Acronyms

ACC:Adaptation to Climate Change / Adaptación al Cambio Climático / Adaptation au Changement Climatique
ACS:Association of Caribbean States
AEC:Asociación de Estados del Caribe
AECID:Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
BCPR:Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery
BPRC:Buró de Prevención y Recuperación de Crisis (BCPR)
CaPRI:Caribbean Policy Research Institute
CARICOM:Caribbean Community Secretariat
CBDRM:Community Based Disaster Risk Management
CDB:Caribbean Development Bank
CDC:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDEMA:Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (formerly known as CDERA)
CDERA:Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (now CDEMA)
CDM:Comprehensive Disaster Management
CDMP:Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
CEPAL:Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
CEPREDENAC:Centro de Coordinación para la prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central (Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America)
CGRR:Centro de Gestión para la Reducción de Riesgo (Center for Risk Reduction Management)
CNOE:Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Emergencia
COE:Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia de la República Dominicana
COP:Conference of the Parties
COPECO:National Commission for Contingencies
CPC:Climate Prediction Center
CRED:Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
CRMI:Caribbean Risk Management Initiative
DAC:Development Assistance Committee
DEX:Direct Execution
DFID:Department for International Development of the United Kingdom
DMFC:Disaster Mitigation Facility for the Caribbean
DPC:Direction de la Protection Civile
DRI:Disaster Risk Index
DRR:Disaster Risk Reduction
ECLAC:Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL)
EIRD:Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de Desastres (ISDR)
EM-DAT:EM-DAT:The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
EWS:Early Warning System
FAO:Food and Agriculture Organization
GDN:The Gender and Disaster Network
GEO:Global Environment Outlook
GIS:Geographical Information System
GTZ:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
HIPC:Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
ICHARM:International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management
IDB:Inter-American Development Bank
IDNDR:International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
IFPRI:International Food Policy Research Institute
IFRC:International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGAD:Intergovernmental Authority on Development
ILO:International Labour Organization
IMF:International Monetary Fund
INSMET:Instituto de Meteorología de Cuba
IOM:International Organization for Migrations
IPCC:Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRI:International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
ISDR:International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
IUCN:International Union for the Conservation of Nature
LA RED:Network for Social Studies on Disaster Prevention in Latin America
LDC:Least Developed Country
MAH:Marco de Accióbn de Hyogo
MDG:Millennium Development Goals
NCEP:National Center for Environmental Prediction
NCGIA:National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
NEX:National Execution
NGO:Non-Governmental Organization
NIRAPAD:Network for Information Response and Preparedness Activities on Disaster
NOAA:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OAS:Organization of American States
OCHA:Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
ODM:Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio
ODPEM:Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
OEA:Organización de Estados Americanos
OECD:Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECS:Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OMD:Objectifs du Millénaire
PADF:Pan American Development Foundation
PAHO:Pan American Health Organization
PNUD:Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo / Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement
PNUE:Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement
PNUMA:Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente
RC/CR:Resident Coordinator/Coordinador(a) Residente
SIDS:Small Island Developing States
SNPMAD:Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres
UNAIDS:Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNCRD:United Nations Centre for Regional Development
UNCTAD:United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDAC:United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
UNDP:United Nations Development Programme
UNEP/GRID:United Nations Environment Programme,Global Resource Information Database
UNESCO:United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC:United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFPA:United Nations Population Fund
UNHABITAT:United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UNICEF:United Nations Children's Fund
UNIFEM:United Nations Development Fund for Women
UN-INSTRAW:United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
UNISDR:United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
USAID/OFDA:United States Agency for International Development,Office of U.S.Foreign Disaster Assistance
USGS:United States Geological Survey
UWI:The University of the West Indies
WB:World Bank
WEDO:Women's Environment and Development Organization
WFP:World Food Programme
WHO:World Health Organization
WMO:World Meteorological Organization
WRI:World Resources Institute
WTO:World Trade Organization