Annual crisis simulation exercise designed, planned and executed by the IADB, with the support of the Republic of Peru in 2024 and the active participation of the countries of the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CMDA) and government agencies and non-governmental Humanitarian Assistance and regional and subregional civil-military cooperation systems, to validate and/or improve the processes and sub-processes developed for the Humanitarian Assistance Mechanism in Disaster Cases (MECODE-CMDA).
The Exercise will take place in the city of Lima-Peru, the May 31, June 3 and 4, with the expected scenario being an earthquake followed by a tsunami, with the participation to date of ten (10) member countries and three (03) international humanitarian assistance organizations.
MECODE-CMDA
MECODE is a humanitarian aid mechanism in case of disaster conceived by the CMDA and is being developed by the IADB as Permanent Secretariat of the Mechanism. It is based on the exchange of updated, reliable and timely information between the 34 member countries, and governmental and non-governmental Humanitarian Assistance organizations and regional and subregional civil-military cooperation systems.
The MECODE-CMDA should be a complementary and voluntary instrument to other civil and military cooperation mechanisms for assistance related to disaster response, which respects the sovereignty of each nation, with an inclusive approach to people in vulnerable situations. Its main objective is collaboration and increasing the efficiency of those involved in humanitarian aid actions.
