Project profile — Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility

• Saint Lucia (21.00%)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (18.00%)
• Guyana (6.00%)
• Grenada (16.00%)
• Belize (9.00%)
• Suriname (6.00%)
• Dominica (10.00%)
• Antigua and Barbuda (8.00%)
• Jamaica (6.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Public finance management (15111) (50.00%)
• Disaster Prevention And Preparedness: Disaster prevention and preparedness (74010) (50.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (significant objective)

The Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility aims to support Caribbean countries to strengthen their long-term resilience and build back better in the wake of natural disasters. This includes Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname. The project seeks to mobilize a multi-disciplinary “rapid response” team of local and international experts to provide technical assistance and capacity-building for recovery and reconstruction in such diverse fields as disaster risk management, engineering, environmental management, environmental and social safeguards, gender equality, disability inclusion, procurement, and public financial management. It also supports governments to identify, access, and mobilize emergency funding to ensure timely financing of recovery activities and put in place public financial management systems, protocols, and guidelines that can be triggered in the event of natural disaster. Project activities include: (1) developing preparedness and recovery capacity assessments for sectors most affected during disasters, including housing and transport; (2) providing hands-on technical assistance support and training in areas critical to recovery and reconstruction such as project management and procurement; and (3) preparing guidelines to streamline budgeting protocols in post-disaster situations.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) more effective and coordinated gender-responsive climate-resilient recovery in targeted Caribbean countries following natural disasters; and (2) more effective gender-responsive and climate-resilient public financial management practices of national governments.

Results achieved at the end of the project (February 2025) include: (1) provided technical assistance and capacity-building to the 9 participating countries, supporting implementation of 25 resilience projects worth over $900 million; (2) delivered training in relevant project management competencies like procurement, stakeholder engagement, and rapid environmental and social assessments to 187 government staff from the 9 target countries, enhancing their capacity to implement resilience-building projects and lead disaster preparedness and recovery efforts; (3) strengthened mechanisms for implementing resilience building in all 9 countries by supporting the adoption of measures integrating disaster risk and gender considerations into public financial management; (4) helped establish contingency financing mechanisms for Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, improving these countries' ability to recover from disaster-related shocks; and (5) increased regional coordination by supporting shared approaches to risk reduction and recovery, including completing initial work on a long-term financial sustainability strategy for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, as well as joint procurement and supply chain strategies within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.

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