(CREWS) Cooperation in the implementation of the CREWS Initiatives: Caribbean and South East Asia

This project is implemented under the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative. CREWS strengthens and streamlines regional and national systems and capacities related to weather forecasting, hydrological services, multi-hazard impact-based warnings and service provision for improved decision making.

K&I’s contribution (carried out in the framework agreement between WMO, GWP and K&I relating to the Associated Program on Flood Management) is to strengthen the capacity of local stakeholders to effectively manage floods in Antigua and Barbuda and other small Caribbean islands. K&I was in charge of conducting a training workshop and drafting of a “Manual on Community-based Floods Management in the Caribbean”. Moreover K&I cooperated in the design and the implementation of a Regional Training Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in End-to-End Early Warning System for Flood Forecasting and Integrated Flood Risk Management in the Caribbean Small Islands and of two National Training Workshops on Gender Mainstreaming in End-to-End Early Warning System for Flood Forecasting and Integrated Flood Risk Management one in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and one in Cambodia.

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The main objective of both workshops was to strengthen the capacity of national and local stakeholders in Lao PDR and Cambodia on gender mainstreaming in end-to-end early warning systems for flood forecasting and integrated flood risk management (E2E-EWS-FF and IFRM). The first workshop was held in Vientiane on 26-28 March 2025 and was attended by over 40 participants. The second workshop was held in Phnom Penh from 31 March to 2 April 2025 and was attended by over 30 participants. Participants in both workshops included officials from meteorological and hydrological offices, disaster management offices, local gender experts, NGOs/CSOs and community ...
The main objective of this workshop was to strengthen the capacities of national actors in Caribbean countries on gender mainstreaming in 'end-to-end' early warning systems for flood forecasting and integrated flood risk management (E2E-EWS-FF and IFRM). The workshop, which took place in Antigua from 20-23 September 2022, was attended by over 30 participants representing the following countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, Dominica, British Virgin Islands and Anguilla. Participants included officials from meteorological and hydrological offices, disaster management offices, local gender experts, and community volunteers. The entire workshop was designed and conducted by the WMO and K&I ...
The objective of the seminar was to foster an increase in flood management skills and the different phases of flooding. Within this framework, numerous representatives of different institutions in Antigua had the opportunity to participate in theoretical presentations and practical exercises concerning the management of hydro-meteorological events. The workshop was held in Antigua on July 12, 2022 with the participation of 38 people (from Antigua’s National Office of Disaster Services/NODS, the Department of Environment, the Development Control Authority, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs; and community volunteers). The whole workshop was designed and ...