Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing

25 to 26 September 2018

Philippines

Disaster risks pose a serious threat to the sustainability of many countries in the Asia-Pacific. Innovative approaches and solutions to disaster risk financing are urgently needed.

The Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing: Options for Enhancing Financial Resilience will provide a venue for cross-country learning and dialogue on strengthening technical knowledge on disaster risk financing (DRF). It will also enable participants to forge regional partnerships to generate knowledge on good DRF practices.

Program and Learning Materials

25 September 2018
26 September 2018

25 September 2018

Session / Activity	Title	Speaker(s)
Session 1	Introduction to Disaster Risk Financing and ADB’s Initiative to Enhance Disaster Resilience Many countries in Asia suffer from significant disaster loss. From 2007 to 2016, over 321,907 lives have been lost and 1.7 billion people have been…	Charlotte Benson
Session 2	Public Financial Management of Disaster Risk	Moderator: Stephen Schuster; discussants: Richard Walsh, Garth Henderson, Beenish Ashraf Tahir, Paola Sherina Alvarez, Amornsak Mala, and Chandima Anuruddha Kumara Galatumbage
Session 3	Enabling Environment for Enhanced Disaster Risk Financing The establishment of disaster risk financing (DRF) instruments is important. However, they will only be effective within an enabling environment…	Rodolfo Wehrhahn
Session 4	Disaster Insurance and Reinsurance Solutions in the Agriculture Sector The agriculture sector faces various risks, such as climate change and rising prices of materials for production. Farmers deal with these risks using…	Arman Oza, Mayur Ankolekar

26 September 2018

Session / Activity	Title	Speaker(s)
Session 5	The Role of Regulation and Supervision for Enhancing Innovative Insurance, Reinsurance and Capital Market Solutions Innovation can make disaster risk insurance more responsive and effective. The use of FinTech and artificial intelligence, for instance, has…	Rodolfo Wehrhahn
Session 6	Pilot Project on Weather Index Based Crop Insurance Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Its poor farmers are most vulnerable to calamities yet they are often excluded…	Golam Mortaza
	Disaster Contingent Financing in the Pacific There is a strong demand for contingent financing in the Pacific. Gaps in quick-disbursing funds, acculumation of indirect costs over time, and rapid…	Ananya Basu
	National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) – Pakistan The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) is a government-owned, not-for-profit, non-bank financial intermediary in Pakistan. It provides…	Nadeem Ahmed
	Philippine City Disaster Insurance Pool This presentation shares details about the Philippine City Disaster Insurance Pool (PCDIP), a project which aims to provide seed capital to a pooled…	Benita Ainabe
Session 7	The Way Forward: Opportunities to Support Disaster Risk Financing	Discussants: Bruno Carrasco, Irfa Ampri, Tiziana Bonapace, Biggy Nguyen
Closing Remarks		Chiara Bronchi
Photo Gallery	Opening Session of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing Scenes from the Opening Session
	Session 2 Scenes from Session 2 Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
	Session 3 Scenes from Session 3 of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
	Session 4 Scenes from Session 4 of the Regional Workshop on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
	Session 5 Scenes from Session 6 of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
	Session 6 Scenes from Session 6 of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
	Session 7 Scenes from Session 7 of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing
	Wrap-up and Closing Scenes from the Closing Session of the Regional Forum on Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing

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Event Coordinator/s

Arup Chatterjee
Charlotte Benson

ADB Organizer/s

Finance Sector Office
Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Topics

Finance
Disaster Risk Management
Climate Change