Comisión Permanente de Contingencias
Honduran government agency
- Moisés Alvarado, President
The Permanent Contingency Commission of Honduras (Spanish: Comisión Permanente de Contingencias, COPECO), is an entity created to coordinate public and private disaster relief efforts in the framework of the National Risk Management System of Honduras (Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos).[1]
COPECO is part of a Central American network of governmental disaster relief agencies known as the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (Spanish: Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central, CEPREDENAC). CEPREDENAC was created in the context of the Central American Integration System (SICA). [2]
References
- ^ "Ley del Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos (SINAGER)" (PDF). 28 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de Desastres Naturales en America Central (CEPREDENAC)". Central American Integration System (SICA). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Official website of CEPREDENAC
- SATCA early warning system for Central America
- Humanitarian Information Network for Latin America and the Caribbean (Red de Información Humanitaria para América Latina y el Caribe (Redhum))