REGIONAL SEMINAR ON PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS IN LAC
Mexico City, Mexico. November  22 to 23, 2010

OBJECTIVES

    1. To analyze models for including disaster risk reduction in public investment and the various financial mechanisms, insurance and reinsurance instruments in case of disasters which have been implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean;
    2. To evaluate the perception of different actors working with disaster risk reduction on public investment in disaster risk reduction and the various financial mechanisms, insurance and reinsurance instruments in case of disasters undertaken particularly by regional and international financial organizations, government authorities in the Member States of SELA and specialized private sector institutions (insurance and reinsurance companies); and
    3. To assess possible regional initiatives to develop financial mechanisms, insurance and reinsurance instruments in case of disasters, as well as models for including disaster risk reduction in public investment at the regional level.