U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership
On April 12, 2019, Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan led an interagency team of United States senior officials and experts to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Miami, Florida, where he hosted ministers and disaster management officials from 18 Caribbean countries, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, and the Regional Security System to launch the new “U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership.”
In remarks at the ministerial, the Deputy Secretary said, “The broad range and depth of topics we will address during today’s discussions will build a strong foundation of partnership and collaboration around disaster risk reduction and response. Our task today is to bolster our existing efforts and explore new avenues for cooperation.”
The U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership is a collaborative effort to build regional capacity to confront disaster response and promote resilience. It will strengthen the U.S.-Caribbean relationship and advance our shared interests in achieving greater resilience to natural disasters. The partnership involves a number of initiatives focused on understanding risks and enabling action, building resilient communities, and improving disaster response.
Remarks and Releases: U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership
- 12/16/19 USAID Administrator Mark Green Announces $10 Million To Increase Disaster Resilience in the Caribbean [89 KB] (PDF)
- 10/28/19 Successful U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership Working Group in Barbados Concludes with $9.5 Million in Disaster Resilience Funding
- 04/13/19 Joint Statement: Ministerial of the U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership
- 04/13/19 Fact Sheet: Ministerial for the “U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership”
- 04/12/19 Deputy Secretary Sullivan’s Remarks at the Ministerial on U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership
- 04/10/19 Deputy Secretary Sullivan To Host U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership Ministerial