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]
| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Honduras |
| Headquarters | Edificio COPECO carretera a Mateo Comayagüela, M.D.C |
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| Website | copeco |
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 edit
- ^ "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.
