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Regional Technical Group on Anticipatory Action in Latin America and the Caribbean
The GTAA LAC is a technical, interagency coordination space that promotes the expansion and consolidation of anticipatory action across the region. Its members include UN agencies, NGOs, Red Cross societies, climate centres and intergovernmental organizations.
Overview
The Regional Technical Group on Anticipatory Action in Latin America and the Caribbean (Grupo Técnico de Acción Anticipatoria en América Latina y el Caribe/ GTAA LAC) is a technical, interagency coordination space that promotes the expansion and consolidation of anticipatory action across the region. Its members include UN agencies, NGOs, Red Cross societies, climate centres and intergovernmental organizations.
The group works to move the region from reactive crisis response to proactive, anticipatory risk management. Members harmonize approaches, pool evidence and mobilize resources to expand anticipatory action in line with global guidance and national priorities, working across five focus areas:
- early warning systems and climate services
- development and activation of anticipatory action frameworks
- institutionalization of anticipatory action
- access to flexible financing
- joint learning and regional knowledge exchange.
Membership
Membership of the GTAA LAC is voluntary. Members are organizations that implement, or plan to implement, anticipatory action in two or more countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and/or that provide regional technical or financial services supporting anticipatory action across multiple countries. Members participate actively in meetings, share information proactively, and contribute to joint products and initiatives. The group meets bi-monthly and works in Spanish and English, with key outputs published in both languages.
The GTAA LAC is supported by its advisory group, which consists of the following organizations: FAO, German Red Cross, IFRC, OCHA and WFP. The group is currently chaired by:
- Carlos Aldana, German Red Cross
- Julian Allan Watkinson, NORCAP/FAO
You can also get in contact using the regional group by email.
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