Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program

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CDMP Objectives and Activities

Project Objectives

  1. to promote sustainable development by reducing the vulnerability to natural hazards in existing and planned development;
  2. to improve public awareness and development decision making by accurately mapping hazard-prone areas;
  3. to improve hazard risk management by the insurance industry and to help maintain adequate catastrophe protection for the region; and
  4. to promote community-based disaster preparedness and prevention activities with support from the private sector.

Project Activities

The project is implemented through a series of pilot projects in selected countries, and through regional training and information dissemination activities:

CDMP home page: http://www.oas.org/en/cdmp/ Project Contacts Page Last Updated: 20 April 2001