REGIONAL SEMINAR ON PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS IN LAC
Mexico City, Mexico. November
22 to 23, 2010
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
| Monday, 22 November 2010
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| Morning |
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| 8:30 – 9:00 |
REGISTRATION AND ACCREDITATION
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| 9:00 |
OPENING SESSION
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| 9:30 – 9:45 |
Coffee break |
| 9:45 |
INTRODUCTORY SESSION. PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY ON FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE IN CASE OF DISASTERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA
Session I: FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE IN CASE OF DISASTERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: ONGOING MULTILATERAL INITIATIVES
Moderator: Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA
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| 12:30 – 01:30 |
Debate |
| 01:30 – 3:00 |
Free time for lunch |
| Afternoon |
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| 3:00 |
SESSION II: FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE IN CASE OF DISASTERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: RECENT EXPERIENCES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Moderator:Ana Lucia Hill, General Director of Civil Protection, Secretariat of Governance (SEGOB) of Mexico
- Mexico: Fund for Natural Disasters (FONDEN), Rubem Hofliger Topete, General Director of FONDEN (SEGOB).
- Mexico: Integral Disaster Risk Management, Salvador Pérez Maldonado, Deputy General Director of Risk Management (SHCP).
- Colombia: National System for Disaster Prevention and Response, Calamity Fund, Financial Chief, María Constanza Gómez.
- Peru: General Manager, Peruvian Insurers Association. Member of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction of Peru, National System of Civil Defence (SINADECI), Raúl de Andrea.
- Caribbean: Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). Milo Pearson, President.
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| 4:45 |
Coffee break |
| 5:00 |
SESSION III: FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE IN CASE OF DISASTERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: PERSPECTIVE OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Moderator: Manuel Lobato Osorio, Head of Unit of Insurances, Pensions and Social Security of the Secretariat of Treasury and Public Credit of Mexico
- Andean Development Corporation (CAF), Direction for Social Development, Attached to the Vice-Presidency for Environmental and Social Development (DDSVDSA), Roberto López, Chief Executive Officer.
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Roberto Salinas, Specialist in Insurance.
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Senior Specialist on Capital Markets and Financial Institutions, Jorge Burgos.
- Swiss Re. Nikhil Da Victoria, Vice-President.
- Sancor Cooperativa de Seguros Ltda. Head of Disasters, Rubén Leonardini.
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| 6:00 – 6:30 |
Debate |
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| Tuesday, 23 November 2010
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| Morning |
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| 09:00 |
SESSION IV: PUBLIC INVESTMENT FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Moderator / Initial Presentation: Alberto Aquino, Coordinator of the Unit for Rural Economic Development. German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).
- German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ). Steps to include risk management in development processes: a) from development plans, b) from territorial order, c) from municipal management, d) from public investment. Coordinator of the Unit for Rural Economic Development, Alberto Aquino.
- Peru. Ministry of Economy and Finance. Specialist in Disaster and Emergency Prevention of the General Direction of Multi-Annual Programming of the Public Sector, Jorge Escurra.
- Dominican Republic. Vice-Ministry of Planning. Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development. Technical Assistant of the Vice-Minister, Cenia Correa.
- General Secretariat of Planning (SEGEPLAN), Direction for Public Investment, Luis Antonio Catalán.
- Argentina. Ministry of Federal Planning, Public investment and Services. Adviser. Under-Secretariat of Territorial Planning of Public investment. Specialist in Environmental Information Systems, Natalia Torchia.
- Costa Rica. Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy. Adviser for Special Projects, Luis Fallas.
Coffee break
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| 12:30 – 01:30 |
Debate |
| 01:30 – 3:00 |
Lunch offered by the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico |
| Afternoon |
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| 3:00 |
Continuation. SESSION IV: PUBLIC INVESTMENT FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. PERCEPTION AND AGREEMENTS REACHED BY REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Moderator:Ricardo Mena, Head of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) of the United Nations
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| 4:45 |
Coffee break |
| 5:00 |
SESSION V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator:Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA
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| 5:30 |
CLOSING SESSION
- Speech by the General Director of Scientific and Technical Cooperation of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Counsellor José Octavio Tripp.
- Speech by the General Coordinator of Civil Protection of the Secretariat of Governance of Mexico (SEGOB), Laura Gurza Jaidar.
- Speech by the Head of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction of the United Nations (ISDR) of the United Nations, Ricardo Mena.
- Speech by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador José Rivera Banuet.
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