9 (Photo by Cecil Shillingford) Submitted by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) C DEMA has undertaken a significant number of training activities over the last few months. CDEMA Logistics and Relief Management Activities — Five workshops were held and 125 people were trained from the following countries. • British Virgin Islands (25 participants, virtual) • Guyana (25 participants) • Jamaica (25 participants) • Suriname (25 participants) • Saint Lucia (25 participants) CDEMA Logistics System (CLS) Training — Four workshops were held and 112 people were trained from the following countries. • CDRU (37 participants, virtual) • Antigua and Barbuda (25 participants) • Dominica (25 participants) • Saint Vincent and The Grenadines (27 participants). Emergency Logistics Equipment Training — This was led by WFP and supported by CDEMA. Five workshops were held and 85 people were trained from the following countries. • Antigua and Barbuda (18 participants) • Saint Vincent and The Grenadines (29 participants) • The Bahamas (20 participants) • Barbados (20 participants) • Dominica (18 participants) CDEMA also held its flagship regional exercise, SYNERGY on May 24th, 2023 which focused on strengthening the regional response mechanism and took a focus on the simulation of a regional response to a multi-hazard, multi-island impact. The exercise was attended by 63 participants spanning across national, regional, and international agencies and organisations. During this exercise there were four main thematic areas (breakout groups) — Regional and International • Continues on next page
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