Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (Conred)

What Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (Conred) does

CONRED (Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres) is Guatemala's national government agency mandated to coordinate disaster risk reduction and emergency response across the country's 22 departments. Operating through its executive arm, the Secretaría Ejecutiva (SE-CONRED), the agency runs an accredited network of departmental, municipal, and local coordinators (Coordinadoras) and serves as the central hub for inter-institutional disaster coordination, including partnerships with INSIVUMEH for hazard monitoring, CEPREDENAC for regional Central American coordination, and aligned equivalents across Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panamá. CONRED's product portfolio spans the CKAN-based open data portal (datos.conred.gob.gt) exposing nine standardized datasets on incidents, fire incidents, housing damage evaluations, budget execution, and geographic risk; the CONRED Kids educational platform; the Plan Familiar de Respuesta and Mochila de las 72 Horas interactive household preparedness tools; Radio CONRED broadcasts; and the Campus Virtual online training platform, alongside the SCI (Sistema de Comando de Incidentes) and USAR-GUA urban search and rescue accreditations.

The underlying technology stack is centered on open government infrastructure: a CKAN data platform with a public API supporting CSV, JSON, XLSX, and XML formats, GIS data for risk mapping, and the CENMIF (Centro Nacional de Monitoreo de Incendios Forestales) fire monitoring system. Public-facing communication spans seven social media channels plus Radio CONRED, and emergency response is anchored on the 119 emergency number. CONRED implements Guatemala's National Open Data Policy 2018-2022 (Acuerdo Gubernativo 199-2018) and operates under the K'atun 2032 national development plan for disaster risk integration.

As a state entity, CONRED's business model is government budget allocation with no commercial pricing. Services are delivered free to Guatemalan citizens, municipal and departmental governments, and other executive branch agencies. The customer base includes the general population (citizens and communities requiring emergency preparedness and response), local government entities (municipalities and departments requiring coordination and technical support), and national government institutions requiring inter-agency emergency coordination. No revenue, ARR, or commercial contract figures are publicly disclosed, and the agency is not subject to private investment, M&A, or capital market activity.

Name

Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (Conred)

Legal name

Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (SE-CONRED)

Website

https://conred.gob.gt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CONRED is Guatemala's national government agency coordinating disaster risk reduction and emergency response across 22 departments. It operates an open data portal, educational platforms (CONRED Kids, Plan Familiar), and a coordinator network serving citizens, municipalities, and government institutions free of charge.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Management Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Preparedness (BPADADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disaster Response Coordination & Incident Command (EOC/ICS) (HLAJAGAB), Community Resilience, Preparedness Training & Exercises (HLAJAGAL), Humanitarian Coordination, Information Management & Needs Assessment (BPADADAL), Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management (BPADALAK), Humanitarian Coordination, Information Management & Needs Assessment (BPAGAAAL)

Keywords

• Disaster risk management
• Emergency response coordination
• Open government data
• Emergency preparedness education
• Forest fire monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Guatemala City

HQ country

Guatemala

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CONRED is Guatemala's national agency for disaster risk reduction and emergency management. It coordinates national emergency response across 22 departments through a network of accredited departmental, municipal, and local coordinators; maintains a public open data portal with disaster incident, fire, and damage assessment datasets; operates the 119 emergency hotline; and delivers public education programs including CONRED Kids and the Plan Familiar de Respuesta family planning tool.

Product overview

CONRED operates as Guatemala's national disaster risk reduction agency, providing a coordinated platform of emergency management products and services. The core offerings include the Open Data Portal (Portal de Datos Abiertos) built on CKAN for public access to disaster datasets, the CONRED Kids educational platform for children's emergency preparedness, interactive planning tools like the Plan Familiar de Respuesta and the 72-hour emergency kit guide, Radio CONRED for emergency communications, and the Campus Virtual for training. The data products encompass incident registries, fire suppression/pre-suppression statistics, housing damage assessments, budget execution records, inter-institutional documents, and geographic data. Emergency coordination is facilitated through the Sistema de Comando de Incidentes (SCI) and a comprehensive emergency numbers directory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SE-CONRED: Secretaría Ejecutiva - the executive secretariat arm of CONRED responsible for operational execution and administration.
• CONRED Kids
• Radio CONRED
• CENMIF
• Campus Virtual CONRED

Products and services

• Portal de Datos Abiertos CONRED

Quantifiable outcome

• Maintains coordinated disaster response network across all 22 departments of Guatemala
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Open Data Committee (Comité de Datos Abiertos SE-CONRED)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2021Internal committee established through Agreement No. CN-02-2021 to approve and manage open data publication. Implements the National Open Data Policy 2018-2022 through Acuerdo Gubernativo 199-2018.
• CEPREDENAC (Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres en América Central y República Dominicana)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional coordination body for disaster prevention in Central America. CONRED participates in regional coordination efforts for disaster risk reduction across the SICA (Sistema de Integración Centroamericana) region.
• INSIVUMEH (Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuatemalan government institution responsible for seismology, volcanology, meteorology and hydrology monitoring. Critical partner for early warning systems and hazard assessment.
• Presidencia de GuatemalacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExecutive branch of the Guatemalan government. CONRED operates under governmental authority and implements national disaster risk policies through the executive office.
• K'atun 2032 (Plan Nacional de Desarrollo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuatemala's national development plan (K'atun 2032) integrating disaster risk reduction into national development strategy.
• Alba KenethminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuatemalan government institution. Referenced as an external link on CONRED website for potential coordination in disaster response.
• Isabel Claudina ObservatoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerObservatorio de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Referenced for epidemiological monitoring and health-related disaster coordination.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CEPREDENAC: Central American regional coordination body for disaster prevention covering Guatemala and the SICA region. Direct peer in DRR coordination mandate and CONRED's core regional partner for harmonized emergency response protocols.
• Cruz Roja Guatemalteca: Guatemalan Red Cross — the primary humanitarian aid partner (emergency number 125) operating in the same national territory with overlapping emergency response, shelter management, and disaster relief functions.
• Protección Civil (El Salvador): El Salvador's civil protection agency. Part of CONRED's regional coordination network with parallel national DRR responsibilities and inter-institutional agreement structures.
• COPECO (Honduras): Honduran emergency management agency with comparable national DRR coordination mandate and SICA regional integration. Directly comparable in scope, function, and Central American context.
• SINAPROC (Panama): Panama's national civil protection system. Comparable in mandate and Central American regional role, and listed by CONRED as a regional coordination partner.
• SINAPRED (Nicaragua): Nicaragua's national disaster prevention and response system. Comparable in mandate, Central American context, and SICA regional coordination role.
• Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) - Costa Rica: Costa Rica's National Emergency Commission. Often cited as a more mature DRR agency in the region; comparable in mandate and recognized as a stronger performer in the same Central American context.

Broad incumbents

• INSIVUMEH: Guatemalan government institution for seismology, volcanology, meteorology, and hydrology monitoring. Operates in the same country under a complementary mandate — INSIVUMEH generates hazard data while CONRED coordinates response — making it the closest operational peer.
• FEMA: United States Federal Emergency Management Agency — a larger, better-resourced counterpart operating the same fundamental mandate of national disaster coordination. Useful as a structural benchmark for DRR agency capabilities and operational frameworks.

Others

• UN OCHA: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Operates at the multilateral level coordinating humanitarian response across nations and NGOs; comparable in coordination function though at a different jurisdictional scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ConredGuatemala
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/conredgt
• Facebookfacebook.com/conredgt
• Instagraminstagram.com/conredgt
• TikToktiktok.com/@conredguatemala
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conred-guatemala

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