THE REGIONAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE CARIBBEAN
TOURISM SECTOR TC NO: ATN\OC-12008-RG
Regional Public Good Initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank
Project Title:
Regional Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change
Adaptation (CCA) in the Caribbean Tourism Sector.
Project Goal:
Reduction in vulnerability of the Caribbean tourism sector to natural hazards and disasters, including
associated adaptive capacity for climate variability and climate change.
Project Purpose:
Regional monitoring, evaluating and reporting information system for disaster risk management and
climate change adaptation in the tourism sector, as a Regional Public Good, developed.
Project Impact:
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) mainstreamed into the tourism
sector (regional and national)
Project Objectives:
The project objectives are:
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To incorporate Climate Change Adaptation in the DRM Strategy and Action Plan
To develop tools and establish protocols and mechanisms for updating and reporting on the
regional and national M&E databases.
To develop the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and System for monitoring,
evaluating and reporting DRM and CCA in the tourism sector.
To develop a Regional M&E database
To mainstream DRM and CCA into the CTO Management Information System for Tourism (MIST)
database and the national database systems.
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Project Overview:
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management
Agency (CDEMA), in April 2010, formalized the terms of a US 750,000 grant that supports the Regional
Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the
Caribbean Tourism Sector Project. Following on the completion of the IDB financed Regional DRM
Strategy and Action Plan, national governments of participating countries, through their respective
tourism organisations and national disaster management agencies identified the need for a regional
mechanism for monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the results of the implementation of the
Regional DRM Strategy and Action Plan. The need was also expressed for Climate Change Adaptation to
be explicitly addressed as part of the process.
Enhanced CDM Strategy alignment
The development of a regional mechanism for monitoring and evaluation of DRM and CCA in the
tourism sector will also support Outcome 3 and Output 1.6 of the Enhance CDM Strategy. These are as
follows, Outcome 3 - Disaster Risk Management has been mainstreamed at the national levels and
incorporated into key sectors of national economies including tourism, health, agriculture and nutrition
and Output 1.6 - Capacity building for monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
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Project Impact, Outcomes Outputs
OUTCOME I
Regional DRM and CCA
into regional tourism
sector planning and
policy adapted
1.1 Revised Regional DRM
Strategy and Action Plan
incorporating Climate Change
Adaptation
2.1 A regional Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) results
framework for DRM and CCA
performance in the tourism
sector
IMPACT
The project will
contribute to the
overall impact of
DRM and CCA
mainstreamed into
the tourism sector
(regional and
national)
OUTCOME II
capacity to measure
performance in the
tourism sector and
disaster for DRM and
CCA mainstreaming
enhanced
OUTCOME III
Capacity of lead national
and regional tourism and
disaster risk management
institutions to integrate
and address disaster risk
management and climate
change adaptation in the
tourism sector is enhanced
2.2 Tools and Protocols for
updating and reporting on
regional and national M&E
database developed
2.3 Regional DRM and CCA
M&E database developed
2.4 National baseline
databases on M&E Reporting
System for DRM and CCA
developed/enhanced
2.5 Development of an
interface between the CTO
MIST and the M&E Reporting
System
3.1 Sustainability plan for regional M&E
System for DRM and CCA in the Tourism
sector developed
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Sponsor:
Inter American Development Bank
Participating States:
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Barbados, Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, Anguilla, The Virgin
Islands, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Executing Agency :
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
Execution period
The project is expected to run for a period of 36 months from April 2010 to April 2013.
Project partners
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)
The University of the West Indies (UWI)
The University of Guyana (UG)
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
Participating Countries
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