Project Name：Flood Warning Capacity Improvement for the Belize River Basin Project

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Belize, Central America

Project Description：

The Flood Warning Capacity Improvement for the Belize River Basin (FWCIBRB) Project has been developed as an expansion to the Belize Urban Resilience and Disaster Prevention Project (BURDPP). Under the FWCIBRB, flood early warning systems developed for the San Ignacio area will be expanded upon. This is expected to assist the government of Belize with disaster management. Capacity building opportunities will be provided to enhance Belizean disaster prevention and relief departments’ technical capabilities.

Implementation Start Date：2022-12-01

Implementation End Date：2025-12-31

Project Objectives：

1. Updated disaster prevention maps.

2. Improve disaster preparation capabilities.

3. Introduce monitoring technologies.

4. Strengthen disaster response in flood-prone areas in the Belize River basin.

Executing Agency：

Taiwan Technical Mission in Belize; Belize Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management; Belmopan City government; Belize City government; San Ignacio City government

Current Progress：

To the end of December 2023, this project has reached the following milestones:

1.Conducted 2 disaster response rapid deployment team training in Taiwan for 10 Belizean participants, with invitations extended to Belize’s minister and deputy minister of sustainable development.

2.Established 3 hydrometeorological stations .

3.Establish one disaster prevention demonstration community in Santa Familia, assist the community in repairing one emergency disaster prevention radio, and provide one batch of disaster relief supplies.

4.Update the digital elevation models for San Ignacio, Belmopan, and Belize City.

5.Complete the base mapping including hydrology, disaster prevention facilities, topography, satellite imagery, roads, and lifeline utilities.

6.Based on imagery and hydrological data, complete flood potential maps for the cities of Belmopan and Belize City.

7.Conduct two drone training sessions for disaster assessment, training a total of 11 personnel from the Belize Hydrology Department, Meteorological Service, NEMO, and the Fire Department.

8.Organize 5 disaster prevention education and awareness events.

Project Contact：HO CHIA LING

Phone：+886-2-28886038

E-mail：c.li.ho@icdf.org.tw