The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC), the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross Society and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) will host an orientation workshop on the Strategic Targeting Methodology (STM) – A process for community selection for Disaster Risk Reduction Programs on Thursday 5th November.
The objectives of this orientation workshop are:
- To introduce the Strategic Targeting Methodology (STM), which is a process to identify communities at risk for disaster risk reduction and climate change and adaption actions.
- To present the activities of two initiatives funded by the European Commission Department of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, the Caribbean Communities Organised and Prepared for Emergencies (CCOPE), which is a Regional program being implemented jointly by the IFRC and CDEMA and the Community Resilience & Institutional Preparedness Project in St Vincent & the Grenadines, being implemented by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross, with support from the French Red Cross.
The workshop will take place at NEMO’s Conference Room, Old Montrose, with an official open ceremony at 8:30 a.m., and will be facilitated by Ms. Nicole Williams of the IFRC.