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CRMI documents, highlights and disseminates best practices in the areas of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, and also encourages gender perspective as an integral aspect of risk management. The subject of these documents range, to include early recovery, housing and habitat, prevention strategies, climate change modeling, agriculture and tourism among others. CRMI invites the submission of best practices documents to translate or disseminate throughout the region.
Best practices & case studies
| Publisher | Title | Scope | Cat | Subject | Year | |||
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| CaPRI | Resilience Potential: Assessing Jamaica's "Bounce-Back" from Hurricane Dean View Online | Download |
Jamaica | ACC DRR | Recovery, CDM, Economics | 2008 | 933K | ENG | |
| CDERA | The 2004 hurricane season in the caribbean. A review of disaster preparedness and response arrangements View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | EWS, Recovery, Response | 2004 | 154K | ENG | |
| CDERA | Revisión institucional de los Mecanismos de Manejo de Desastres en Bahamas, Santa Lucia y las Islas Turks y Caicos View Online | Download |
Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Turks and Caicos | DRR | 2007 | 2.6M | ESP | ||
| COE | Dominican Republic - Lessons learned from the 2008 hurricane season View Online | Download |
Dominican Republic | DRR | EWS, CDM | 2008 | 1.2M | ENG | |
| CRMI | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Integration of Disaster Risk Management into the Development Agenda View Online | Download |
British Virgin Islands | ACC DRR | CDM, Development, SIDS | 2005 | 712K | ENG | |
| CRMI | ISLAS VÍRGENES BRITÁNICAS Integración de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres en la Agenda de Desarrollo View Online | Download |
British Virgin Islands | ACC DRR | CDM, Development, SIDS | 2005 | 2.2M | ESP | |
| CRMI | Sistema Defensa Civil de Cuba - Mejores prácticas en gestion de riesgo View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | CDM, Civil defense | 2007 | 524K | ESP | |
| CRMI | Centros de gestión para la reducción de riesgos a nivel territorial en municipios y provincias - Mejores prácticas en gestion de riesgo View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Civil defense, CDM | 2007 | 888K | ESP | |
| CRMI | Rehabilitacion del habitat desde una perspectiva de desarrollo sostenible - Lecciones aprendidas y sistematización de buenas prácticas. View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Housing | 2009 | 1.4M | ESP | |
| CRMI | Rehabilitation de l'habitat dans une perspective de developpement durable - Leçons apprises et systématisations de bonnes pratiques View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Housing | 2009 | 1.7M | FRA | |
| CRMI | Ciudad de la Habana: Evaluación de Riesgos por Penetraciones del Mar en los Municipios Costeros - Mejores prácticas en gestion de riesgo View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Risk assessment | 2007 | 2.7M | ESP | |
| CRMI | Post-disaster Early Recovery in a Caribbean Small Island Developing State The Case of Hurricane Ivan in Grenada (2004): Best Practices and Lessons Learned View Online | Download |
Grenada | DRR | Recovery, SIDS | 2007 | 581K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Reforestación con bambú como alternativa ecológica para la producción sostenible de materiales de construcción y viviendas (Bambú-biomasa) View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Housing | 2006 | 2.8M | ESP | |
| CRMI | Reforestation avec bambou en tant qu'alternative écologique pour la production soutenable de matériaux de construction et logements (Bambou-biomasse) View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Housing | 2006 | 2.8M | FRA | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. CASE STUDY: Agriculture in indigenous communities in Guyana View Online | Download |
Guyana | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, Adaptation, Agriculture | 2009 | 1.8M | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. CASE STUDY: Water and sanitation in rural communities in Jamaica View Online | Download |
