Caribbean meteorological, disaster management and media leaders met in Trinidad and Tobago on January 20-21 to strengthen coordination and communication around early warning systems across the region.
The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO), in partnership with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), convened the ‘Regional Workshop on strengthening knowledge exchange and mutual understanding between national meteorological and hydrometeorological services, national disaster risk management offices, and the media’. The event was held under Phase 2 of the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Caribbean Project, implemented by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The two-day workshop took place at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad in Port of Spain and brought together more than 60 participants from across the Caribbean. Attendees included senior representatives from meteorological services, disaster management agencies, government information services and public and private media organizations.
