Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has implored Caribbean leaders to treat resilience as a priority across all sectors. He emphasised that disaster preparedness must be integrated into policies and development strategies across industries, from education and healthcare to agriculture and tourism. “We must engage our communities, particularly our youth, in this mission; they are active participants in securing our future. We must, therefore, empower our young people to engage in disaster preparedness to foster a generation that values and understands resilience; a generation that will be well prepared to lead,” the Prime Minister said during his remarks at the 14th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday.
