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World Bank Group
European Union
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Introduction
The workshop, Disaster Risk Financing & Analytics: A Practitioner’s Guide, is a collaborative Continuing Professional Education (CPE) offering coordinated by The UWI Open Campus and Disaster Risk Reduction Centre in partnership with the World Bank, the European Union and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). The objective of the workshop is to provide participants with the framework needed to develop tailored national disaster risk financing (DRF) strategies using available risk analytics, and to introduce innovative applications of DRF in the Caribbean region.
About the Workshop
This workshop will focus on:
1. The foundational principles of disaster risk analytics and risk financing;
2. Best practices in Business Continuity Planning, Public Financial Management and Asset Management Systems, and applications across the region;
3. Adaptive Social Protection and the use of new technologies to assess COVID-19 response and impacts in the Caribbean;
4. An interactive DRF simulation that highlights the complex decisions governments face when a disaster occurs, resources are limited, and the pressure is on to act quickly;
5. Sector-based approaches to DRF across the region with a focus on the Caribbean Physical and Financial Resilience Program, Saint Lucia’s Climate Adaptation Financing Facility, and a tourism sector-based exercise with Hotel Resilient;
6. Development of DRF to fit with the Caribbean’s Comprehensive Disaster Management strategy, and the importance of Communications planning to support DRF implementation;
Who is this programme for?
All disaster risk practitioner groups are targeted for this training, including:
i. Ministries of Finance and Economic Development
ii. Disaster Management Agencies
iii. Non-life re/insurance industry stakeholders
iv. Select cadre of UWI students targeting those that completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Course
v. Social protection practitioners; and
vi. Construction sector-related engineers and architects
Duration of Programme
September 30th to November 4th, 2021
Programme Structure
The Workshop will be delivered over six (6) sessions and comprises twelve (12) contact hours equivalent to 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Sessions will occur on Thursdays from 9am to 11am EC.
Delivery Mode
Online Synchronous Sessions via Zoom
Certificate Award Requirements
In order to qualify for the Certificate of Achievement with Continuing Education Units (CEUs), participants must successfully complete all assignments and attend a minimum of five (5) sessions.
How to Apply
Submit your application via the form: Workshop Registration Form
