Inter Press ServiceEcobreves - CARIBBEAN: Building a Common Natural Disaster Strategy https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/12/ecobreves-caribbean-building-a-common-natural-disaster-strategy/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 01 May 2026 17:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Ecobreves – CARIBBEAN: Building a Common Natural Disaster Strategy https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/12/ecobreves-caribbean-building-a-common-natural-disaster-strategy/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2011/12/ecobreves-caribbean-building-a-common-natural-disaster-strategy/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 No author and IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.net/?p=124686 By - - and IPS Correspondents
HAVANA, Dec 19 2011 (IPS)

Academic institutions and cooperation agencies from Spain and Cuba are organizing a forum in Havana on natural disaster risks in the Caribbean, with the aim of contributing to the design of integrated regional response strategies. The forum, to be held May 15-18, forms part of a cooperation project involving universities and communities of the Greater Caribbean, Manuel Gil, director of environmental sustainability and climate change at the Spanish Office for Technical Cooperation in Havana, told Tierramérica.

It is hoped that the event will attract a large number of participants, including representatives of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the other Caribbean islands and Central America, he added.

The agenda will include discussions between academic institutions and with leaders of communities impacted by natural disasters.

The forum is being organized by the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain and the José Antonio Echeverría Higher Polytechnic Institute of Cuba, and funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.

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