When disaster preparedness pays off: evidence from Hurricane Matthew
- Organizer(s)
- European Commission
- Contact
- Ms Hana Kolic
- European Commission
- hana.kolic@ec.europa.eu
- +32 229 699 54
Participation: Public
Accessible: Yes
Accessible: Yes
Primary floor language: English
Interpretation: No
ISL Interpretation: No
Interpretation: No
ISL Interpretation: No
Live Broadcast: No
Remote Participation: No
Remote Participation: No
The European Commission will discuss how preparedness actions, in some cases with small investment, contribute to building resilience at family, community and institutional levels as observed after Hurricane Matthew. Special examples will be underlined to show how they had a positive impact on the exposed populations.
Background Papers
Presentations
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DG ECHO - DP investments and learnings from H. Matthew
PDF, 4.56 MB | Speaker: Jocelyn Lance - EU - DG ECHO - Resilience and Rapid Response Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean
Videos
When disaster preparedness pays off: evidence from Hurricane Matthew