(CDERA) Comprehensive Disaster Management: Strategy and Programme Framework 2001-2012

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Baastel-ESL (Canada-Jamaica) Consultancy team was contracted to provide technical services for the review of the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) process, which had been initiated in 2001 to enhance disaster management in CDERA member countries. It was intended that the initial outcome would serve as a medium for promoting better harmonization of donor support for CDM driven programming. The donors targeted were from the Eastern Caribbean Donor Group (ECDG) and the Environment Climate Change and Disaster Management
Sub-Committee of the donor group. This document presents a Programme Framework for an enhanced approach to Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) in the Caribbean. The revised and enhanced Framework, is intended to emphasize disaster loss reduction through risk management, and to follow a more
programme based approach (PBA) with an emphasis on Results Based Management (RBM). Priority Outcomes have been determined and associated outputs suggested to cover a five-year period, that is 2007-2012.