Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative for the Caribbean

Overview

Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Our regional office provides support to actors throughout the region, including North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, fostering a culture of disaster prevention and building disaster resilient nations and communities.

VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP23)

https://rp-americas.undrr.org/ regionalplatform

Regional Assessment Report (RAR 2021)

DRR and COVID -19 in the Americas and the Caribbean

Business resilience - English subtitles

Latin American and Caribbean Network of Women for Disaster Risk Reduction

Red de América Latina y el Caribe de mujeres para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres

Highlights

Features

Including multiple hazards in early warning systems

Features

Disaster prevention in the Caribbean: a buoy for the future

Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean

Press Releases

Barbados to host the world’s first regional launch of the United Nations Early Warnings for All Initiative

Updates

Science and technology: central themes on the agenda of RP23

Upcoming Events

Caribbean regional workshop on integrated disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation planning

11 July 2023 - 12 July 2023

Disasters Are Not Natural - Art Exhibition

15 May 2023 - 3 July 2023

Latest publications

Cities becoming more resilient in Americas and the Caribbean

These statistics show live data about municipalities in this region that have joined the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative. The villages, towns, and cities have made a commitment to move along the resilience roadmap to better protect their citizens. Dozens of cities in Brazil alone have joined, covering a large part of the country's population.

UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean
Calle Luis Bonilla, 112
City of Knowledge
Clayton
Ancon
0843-03441
Panama City, Panama

Phone: +507 317 1120

Countries

Country	Sendai Focal Point	National Platform	Country profile on PreventionWeb
Antigua and Barbuda	National Office of Disaster Services		Country profile
Argentina	Comisión Cascos Blancos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Ministerio de Seguridad Nacional .Secretaria de Protección Civil , Comisión Cascos Blancos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Secretaria de Articulaci		Country profile
Bahamas	National Emergency Management Agency (Bahamas)		Country profile
Barbados	Department of Emergency Management		Country profile
Belize	National Emergency Management Organization		Country profile
Bolivia	Viceministerio de Defensa Civil, Viceministerio de Defensa Civil		Country profile
Brazil	Secretaria Nacional de Defesa Civil, Ministério da Integração Nacional, Secretaria Nacional de Prote, Ministerio de Integración Nacional, Secretaria Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil (SEDEC)		Country profile
Canada	Public Safety Canada, Public Safety Canada	Canada National Platform	Country profile
Chile	Oficina Nacional de Emergencia, Oficina Nacional de Emergencia	Chile National Platform	Country profile
Colombia	Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres		Country profile
Costa Rica	Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias, Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias		Country profile
Cuba	Estado Mayor Nacional de la Defensa Civil de Cuba		Country profile
Dominica	Office of Disaster Management		Country profile
Dominican Republic	Presidencia de la Rep, Defensa civil	Dominican Republic National Platform	Country profile
Ecuador	Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos, Servicio Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos y Emergencias		Country profile
El Salvador	Dirección General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres, Dirección General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres		Country profile
Grenada	National Disaster Management Agency		Country profile
Guatemala	Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres, Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres		Country profile
Guyana	Civil Defense Commission		Country profile
Haiti	Direction de la Protection Civile (Haiti)		Country profile
Honduras	Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO)		Country profile
Jamaica	Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management		Country profile
Mexico	Coordinacion Nacional de Proteccion Civil		Country profile
Nicaragua	Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres, Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres	Nicaragua National Platform	Country profile
Panama	Sistema Nacional de Proteccion Civil (Panama), Sistema Nacional de Proteccion Civil (Panama)		Country profile
Paraguay	Ministro de la Secretar, Ministro de la Secretar	Paraguay National Platform	Country profile
Peru	Secretaría de Gestión Pública de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros, Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros	Peru National Platform	Country profile
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Emergency Management Agency (Saint Kitts and Nevis), National Emergency Management Agency (Saint Kitts and Nevis)		Country profile
Saint Lucia	National Emergency Management Organisation, National Emergency Management Organisation		Country profile
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	National Emergency Management Office (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)		Country profile
Suriname	National Coordination Center For Disaster Relief		Country profile
Trinidad and Tobago	Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management, the, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM)		Country profile
United States of America	Department of the Interior		Country profile
Uruguay	Sistema Nacional de Emergencias, Sistema Nacional de Emergencias		Country profile
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of	Viceministerio de Gesti		Country profile