Latin America & The Caribbean
The Republic of Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers west of the mainland. Ecuador is at risk to several natural hazards, including drought, floods, landslides, volcano eruptions, and epidemics. Rapid urbanization, and environmental degradation including deforestation and unsustainable land and water resource management practices are the main risk drivers.
In November 2017, the CADRI Partnership was mobilized by SENPLADES (then the Ministry of Planning) to conduct a training of trainers (ToT) for government sector ministries on evaluating national and local capacities to manage disaster risk. The planned evaluation was postponed to mid-2018 and ultimately not carried out. During a bilateral meeting between CADRI and the Ecuadorian delegation at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) in May 2019, participants followed up on the 2017 ToT and requested a multisectoral capacity assessment, along with support for implementing local-level strategies. It was agreed that Ecuador would formally request this support through the UNRC.
