Flood Resilience in Costa Rica: Resource Compilation
August 9, 2024
With the aim of strengthening community resilience and reducing the impact of floods, the Costa Rican Red Cross, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), formed part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance.
Impact brief
Understanding and improving Disaster Risk Reduction governance in Costa Rica
Between 2019 and 2022, the IFRC and the Costa Rican Red Cross engaged with key stakeholders in municipal, regional and national government to prepare a study on Costa Rica’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) legal framework and to develop concrete recommendations and collective strategies for its improvement. Furthermore, local capacity for advocacy was strengthened through workshops and shared strategy development.
See below a selection of resources to learn more about the program activities and impact.
- Country Briefing Costa Rica (English, Spanish)
- Legislative Advocacy Strategy N1: Strengthening municipalities’ technical capacity and processes for disaster risk management
- Legislative Advocacy Strategy N2: Application of standardised disaster risk management concepts and their status in each canton.
- Legislative Advocacy Strategy N3: Characterisation of the vulnerable population in each canton.
- Video: The Auxiliary Role in Costa Rica
- Testimonials from the Flood Resilience Program in Costa Rica.
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership which brings together community programmes, new research, shared knowledge and evidence-based influencing to build community flood resilience in developed and developing countries. We help people measure their resilience to floods and identify appropriate solutions before disaster strikes. Our vision is that floods should have no negative impact on people’s ability to thrive. To achieve this, we are working to increase funding for flood resilience; strengthen global, national and subnational policies; and improve flood resilience practice.