CARICAD’S Assistant Director, Rosemund Warrington and Programme Specialist Franklyn Michael participated in a recent workshop coordinated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA). The workshop, entitled, “Development of Competency Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in the Caribbean” took place on June 19 and 20 in Barbados. There were three specific objectives for the workshop: 1. Develop a process and regional roadmap to guide the development of a regional competency framework for DRM in CDEMA participating states 2. Exchange information on the lessons learned from international experiences in developing DRM competency frameworks 3. Identify opportunities for further collaboration with New Zealand in the Caribbean process The primary facilitators were consultants Dr. Jane Rovin and Dr. Steven Jensen. Participants included staff of the CDEMA Coordinating Unit, Members of CDEMA Technical Advisory and Education Committees including representatives from CARICOM, the University of Technology in Jamaica, the University of Guyana, The Caribbean Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Caribbean Tourism Organisation. They used efforts to develop competency frameworks in New Zealand, The United States, Asia and the Pacific region as a backdrop to efforts to SHARE POINT PLATFORM FOR CARICAD MEMBER STATES The CARICAD Operational Focal Point (OFP) project team at the Ministry of Public Administration and Communications (MPAC) in Trinidad and Tobago has announced that the official CARICAD OFP Community site will be available in the next quarter. The site has been created on MPAC’s SharePoint Portal to facilitate the easy reviewing, sharing and editing of CARICAD related documents, information and ideas in real time, whilst ensuring the necessary collaboration of CARICAD members/OFP’s across the Caribbean. 9 develop a competency framework for CDEMA participating states. The participants also discussed: 1. Challenges to developing and using a competency framework 2. Possible next steps 3. A timeline for implementation and opportunities for inter-agency collaboration The workshop was participatory and interactive. It culminated in a conceptual framework for Competencies for DRM and a Roadmap for developing the competencies. There was a Consensus that participation by CARICAD added value to the exercise because of the expertise and skills of the CARICAD representatives in terms of Human Resources Management, Organisational Development, and Disaster and Public Sector Leadership and Management.
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