Jamaica | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, Adaptation, Sanitation | 2009 | 1M | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. CASE STUDY: Agriculture and housing in Suriname View Online | Download |
Suriname | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, Adaptation, Agriculture, Housing | 2009 | 805K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. Executive Summary View Online | Download |
Regional | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, CDM, Adaptation, Agriculture, Housing, Sanitation | 2009 | 940K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Cuba - Risk Reduction Management Centres View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Risk Reduction, Preparedness, Capacity Development | 2010 | 2.6M | ENG | |
| IASC | Women, Girls, Boys and men: different needs - equal opportunities. Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action View Online | Download |
Global | DRR GEN | Gender, CDM, Vulnerability, Recovery | 2006 | 3.1M | ENG | |
| ISDR | Gender Perspective: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction. Good Practices and Lessons Learned View Online | Download |
Global | DRR GEN | Gender, Recovery | 2007 | 788K | ENG | |
| ISDR | Gender Perspectives: Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into Climate Change Adaptation View Online | Download |
Global | ACC DRR GEN | Climate Change, Risk Reduction, Gender, Development | 2008 | 3.3M | ENG | |
| ODPEM | HURRICANE IVAN - JAMAICA An Assessment of The National Response September 3-10, 2004 View Online | Download |
Jamaica | ACC DRR | Recovery, CDM, Economics | 2005 | 307K | ENG | |
| OXFAM | CUBA, Paradigma en la reducción de riesgo de desastres View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Civil defense, CDM | 2008 | 423K | ESP | |
| OXFAM America | Weathering the Storm: Lessons in Risk Reduction from Cuba View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Civil defense, CDM | 2004 | 916K | ENG | |
| OXFAM America | Superando la tormenta: lecciones de reducción de riesgo en Cuba View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Civil defense, CDM | 2004 | 940K | ESP | |
| UNDP | Commonwealth of the Bahamas - National hurricane response 2004 - report on findings View Online | Download |
Bahamas | ACC DRR | Assessment, Response, CDM, Recovery | 2004 | 100K | ENG | |
| UNDP | Case Study - Towards Consensus and Cooperation for Mainstreaming Disaster Reduction into Development : A Case Study from the Caribbean View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | CDM | 2004 | 85K | ENG | |
| UNDP | Case Study - Risk Reduction in Havana's Costal Settlements: A Case Study from Cuba View Online | Download |
Cuba | DRR | Civil defense, CDM | 2004 | 86K | ENG | |
| UNDP | El País a la Vista Pública: Algunas Lecciones de la Respuesta Pos-Desastre - Surinam View Online | Download |
Suriname | DRR | Response | 2007 | 55K | ESP | |
| UNDP | Country in the Spotlight: Some Lessons from Post-Disaster Response - Suriname View Online | Download |
Suriname | DRR | Response | 2007 | 46K | ENG | |
| UN-INSTRAW | Salud sexual y reproductiva y violencia en personas vulnerables: La tormenta Noel en República Dominicana View Online | Download |
Dominican Republic | DRR GEN | Gender, Development, Vulnerability | 2008 | 1.3M | ESP |
Frameworks and policies
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| ACS | THE HAVANA CONSENSUS Adopted by the Seminar Workshop for National Authorities: Risk Management Policies, Systems and Experiences in the Caribbean. View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | Policy | 2005 | 48K | ENG | |
| ACS | CONSENSO DE LA HABANA Aprobado en el Seminario Taller para Autoridades Nacionales: Políticas, Sistemas y Experiencias Exitosas en Gestión de Riesgo en el Caribe View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | Policy | 2005 | 63K | ESP | |
| CDERA | Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction - Caribbean Community Regional Programme Framework 2005-2015 View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | 2005 | 1.4M | ENG | ||
| CDERA | The Kingston Declaration 2005 View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | CDM, Response, Policy | 2005 | 21K | ENG | |
| ISDR | Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters View Online | Download |
Global | DRR | Policy | 2005 | 403K | ENG | |
