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Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) |
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CDERA coordinates regional disaster management activities. It was established in 1991 and is located in Barbados.
CDERA, has sixteen members (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos and all CARICOM Member States except Haiti and Suriname) which are referred to as Participatory States.
Functions of the agency include: collecting and circulating to interested governmental and non -governmental organisations, comprehensive and reliable information on disasters affecting the region; eliminating as far as possible, the consequences of disasters affecting Participating States; establishing and maintaining on a sustainable basis, adequate disaster response capabilities among Participating States; and mobilising and coordinating disaster relief from governmental and non- governmental organisations for affected Participating States.
The Agency is governed by a Council comprising the Heads of Government (or their chosen representatives) of Participating States and is headed by a Co-ordinator which to date is/has been Mr. Jeremy Collymore, a national of Barbados.
For more information please goto http://www.cdera.org
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