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Best Practices for Disaster Prevention and Risk Management Disseminated Among Central American MunicipalitiesC Given the ever-present threat of natural disasters, many municipal governments in Central America are adopting innovative prevention and risk management measures to reduce the vulnerability of their constituencies. Disseminating such success stories is the chief objective of “Vivir en riesgo, dormir seguro” (Living with risk, sleeping soundly), a new awareness-raising project promoted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Federation of Municipalities of the Central American Isthmus (FEMICA) and the Central American Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention (CEPREDENAC). As a starting point, the project
identified best practices in several municipalities of Honduras (San
Pedro Sula and the MAMUCA Confederacy
of Local Governments of Central Atlántida), El Salvador (San Salvador)
and Nicaragua (Estelí and Managua). These practices were summarized
and collected in an information kit that includes a variety of print
and audiovisual materials. Starting in June 2003 and continuing until
October, the kit will be used in training workshops for mayors of those
three countries. The municipal governments, in turn, will train community
leaders and members of various local prevention and emergency committees.
The project will conclude with an evaluation of the impact of the actions
taken. For
more information please contact Ángela Fúnez, IDB,
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