The Department of Disaster Management is partnering with a United States-based foundation to facilitate a disaster recovery workshop for members of the Virgin Islands business community, DDM announced last week.
The workshop, to be held on Sept. 3, is the second in a series being conducted by the non-profit Caribbean-Central American Action under the theme “Ensuring a Resilient Economy Through Partnership in Disaster Recovery.”
The workshop’s agenda will feature leaders from the public and private sectors, and will be structured around presentations and collaborative discussions geared towards supporting existing public-private collaboration in disaster recovery, the DDM stated.
The event will also include the signing of an inter-organisational statement of purpose to provide ongoing collaboration and support.
The DDM stated that other organisations involved in the workshop will include the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association, Rotary, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, and Tropical Shipping.
Sally Yearwood, the executive director of the CCAA, said the ongoing educational efforts are crucial to improving countries’ ability to handle natural disasters.
“As a region, we are acutely aware of the vulnerability of our environments and economies to natural and manmade disasters,” she said. “Sharing knowledge and experience is an essential part of the preparation, mitigation, and recovery process.”
The workshop will be from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Maria’s by the Sea. It is open to all businesses and there is no registration fee, the DDM stated.
Interested businesses can contact Ms. Yearwood at syearwood@c-caa.org or DDM Director Sharleen DaBreo at sdabreo@surfbvi.com.
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