National COE Resolutions April 18, 2023 – Ministry of Public Health

2023-04-21 17:29:36

The National COE, in session on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, unanimously by the members
plenary, resolved:

1. Order Governors to maintain active provincial COEs in the context of
   rainy season and El Niño Phenomenon, INAMHI and ERFEN will be requested to participate in
   the sessions that the Governors deem pertinent, to provide official information
   and updated to this coordination instance.
2. Request the Cantonal and Provincial GADs to update and strengthen the plans for
   territorial response taking into account the forecasts exposed by the
   Scientific Technical Institutes as well as the Guidelines for the Rainy Season sent by
   the Secretary of Risk Management Management on October 08, 2022.
3. Request the Provincial COEs to inform the National COE of the requests for resources
   generated by the Autonomous Decentralized Cantonal Governments and
   Provincial, based on institutional emergency declarations, so that
   are presented by the National COE to the Ministry of Finance for analysis.
4. Provide the cantonal COEs of the provinces of Azuay, Bolívar, Cañar, Carchi,
   Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí,
   Santa Elena, Santo Domingo De Los Tsáchilas, Galapagos and the Undersecretary of
   Governance in Pichincha, prevention tasks are carried out, in the territories
   exposed to threats from flooding and mass movements. The Secretary of Management
   of Risks, through its zonal coordinations, will provide the technical inputs
   necessary for this purpose.
5. Request the presidents of the Cantonal COEs to order the activation and
   prepositioning of machinery and resources that allow the reduction of the effects
   by rainy season based on the Guidelines for Rainy Season issued by the
   Risk Management Secretariat, available at:
   https://nube.gestionderiesgos.gob.ec/index.php/s/nSE8scgsdRcxNj7
6. Request the Decentralized Autonomous Governments to develop and disseminate
   communication campaigns through different media, with the aim of
   objective of keeping citizens informed of the weather situation and warning
   of possible events that may occur in their locations.
7. Request the Decentralized Autonomous Governments to maintain coordination
   constant with the Zonal Coordinators of the Secretariat of Risk Management and the
   other institutions of the Decentralized Executive.
8. Request INAMHI to refer to the National COE the institutional gaps that limit the
   generation of information and hydrometeorological knowledge, to be put into
   knowledge of the Ministry of Finance for its support.