From November 7th to 8th, 2023, the second Caribbean Workshop on International Disaster Response Law (IDRL) was held
PIRAC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) have been working for several years to strengthen disaster management legislative frameworks to facilitate international...
International day for disaster risk reduction 2023
In 1989, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed October 13 "International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction" to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. This date is an opportunity to recognize the worldwide progress made in terms of disaster...
Sharing experiences in the Caribbean: the Paré pa Paré team in Dominican Republic
Sharing Guadeloupe's expertise in the Caribbean From July 31 to August 4, PIRAC was welcomed in Santo Domingo by the Dominican Republic Red Cross (CRRD) to meet its members and technical partners. The trip was part of the Let's Be Prepared program, which aims to...
Raising awareness of seismic risk: over 1,700 students in Guadeloupe to be sensitized over the 2022 – 2023 school year
Through its seismic risk awareness operations, PIRAC is helping to further increase risk awareness in Guadeloupe, particularly among young people, through the experience of real tremors. The deployment of the seismic simulator at the Collège Front de mer in...
World Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day: supporting and sustaining disaster preparedness
Today is World Micro, Small and Medium Business Day. An important day to highlight the vulnerability of small local businesses in the Caribbean to natural hazards, particularly during the hurricane season. Yet their role is vital: they actively contribute to the local...
Inter-American Red Cross Conference in the Bahamas: the French Red Cross takes part through PIRAC
The French Red Cross is participating through PIRAC based in Guadeloupe and Global First Aid Reference Center - IFRC to the 22nd Red Cross Inter-American Conference organized by the IFRC and the Bahamas Red Cross. 34 National Red Cross Societies are...
Opening of the 2023 hurricane season: emergency responders are ready
June 1, 2023 marks the start of the hurricane season in the Caribbean region, which will run until November 30, 2023. The first forecasts for the 2023 hurricane season have been announced by the National Hurricane Center (USA): 12 to 17 tropical storms could impact...
READY 360° opening ceremony on June 1st 2023
The French Red Cross Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean (PIRAC) has organized the launch ceremony of a new risk management project, the READY 360° project, funded by INTERREG Caribbean, in the presence of its two official partners, the...
10 climate change adaptation initiatives in the Caribbean highlighted
Find out the awareness action "The climate is changing, and you?" from May 9, 2023 on several Caribbean media (TV, radio and social networks). It highlights 10 climate change adaptation initiatives carried out in Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the...
