This week, the Director of the Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DMCA) on Montserrat, Lieutenant Colonel Alvin Ryan is attending the 15th Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
TAC 15 is a strategic meeting of Senior Government Officials from 19 CARICOM Participating States; representatives from Regional and International Institutions; and CDEMA’s Executive Leadership Team.
The April 15th to 19th meeting is a surge forward in strengthening our collective efforts to enhance disaster preparedness, response, and resilience across the Caribbean region.
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) comprises directors of the 19 National Disaster Organizations of the CDEMA Participating States.
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) falls under the governance of CDEMA to provide support and input into strengthening and developing programmes related to Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) within the 19 CDEMA participating states, and to support the implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of these programmes at the national, regional and international levels.
