IRMA is working within the EU-funded Green Overseas (GO) Programme, implemented by Expertise France, to design and operationalize a national Resilience Index for the Cayman Islands.
The purpose of the Cayman Islands Resilience Index (CIRI) is to enable the government to transition to resilience-focused planning and budgeting across sectors and ministries. CIRI will provide greater clarity for governmental, private sector and development partners on how to strengthen resilience in the Cayman Islands. It will also serve as a replicable model for other small islands and Overseas Countries and Territories.
The project scope involves:
- Conceptualizing and building a Cayman Islands Resilience Index (CIRI) that is aligned with key frameworks such as the Climate Change Policy 2024–2050, National Energy Policy 2024–2045, draft Development Plan, National Tourism Plan and sectoral strategies.
- Designing and developing an interactive online platform for CIRI, with automated data flows, dashboards and downloadable static versions to support decision-making.
- Creating a guidance and decision-support tool that uses the CIRI metrics to assess the resilience impact of public and private investments, including benefits, trade-offs and risks.
- Developing training materials, a user handbook and a monitoring and evaluation system so government teams can maintain, update and use CIRI independently once the project ends.
Approach and methodology
IRMA works closely with the Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability, which is the Cayman Islands Government lead for this project, while also engaging with all other ministries.
We kicked off the project with a benchmark review of existing resilience scorecards and similar tools, and held consultations with a wide range of government stakeholders.
At a workshop in Gran Cayman, attended by over 40 government representatives from different ministries and departments, we began the process of identifying the key resilience indicators for each sector.
We are currently developing the CIRI platform and will test-drive it with government counterparts at a workshop in May 2026.
IRMA’s team for this assignment is: Marilise Turnbull, Lezlie Moriniere, Patricia Shako, Danielle Evanson, Chris Igbojekwe and Claudia Zaldaña.
