Country document for disaster risk reduction: Antigua and Barbuda, 2016

The Country Document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) presents a 2016 analysis of the status of DRR in Antigua and Barbuda. It identifies priorities and proposes strategies for the comprehensive national management of risk with the protection of human life and the environment as main goals.

This Country Document was prepared within the international context for Disaster Risk Reduction as encapsulated in the Sendai Framework, which recognizes ‘that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be shared with other stakeholders including local government, the private sector and other stakeholders.'