Bridgetown, Barbados, December 10th, 2015 (CDEMA) – Jeremy MacArthur Collymore received the highest award of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) at the Closing Ceremony, Awards & Gala Dinner of the 9th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management held on Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Melia Nassau Beach Resort.
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Bridgetown, Barbados, Friday 30th, 2015 (CDEMA) - Senior officials from the National Coordination Centre for Disaster Management (NCCR) in Suriname completed, today, a three day orientation programme on the CDEMA System at the Regional Disaster Training Centre and Headquarters of the Coordinating Unit (CU) at Lower Estate, Barbados.
Bridgetown, Barbados, October 7th, 2015 (CDEMA) - CDEMA Executive Director Ronald Jackson arrives in Nassau Bahamas today, October 7th, 2015. Upon arrival, Mr. Jackson will be meeting with the Right Honourable Perry Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, followed by a briefing on the status of operations at the NEMA Emergency Operations Centre. The Executive Director is joined on mission by Mr. Bruno Pouezat, Jamaica’s United Nations Resident Coordinator a.i./ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative a.i. and Mr. Ian King, Programme Manager-Disaster and Climate Risk Management, UNDP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. His day’s schedule ends with consultations with the UNDP team on the identification of short and long term priorities for Recovery and Reconstruction and the re-engagement of development partners.