open discussions.
About the workshop
Recent years have seen an increase in the scope, intensity and frequency of severe hazards and disaster events in the Caribbean region, and a commensurate increase in the breadth of planned and ad hoc international relief entering the region.
While disaster-affected Caribbean countries benefited significantly from international humanitarian inputs, they also faced immense logistical challenges to facilitate and regulate international responders resulting in incidences of poor quality and uncoordinated efforts, unnecessary delays and bottlenecks in the humanitarian supply chain.
In light of these challenges, this Workshop will focus on strengthening legal and policy frameworks in international disaster response through identifying best practices, sharing lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting the advancement of regionally appropriate regulatory standards and mechanisms including National Comprehensive Disaster Management legislation and the Regional Response Mechanism.
Ready Together Project
This workshop is funded by INTERREG “Ready Together” Project led by French Cross PIRAC and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the French Development Agency (AFD) and the regional Council of Guadeloupe. As on of its four key pillars, the “Ready Together” Project seeks to enhance disaster resilience in the Caribbean, identifying the need to strengthen disaster legal and institutional frameworks through the promotion of climate-smart laws and policies that contribute to reducing risks, improving the quality of national and international response to disasters and enhancing community resilience.
For more information or questions about the event, please contact Jessie Jordan, Disaster Law Officer, IFRC at jessie.jordan@ifrc.org.