Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Mr. Ronald Jackson will visit the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) July 2 to 4, 2013, to meet with senior government officials on the implementation of Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) in the TCI’s approach to managing disasters and emergencies.
CDM is the Strategy which addresses all hazards through all phases of the Disaster Risk Management Cycle – prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, by the public and private sectors, of civil society and the general population in hazard prone areas. It also involves risk reduction and management assessment and the integration of vulnerability assessment into the development approval planning process, with the emphasis on reducing risk.
The objective of the meeting is to raise the level of consciousness of the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands on the importance of investing in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It will seek to:
· Update the Government on their return on investment in CDEMA, that is, what CDEMA has been able to do over the period in relation to supporting the Turks and Caicos CDM Programming.
· To share the new CDM Strategy for the period 2013-2023.
Mr. Jackson’s is scheduled to meet with Ministers of Government, the Permanent Secretaries and the Director of Disaster Management and Emergencies as well as members of the National Disaster Executive.
It is expected that the mission will seek to foster a greater spirit of collaboration and cooperation with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government while broadening partnerships in areas of mutual interest as part of the Disaster Risk Reduction agenda.
Mr. Jackson will leave the islands on Thursday 4th July 2013.
