The CCARA project aims to assess earthquake risk in the Caribbean and Central America region. It was conceived by the OECD in 2004 and founded in 2009 by public and private partners as a non-profit organization in Pavia, Italy. The project brings together experts and stakeholders from the region to develop hazard and risk models and provide training, workshops and meetings to build capacity for earthquake risk assessment and management. Key activities included a 2016 kick-off meeting, 2017 intensive training at GEM headquarters, mapathons to collect exposure data, and workshops on hazard modeling and risk metrics.

1. CCARA project
Caribbean and
Central America
(earthquake) Risk Assessment

2. • conceived by the Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development or OECD in 2004
• Founded by public and private partners in 2009 as a non-
profit organization in Pavia, Italy
• a world resilient to earthquakes
Beginnings &
Vision

3. Private
Participants
Public
Participants
Australia Chile Colombia Germany Italy Japan Nepal
New Zealand Norway Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom Venezuela
Associates
Project
Partners
USA
Canada
Private participants

4. • unique approach
• cohesive pathway
• actionable solutions
Scientific
Framework
INTEGRATED SEISMIC RISK
PHYSICAL SEISMIC RISK
Probability of damage and loss to
people and structures due to
earthquakes
EXPOSURE
Elements at risk
PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY
Vulnerability of structures and their
occupants to seismic hazard
SEISMIC HAZARD
Probability of ground shaking
due to earthquakes
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE
Vulnerability of society and economy and their
capacity to cope with earthquake events

5. Public good
Credible
Collaborative
Open and transparent
We work to serve the public good: from research to practice,
from knowledge to action, our efforts are ultimately motivated
by the welfare of the public.
We collaborate across sectors, geographies and disciplines to
promote knowledge and information sharing in an open,
transparent manner.
We bring together diverse stakeholders to deliver results on the
ground leveraging our professional track record in global
seismic hazard and risk assessment.
Our products, data and processes are transparent and freely
accessible to the public to help stakeholders make better
decisions in disaster and risk management.
Our Principles

6. GEM implements regional, national and local hazard, risk and social
vulnerability assessment projects in the Americas, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Asia-Pacific, sharing knowledge, data and best practices to
build capacity and bring together international and local experts.
Where We
Work
Public & private institutions,
associate partners and
collaborators
Countries
Workshop/Training sites
Regional and national project
sites (colored shapes)

8. The OpenQuake-platform Users
Accessed 4000+ times from more than 100 countries since
2015

9. Core
activities
• Projects
• Training
• Model development
• Creation of databases
• Software development

10. South America
Central America
and Caribbean
Mexico
United States
Canada
Russia/MongoliaEurope
China/Koreas
Japan
Africa
Arabian
peninsula India
Australia
South-east Asia
New
Zealand
Middle East
Central Asia
Global Risk Modelling – Distribution of models

11. Seismic hazard Seismic risk
Social
vulnerability
Integrated risk
0.E+00%
1.E+10%
2.E+10%
3.E+10%
4.E+10%
5.E+10%
0.1% 1% 10% 100% 1000% 10000%
Economic'losses'(EUR)'
Return'Period'(years)'
Regions highest
risk
Social indicators
Sector
Return period (years)
100 500 1000 2500
Residential 1.3E+10 2.4E+10 2.9E+10 3.9E+10
Services 1.1E+09 2.0E+09 2.4E+09 3.3E+09
Health 3.2E+07 5.9E+07 6.9E+07 9.1E+07
Educational 1.8E+08 3.2E+08 4.5E+08 6.7E+08
Financial
indicators
Population (million):
GDP (billion USD):
Capital stock (billion
USD):
Life expectancy:
GINI Index:
Gross savings (billion
USD):
Risk indicators
Population at risk (million):
Property at risk (billion USD):
AAL (economic – million USD):
AAL (fatalities):
Max. economic loss (billion
USD):
Probable max. loss (billion
USD):
10.7
227.3
1054.3
79.5
35.8
11.73
4.8
377.1
265
39
23.2
8.5
Earthquake Risk Profile - Portugal

12. Santiago
Pavia Sendai
Singapore
Canberra
Taipei
Port of Spain
Caracas
Istanbul
Kathmandu
Potsdam
Cape Town
Rio de Janeiro
Bogota
Harbin
Rabat Tunis Jeju
Fort Collins
Medellin
Lima
Johannesburg
Addis Ababa
Bishkek
Menlo Park Golden
Quito
London
Paris
Wellington
Boston
Montevideo
Porto
Yangon
Dar Es Salaam
Santo Domingo
Vancouver
Perth
Training, workshops and meetings
Thessaloniki
+ 60 events in + 30 location regarding sharing of knowledge and technology

13. CCARA project
Caribbean and
Central America
(earthquake) Risk Assessment

14. Caribbean and Central America
(earthquake) Risk Assessment Program
ONEV
Costa Rica
HaitiHaiti
NicaraguaCosta Rica Costa Rica
Guatemala Trinidad & Tobago
El
Salvador
Jamaica Puerto Rico/US
United StatesNicaraguaFrance
Dominican Republic

15. CCARA kick-off meeting
November 2016

16. CCARA - 2 weeks intensive training
GEM Headquarters, April 2017

17. CCARA kick-off meeting
Mapathon (Open Street Map), May 2017
Risk workshop, May 2017

18. Risk workshop, May 2017

19. Resilience Performance Score Card
(Evaluación Participatoria de la Resiliencia)
Municipalidad de San Jose, Costa Rica

20. Hazard workshop
September 2017

21. Seismic hazard

23. Seismic risk models and metrics

24. Social Economic Vulnerability and Resilience