Regional Impact Program – Disaster Risk Management and Disaster Resilience

implementation

The general objective of this project is to achieve greater impact on sustainable development and climate change in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region through the implementation and promotion of priority knowledge activities necessary for the implementation of effective disaster risk management public policies in the borrowing member countries. There are three specific objectives to achieve the general objective: (i) to improve the availability and quality of risk data/information for use in development planning to enhance resilience; (ii) to develop a regional coordination mechanism for multi-country participation to ensure rapid response in the event of a disaster; and (iii) to support the expansion of post-disaster financing programs for rehabilitation and reconstruction. In addition, there is a cross-cutting objective in this program that is necessary to achieve these three specific objectives: "Improving the knowledge and skills needed to achieve resilience".