Training event

UNDRR ROAMC: Workshop - Enhanced Disaster preparedness for systemic risk in complex scenarios: challenges and opportunities

Organizer(s) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres en América Central Comité Andino para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) World Food Programme

Format

Online

Event language(s)

English

Date

13 April 2021 - 16 April 2021

The Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) has been providing assistance to the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region since 1994 in fulfilment of its humanitarian mandate to save and preserve lives to reduce disaster risk conditions and contribute to building the resilience of people, communities and countries in the region.

During this time, ECHO, through its Disaster Preparedness Programme (DP), has invested a more than 224 million euros in 34 countries in the region through more than 520 projects, reaching 13 million people in Latin American and the Caribbean, with the participation and involvement of a great diversity of organizations and partners. The disaster preparedness projects supported by ECHO are aligned with the goals defined by the countries of the region (either national or regional) and reinforce the implementation of the Sendai Framework Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030).

The workshop will focus on presenting evidences on how disaster preparedness has a positive impact on emergency response, anticipatory action and early recovery, contextualised to the different risk situations faced in the region. Evidences may reflect a positive change in practice, the use of new institutionalized tools, or a successful early action that are helping to reduce risks and avoid emergencies or, when such events do occur, contribute to a more effective response or recovery process. The workshop will also provide the opportunity to reflex on challenges and discuss on how to strengthen DP actions to enhance institutional and multisectoral response mechanisms to respond to complex emergencies.

Expected results:

Assessed impact of ECHO DP actions as well as programmes funded by other donors in the region and identified how DP actions facilitate early action, emergency response and recovery through discussions and provision of inputs and recommendations.
Evidence-based approach promoted that illustrates how disaster preparedness makes a difference through the presentation of concrete actions and lessons learned, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and complex emergencies in the region.
Exchange enabled for local, national, regional and international cooperation organizations and their associated partners to share experiences on how DP actions are aligned to national and regional plans and how these are sustainable to respond to future emergencies.
Recommendations, messages and inputs on how DP interventions contribute to faster and more efficient responses to disasters and how these can influence public policies in the region.

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