I. CONTEXTE GENERAL DE REDUCTION DES RISQUES DE CATASTROPHES A. LE CONTEXTE INTERNATIONAL

L’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) a décidé en 1989, de célébrer chaque 2ème mercredi d'octobre, la Journée Internationale de la Prévention des Catastrophes Naturelles. La période de 1990 à 1999 a également été désignée Décennie Internationale de la Prévention des Catastrophes Naturelles (DIPCN). L’objectif étant de participer au niveau mondial à un effort constant de prévention des catastrophes naturelles.

Résumé

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)'s Africa Zone (Zone) covers 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and is divided into six functional/geographical regions namely the Central Africa (Yaoundé), Sahel (Dakar), Indian Ocean Islands (Mauritius), West Coast (Abuja), East Africa (Nairobi), and Southern Africa (Johannesburg). Based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the IFRC's Central Africa Regional Representation (CARREP) covers the following six countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), the Republic of Congo (RoC), Equatorial Guinea,

The Federation's West and Central Africa Sub-zone (WCAZ) priorities are guided by the following strategic initiatives intended to support the development and work of National Societies: the Global Agenda Goals and the Framework for Action, Strategy 2010, the African Red Cross and Red Crescent Health Initiative (ARCHI) 2010 and decisions coming out from Pan African Conferences such as the Algiers Plan of Action and the Johannesburg Commitment.

Working within these initiatives, the West and Central Africa sub-zone immediate focus is to support National