| ISDR | Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive. Policy and Practical Guidelines View Online | Download |
Global | DRR GEN | Risk Reduction, Gender mainstreaming, Policy | 2009 | 3.1M | ENG | |
| IUCN | Training Manual on Gender and Climate Change View Online | Download |
Global | ACC GEN | Climate Change, Gender, Strategy | 2009 | 4.4M | ENG | |
| UN | Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations framework convention on climate change View Online | Download |
Global | ACC | Policy, Climate Change | 1998 | 76K | ENG | |
| UNDP | UNDP's Eight-Point Agenda for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality in Crisis Prevention and Recovery View Online | Download |
Global | DRR GEN | Gender, Development, Policy | 2008 | 37K | ENG | |
| UNDP | Formulation and execution of a strategic framework for the reduction of vulnerabilities and disaster preparedness 2004 - 2008 in the Dominican Republic View Online | Download |
Dominican Republic | DRR | Preparedness, Vulnerability, Recovery | 2005 | 31K | ENG |
Technical Documents
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| Benfield Hazard Research Centre | An operational framework for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction View Online | Download |
DRR | 2003 | 279K | ENG | |||
| Castellanos Abella / Van Westen | Generation of a landslide risk index map for Cuba using spatial multi-criteria evaluation View Online | Download |
Cuba | ACC DRR | Vulnerability, Hazard, Landslides | 2007 | 757K | ENG | |
| CBDRM Training and Learning Circle | Integrating Gender into Community Based Disaster Risk Management - Training Manual View Online | Download |
Global | DRR GEN | CDM, Gender, Capacity Development | 2010 | 3.8M | ENG | |
| CDERA | Survey on the Status of Disaster Preparedness in Grenada View Online | Download |
Grenada | DRR | Evaluation, Preparedness | 2005 | 740K | ENG | |
| Centro Técnico de la Vivienda y el Urbanismo | Catálogo de tecnologías que reducen la vulnerabilidad de la vivienda ante eventos meteorológicos View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | Housing | 2006 | 12.1M | ESP | |
| Centro Técnico de la Vivienda y el Urbanismo | Catalogue of technologies that reduce house vulnerability in the face of meteorological events View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | Housing | 2006 | 11.1M | ENG | |
| CEPAL | A methodological approach to gender analysis in natural disaster assessment: a guide for the Caribbean View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR GEN | Gender, Assessment | 2004 | 322K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Climate Change-Induced Drought Adaptation Strategy for the Caribbean Region and Beyond View Online | Download |
Regional | ACC | Drought, Agriculture, Policy | 2007 | 1.1M | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. COUNTRY ASSESSMENT: Belize View Online | Download |
Belize | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, CDM, Adaptation | 2009 | 960K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. COUNTRY ASSESSMENT: Commonwealth of Dominica View Online | Download |
Dominica | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, CDM, Adaptation | 2009 | 720K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. COUNTRY ASSESSMENT: Dominican Republic View Online | Download |
Dominican Republic | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, CDM, Adaptation | 2009 | 980K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. COUNTRY ASSESSMENT: Guyana View Online | Download |
Guyana | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, CDM, Adaptation | 2009 | 890K | ENG | |
| CRMI | Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean. COUNTRY ASSESSMENT: Jamaica View Online | Download |
Jamaica | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, CDM, Adaptation | 2009 | 840K | ENG | |
| DFID | Disaster risk reduction: a development concern View Online | Download |
Global | DRR | Development | 2005 | 140K | ENG | |
| SOPAC | Adapting to climate change in water resources and water services in Caribbean and Pacific small island countries View Online | Download |
Regional | ACC | Climate Change, Water, SIDS | 2009 | 2.7M | ENG | |
