http://www.fao.org/americas/eventos/ver/en/c/471743/ http://www.fao.org/americas/eventos/ver/es/c/471744/ Presentación de Elizabeth Riley en Reunión Técnica Elaboración Estrategia Regional para la GIRD de los sectores agrícolas y la seguridad alimentaria, Santiago, 22 y 23 febrero.

2. Presented by
Liz Riley
Deputy Executive Director, CDEMA
Santiago, Chile Feb 22, 2017
Regional Mechanisms for DRM and
CCA in the Caribbean

3. PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Hazards of relevance to the Agricultural Sector
Mechanism - Strategic
Governance Mechanisms
Mechanisms – Operational Level

4. HAZARDS OF RELEVANCE TO
THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
 Climate related
hazards
 Excess rainfall -
flood
 Drought
 High winds
 Tropical cyclones
(tropical storms,
hurricanes)
 Landslides
 Earthquakes
 Volcanic eruption
 Tsunami
 Fires
 Biological hazards
(also influenced by
climate) factors)

5. STRATEGIC MECHANISM:STRATEGIC MECHANISM:
COMPREHENSIVE DISASTERCOMPREHENSIVE DISASTER
MANAGEMENT (CDM)MANAGEMENT (CDM)
STRATEGY 2014-2024STRATEGY 2014-2024

6. WHAT IS CDM?
 CDM is the management of all
hazards through all phases of
the disaster management cycle
by all peoples - public and
private sectors, all segments of
civil society and the general
population
 CDM involves risk reduction &
management and integration
of vulnerability assessment
into the development planning
process
 Regional vehicle for
implementation of the Sendai
Framework

9. GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS:GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS:

10. GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS
 2002: JAGDEO Initiative
 2007: CDM Coordination and Harmonization Council
 CAFAN: Caribbean Farmers Network Established 2004
 2008: FAO support, disaster sub-committees established in the
Ministry of Agriculture of some countries (e.g. Jamaica)
 2010: Amalgamation of the ASSC and JAGDEO TMAC
committees by COTED Feb 2010. CDM 2007-2012 as a guide.
 2013-2014: Thematic Group on Environment, DRM and
Climate Change (merge of Land and Water and Disaster Risk
Management, CC TMACs)

11. CDEMA INITIATIVESCDEMA INITIATIVES

12. MECHANISMS – OPERATIONAL
LEVEL Baseline – where are we now?
 Standardized Audit Instrument to Measure the Integration of
DRM and CCA in the Agricultural Sector
 Agreed results – where do we want to be?
 How do we get there?
 Sectoral Action Plan
 Tools eg. ADRM Plans; drought management annexes;
CCRIF Livelihood protection products
 Measurement of Progress
 CDM Monitor; indicators and targets

13. SUCCESS FACTORS
 Stakeholder organization and strong voice - CAFAN
 Political Leadership
 Institutional leadership - driven by mandate
 Programme developed based on needs
 Programme based approach not project
 Sustained support and initiatives
 Agreed results
 Institutional collaboration

14. INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION

15. WAY FORWARD
 Mainstreaming of DRM and CCA in Agriculture
through CDM is a shared outcome
 Seeking to deepen partnerships – exploiting niche
areas
 Shared accountability, shared monitoring and shared
reporting
 ADRM agenda – reflects all agriculture sectors

16. THANK YOUTHANK YOU
Liz Riley, Deputy Executive Director, CDEMA
elizabeth.riley@cdema.org