Antigua and Barbuda is participating in the 2nd Annual Community Resilience Regional Conference, currently underway in Barbados under the theme "Advancing Sustainable Community Resilience through Shared Responsibility."
Director of the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS), Sherrod James, is heading the local delegation and served as a panelist in a high-level session at the conference. He is joined by Marcus Scott, District Disaster Coordinator for St. John's City South, and Kimbalie Constant, Strategic Operations and Project Implementation Manager in the Social Policy Unit of the Ministry of Social Transformation.
Running from July 15 to 17, the conference brings together disaster management officials from CARICOM member states, regional institutions, community leaders, youth representatives, and development partners. The shared focus is on building communities that are resilient to climate and disaster risks.
The event functions as a practical, action-oriented platform designed to strengthen community resilience across the region.
Support for the conference comes from the European Union, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) through its Building Resilience of the CARIFORUM States to Disaster Risks and Climate Change Impacts (BRICS) project, insurance company Sagicor, and the Government of Barbados.
