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?

4. Natural Hazards Climatic and Meteorological Hazards  Hurricanes & Tropical storms  Floods  Drought Seismic and Geological Hazards  Earthquakes  Volcanic eruptions  Tsunamis  Landslides

5. Technological Hazards Oil spills Aircraft and shipping accidents Fire Hazardous materials accidents Bio terrorism

6. Hazard Impacts LENNY 1989

7. Hazard Impacts LENNY 1989

8. Hazard Impacts LENNY 1989

9. Hazard Impacts Multi sector impacts TS Lily St. Lucia 2002 >EC$20M Grenada Lenny 1989 – EC$ 250,000,000 in damages Belize – Hurricane Iris 75 – 80 Million BEL$

10. Lessons Learnt Need to reduce vulnerability to hazard impacts Need to build resilience in Caribbean communities

11. How do we achieve this?

12. COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT GOAL sustainable development in the Caribbean. The overarching goal to which the Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy will contribute is sustainable development in the Caribbean.

13. COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE development processes in CDERA member countries. Comprehensive Disaster Management is integrated into the development processes in CDERA member countries.

14. COMPREHENSIVE 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

15. COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT 1.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 1 - Stronger regional and national institutions promote CDM IR 2 - Research, education and training support CDMIR 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/clientsIR 3 - Major regional institutions and donors incorporate CDM in their own programmes and promote CDM to their national members/clients

17. COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT l IR 4 - Preparedness, response and mitigation capability is enhanced and integrated IR 5 - Hazard information is incorporated into development planning and decision makingIR 5 - Hazard information is incorporated into development planning and decision making

18. SPECIFIC 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

19. SPECIFIC IR 5 LINKAGES IR 5.1 – Physical planning includes consideration of hazard and vulnerability information

20. How 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

21. WHEN? NOW!

22. Thank you!