Interregional management
Introduction
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is an inter-regional support network of independent emergency units throughout the Caribbean region "Caribbean (region)".[1] Formed on September 1, 2005 as the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), it underwent a name change to CDEMA in September 2009.
Members
Member States and participating agencies of CDEMA include:.
Activities
In recent years, CDEMA's role has primarily been to provide disaster assistance to member countries.[2] Such deployment of CDEMA personnel was witnessed for Grenada "Grenada (country)") and Jamaica in early September 2004 following Hurricane Ivan.
In the mid-1990s, the sudden eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano on Montserrat also brought CDEMA into action to provide additional support to the island's population. The Agency also regularly monitors the Soufriere Hills volcano and the active underwater volcano called Kick 'em Jenny north of Grenada ("Granada (country)").
Members of the Regional Security System have also requested military and logistical assistance through that agreement after natural disasters.
Background
By the end of the century, severe weather had been increasing, especially in the Caribbean region (region) and the Gulf of Mexico. Being able to control and minimize the damage caused by these disasters is essential for life in that part of the world. The world recognized the need to establish an organization to manage natural disasters in that region and in July 1984 the Pan-Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project (PCDPPP) was established. The Caribbean has struggled with independence from its countries of European origin for centuries and before the PCDPPP emerged, the traditional way of managing disasters in the area was through private donors, a method that was heavily dependent on others and did not help its cause. independence.[3].
The creation of the PCDPPP was a collection of international sponsors such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Canadian International Development Agency, the Government of the Netherlands and the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization (UNDRO).