1. ICT for Disaster Preparation, Mitigation and sustainable Recovery
Caribbean Telecommunications Union
ICT for Disaster Preparation, Mitigation and sustainable Recovery ​
Bernadette Lewis
Secretary General

2. Welcome to the Caribbean

3. Caribbean Countries are Vulnerable
Size
Small populations
Weak economies
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Annual Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

4. 2017 Maria Jose Irma September 18 Category 5 60+ Deaths September 6-14
Antigua & Barbuda St. Martin
Anguilla
St. Kitts and Nevis
US Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic Hispaniola.
Turks and Caicos
Cuba
The Bahamas
Irma
September 6-9
Category Deaths
Jose
September 6-14
Category 4
Maria
September 18
Category 5
60+ Deaths
Dominica
Puerto Rico

5. 2017 Billions $ Destroyed buildings and homes Disruptions to business
Shortages of food, water living supplies
Unemployment
Damage to communication, electrical transport, water infrastructure
Destroyed vegetation and agriculture
Traumatised citizens
Billions $

6. AdvancedAnalyticalTools
21st Century Government
Maintain Information Profile for Country
Duplicated
Databases
Off-Island/
Cloud
Digital Records
AdvancedAnalyticalTools
Citizens’ Information
Infrastructure
Community Resources
GIS
Education
Health
Finance
Lands
Works
Public Utilities
Digital Government

7. Establish and Exercise Emergency Response Systems and Relationships
CTU
CARICOM
Caribbean Community
International Response and
other Agencies
CDEMA
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
Report
Response
Regional/
International
National
NEMA
National Emergency Management Agency
Coordinates all activities for
emergency preparedness,
response and recovery
Reporting
National Security
Amateur Radio Operators
Works
EOC
Emergency Operation Centre
Secure facility with guaranteed
Utilities. Repository for Data.
Equipped with IT resources.
Execution
Hospitals
Shelters
Data
Response
Agencies
Execution

8. Execute the Plan

9. Satellite Imagery
Before
After
Dominica 2017

10. AdvancedAnalyticalTools
Restoration of Government Information
Duplicated
Dtatbases
Off-Island
Cloud
Digital Records
AdvancedAnalyticalTools
Citizens’ Information
Infrastructure
Community Resources
GIS
Government

11. Pause, Think… …Plan, ACT Do not rebuild what was lost
Introduce policies for accelerated recovery
Use technology to
Leapfrog
Enhance sustainability
Establish 21st Century Government
Build smart countries
Collaborate and integrate
…Plan, ACT

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