| UNDP | Needs Assessment for Capacity Building in Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction in the Caribbean Islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, and Grenada View Online | Download |
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada | ACC DRR | CDM, Vulnerability assessment, SIDS | 2004 | 1.4M | ENG | |
| UNDP | A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change View Online | Download |
Regional | ACC DRR | CDM, Mitigation, Climate Change | 2002 | 4.1M | ENG | |
| UNDP | Un Enfoque de Manejo del Riesgo Climático para la Reducción de Desastres y Adaptación al Cambio Climático View Online | Download |
Regional | ACC DRR | CDM, Mitigation, Climate Change | 2002 | 1.5M | ESP | |
| UNDP | Formulacion y ejecucion de un marco estrategico para la reduccion de vulnerabilidades y preparativos para desastres 2004 - 2008 en República Dominicana View Online | Download |
Dominican Republic | DRR | Preparedness, Vulnerability, Recovery | 2005 | 33K | ESP | |
| UNEP | Disaster risk management for coastal tourism destinations responding to climate change - A practical guide for decision makers View Online | Download |
Regional | ACC DRR | Risk Reduction, Tourism, Climate Change, Preparedness | 2008 | 3.1M | ENG | |
| World Bank | Assessing the Financial Vulnerability to Climate-Related Natural Hazards View Online | Download |
Global | ACC | Climate Change, Economics, SIDS | 2010 | 604K | ENG |
Event reports and statements
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| SPREP | Pacific Regional Environment Programme briefing - Climate Change Conference: Outcomes and next steps View Online | Download |
Global | ACC | Climate Change | 2010 | 76K | ENG | |
| SPREP | Note d'information du Programme Régional Océanien de L'environnement - Conférence sur le changement climatique : Résultats et prochaines étapes View Online | Download |
Global | ACC | Climate Change | 2010 | 84K | FRA | |
| UNDP, BCPR | Report on Workshop for the Strengthening of Capacities for Post-Disaster Recovery in Central America and the Caribbean View Online | Download |
Regional | DRR | Recovery, Development | 2007 | 416K | ENG | |
| UNISDR | Beijing Declaration for Action View Online | Download |
Global | ACC DRR GEN | Climate Change, Risk Reduction, Gender | 2009 | 28K | ENG | |
| UWI | Towards a Caribbean tsunami warning system - News Release View Online | Download |
Regional | 2007 | 36K | ENG | |||
| UWI | Caribbean Training Course in Seismology and Tsunami Warning - Statement from Participants View Online | Download |
Regional | 2007 | 157K | ENG |
Additional information
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| CARICOM | Women and Men in the Caribbean Community Facts and Figures, 1980-2001 View Online | Download |
Regional | GEN | Gender | 2003 | 651K | ENG | |
| Castro G., Cecilia | La inequidad de género en la gestión integral del riesgo de desastre. Un acercamiento View Online | Download |
DRR GEN | Gender, Risk management | 2005 | 1.5M | ESP | ||
| CRMI | Mainstreaming Gender in Disaster Risk Management View Online | Download |
Regional | ACC DRR GEN | Gender, CDM | 2009 | 90K | ENG | |
| Fariñas Rodriguez, Gilda | Women, poverty and climate change View Online | Download |
Haiti | ACC GEN | Gender, Development | 2008 | 27K | ENG | |
| GDN | 2008 A Year of Disasters A Network for Change View Online | Download |
ACC DRR GEN | Gender | 2008 | 265K | ENG | ||
| IUCN | About fishermen, fisherwomen, oceans and tides : a gender perspective in marine-coastal zones View Online | Download |
ACC GEN | Gender, Development | 2001 | 1.6M | ENG | ||
| IUCN | Sobre marinos, marinas, mares y mareas: perspectiva de género en zonas marino-costeras View Online | Download |
ACC GEN | Gender, Development | 2000 | 1M | ESP | ||
| The Environment Advisory Council | A study on gender equality as a prerequisite for sustainable development View Online | Download |
GEN | 2007 | 1,3M | ENG | |||
| UNDP | Resource guide on gender and climate change View Online | Download |
Global | ACC GEN | Climate Change, Gender equality, MDGs, Mitigation | 2008 | 2.2M | ENG | |
| UNDP, BCPR | Reducing disaster risk: a challenge for development View Online | Download |
Global | DRR | Development | 2004 | 71K | ENG | |
| WEDO | Changing the Climate: Why Women's Perspectives Matter View Online | Download |
Global | ACC GEN | Gender, Climate change, Development | 2007 | 734K | ENG |
