Strengthening Belize’s institutional capacity for effective disaster risk finance and emergency response

preparation

The general objective of this Technical Cooperation (TC) is to support Belize's institutional capacity building for emergency response and the implementation of the country's disaster risk finance (DRF) policy. The specific objective is to support the Government of Belize (GoB) in strengthening the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment (MFEDI), National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) and other public sector beneficiary entities involved in the implementation of the DRF policy. This TC, requested by the GoB, is part of IDB's technical assistance for Belize under the IDB-WB Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the Caribbean's financial resilience to natural disasters.