REGIONAL SEMINAR ON PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT: CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT AND CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS DURING DISASTERS
Lima, Peru. June  07 to 08, 2012 . Hotel Delfines, Salón Oceanus Calle Los Eucaliptos 555 San Isidro.

AGENDA

Thursday, 7 June 2012

Morning

 

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

 
9:00 – 9:45 OPENING SESSION
9:45 – 10:00 COFFEE BREAK

 
10:00 - 11:00 INTRODUCTORY SESSION:
Presentation by SELA: “Partnership between public and private sectors for disaster risk management: Continuity of government and continuity of business operations during disasters.” Alejandro Linayo, SELA’s Consultant.

 

Presentation by the National Centre of Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED), Melva González, Chief of CENEPRED. (VIDEO)

 
11:00 – 11:30 DEBATE

 
11:30 – 12:30 SESSION I: PANEL ON NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AS REGARDS CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT DURING DISASTERS
Moderator: Carlos Bivero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

 

(Ten-minute presentations to respond to specific questions)
12:30 – 1:00 DEBATE

 
1:00 – 2:30 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:30 – 4:00 SESSION II: PANEL ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS REGARDS CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS DURING DISASTERS
Moderator: Ricardo Mena, Head of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

 

(Ten-minute presentations to respond to specific questions)

 
4:00 – 4:30 COFFEE BREAK

 
4:30 – 5:30 DEBATE

 
8:00 Dinner offered by the National Institute of Civil Defence (INDECI) and the National Centre of Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED)

 

Friday, 8 June 2012
Morning

 

7:00 - 8:00 Closed meeting of the FORUM ON COORDINATION AND COOPERATION OF SUBREGIONAL MECHANISMS FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE AMERICAS, coordinated by the Andean Committee for Disaster Prevention and Relief (CAPRADE)

 
9:00 - 10:00 SESSION III: PANEL ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN INSTITUTIONS ABOUT CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT AND CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS DURING DISASTERS
Moderator:Fabián Arellano, Technical Manager of the Regional Disaster Assistance Programme (RDAP) of the United States Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (OFDA-LAC)

 

(Ten-minute presentations to respond to specific questions)

 

Panel with regional institutions specialized in disaster risk reduction

 
10:00 – 10:30 GENERAL DEBATE

 
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

 
11:00 – 12:00 Panel with private sector business associations:

 

(Ten-minute presentations to respond to specific questions)

 
12:00 – 12:30 GENERAL DEBATE

 
1:00 – 2:30 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:30 – 3:30 SESSION IV: REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES TO SUPPORT CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT AND CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Moderator: Sergio Álvarez, Chief Advisor for the National Centre of Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED) of Peru.

 

(Ten-minute presentations to respond to specific questions)

 
3:30 – 4:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
4:00 – 4:30 SESSION V: PANEL ON THE PERSPECTIVES OF PROMOTERS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF RISK MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Ambassador Gabriel M. Fuks, President of the White Helmets Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic

 

(Ten-minute presentations to respond to specific questions)

 
4:30 – 5:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
5:00 – 5:30 SESSION VI: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator: Carlos Bivero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

 
6:00 CLOSING SESSION

 

  • Speech by the Chief of the National Institute of Civil Defense, General (r) Alfredo Murgüeytio. (VIDEO)
  • Speech by the Head of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), Ricardo Mena. (VIDEO)
  • Speech by the Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean of the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (OFDA-LAC), Sidney Velado. (VIDEO)
  • Speech by the Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Carlos Bivero. (VIDEO)