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Support to OCHA ROLAC DP and DRR activities 2013-2014
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The current Three-Year-Programme on Austrian Development Policy for the Caribbean identifies the negative impact of climate change and recurring natural disasters as the largest obstacles to reaching the MDGs for the mostly small island states. An estimated 5 million people were affected by over 57 natural disasters in 2012. Therefore Austria supports regional cooperation in developing institutional capacities and providing expertise in disaster risk management.
This project constitutes a one-time contribution to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affiars (OCHA) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) activities in disaster preparedness (DP) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) for the period of 2013-2014. OCHA’s activities directly benefit humanitarian organizations and humanitarian actors, including governments in terms of response preparedness, better management and coordination of the programme cycle, advocacy, or information management. In turn, the beneficiaries of each humanitarian organization are indirect beneficiaries of OCHA.
Based in Panama, ROLAC covers 42 countries and territories, and supports OCHA offices in Colombia and Haiti. A network of National Disaster-Response Advisers (NDRAs) and Information Management (IM) assistants working in 11 countries supports ROLAC outside of Panama. The NDRAs support UN and international partners in their work with national authorities. With their help, and under the guidance of the Regional Disaster Response Advisors (RDRA), ROLAC provides in-country training and advice on disaster response and preparedness to national authorities.
ROLAC has established partnerships with several inter-governmental institutions in the region, supports the activities of the Working Group on Risk Emergency and Disasters for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC), and also interacts with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, CDEMA (part of CARICOM).