II REGIONAL SEMINAR “PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT AND CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS DURING DISASTERS”
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. August  01 to 02, 2013

AGENDA

Thursday, 01 August 2013

Morning

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

 
9:00 – 9:30 OPENING SESSION

 

Five-minute presentations to greet and welcome participants
  • Speech by the Director of Integration and Cooperation Affairs of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Juan Acuña.
  • Speech by the Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United States Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (OFDA-LAC), Timothy Callaghan.
  • Speech by the Head of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Regional Office – The Americas (UNISDR – The Americas), Ricardo Mena.
  • Speech by the Director-General of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management of the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, Carlos Iván Márquez.
  • Speech by the representative of the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI)
9:30 – 9:35 INTRODUCTORY SESSION
Moderator: Juan Acuña, Director of Integration and Cooperation Affairs of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

 
9:35 – 10:35 The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
Speaker: Andrew Maskrey, Senior Advisor/Coordinator, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction UNISDR

 

Presentation of studies prepared by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA

 
10:35 – 11:00 Continuity of government vis-à-vis disaster situations in Latin America and the Caribbean
Speaker: Ana Lucía Hill Mayora, SELA’s Consultant

 
11:00 – 11:30 Continuity of business operations vis-à-vis disaster situations in Latin America and the Caribbean
Speaker: Yves Dávila, SELA’s Consultant

 
11:40 – 11:55 Presentation on partnership between public and private sectors and cooperation efforts in Colombia
Speaker: Ángela Gómez Rodríguez, Director of Environmental Regulation

 
  GENERAL DEBATE

 
12:10 – 14:30 SESSION I: PANEL ON NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AS REGARDS CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT DURING DISASTERS
Moderator: Claudia Satizabal, National Planning Department of Colombia (NPD)

 

Twenty-minute presentations to share specific experiences and/or submit recommendations to guarantee the continuity of government during disasters

 
12:05 – 12:30 Colombia: National Unit for Disaster Risk Management – Presidency of the Republic
Speaker: Sr. Carlos Iván Márquez

 
12:30 – 12:50 México: Secretariat of the Interior (SEGOB)
Speaker: Luis Felipe Puente Espinosa, General Coordinator of Civil Protection of the Secretariat of Government

 
12:50 – 13:10 USAID / Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID- OFDA)
Speaker: Sidney Velado

 
13:10 – 13:30 GENERAL DEBATE
Coordinator: Eng. Lucy González, National Planning Department of Colombia (NPD)

 
13:30 – 14:30 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
14:30 – 18:00 SESSION II: PANELS ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS REGARDS CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS DURING DISASTERS
Moderator: Dr. Renán Alfonso Rojas Gutiérrez / Dr. Ana Elvia Pardo. Representative of the Colombian Safety Council.

 

Fifteen-minute presentations to share specific experiences and results and/or to submit recommendations to guarantee the continuity of business operations during disasters

 
14:35 PANEL 1:

 
14:35 – 14:55 Experience in Dosquebradas
ECOPETROL
Speaker: Sr. Jaime Bocanegra, Vicepresidente de Transporte

 
14:55 – 15:15 Brazil
Swiss-Re
Speaker: Claudia Melo, Client Manager, Global Partnerships

 
15:15 – 15:35 Haiti: Social Worker Foundation CINA
Cimenterie Nationale S.E.M
Speaker: Wilson Martínez and Macda Jean Charles

 
15:35 – 15:55 Stephenson Disaster Management Institute Louisiana, EE.UU. de America.
Speaker: Andrés Calderón. Associate Director

 
15:55 – 16:15 Technological Plans for Emergencies
APELL Process-Colombia
Speaker:Sra. Olga Lucía Sarría, Director

 
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break

 
  GENERAL DEBATE

 
16:30 PANEL 2:

 
16:30 – 16:50 Mutual Aid Committee in Salazar Gómez, Bogotá
Speaker: Sr. Omar Ramírez. Consultor HSSE, Merck, S.A.

 
16:50 – 17:10 National Plan to Respond to Road Emergencies
The Integral Responsibility Group of Colombia (RIC)
Speaker: Sra. Ana Elvia Pardo de Castro

 
17:10 – 17:30 Florida International University (FIU)
Speaker: Sr. Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Co-Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Programme

 
17:30 – 18:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
18:00 Dinner offered by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management of Colombia (UNGRD)

 

Friday, 02 August 2013

Morning

8:00 SESSION III: DISCUSSION PANEL AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSIPS (PSP) FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN THE AMERICAS.
Moderator: Ricardo Mena /UNISDR

 

Fifteen-minute presentations to respond to specific questions: Recommendations to boost public-private partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) .

 

Panel with national business associations on public-private partnership experiences

 
8:10 – 8:30 National Unit for Disaster Risk Management in Colombia
Speaker: Sr. Carlos Iván Márquez, Director General.

 
8:30 – 8:50 National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI)
Speaker: Sra. Ángela Gómez Rodríguez, Director of Environmental Regulation

 
8:50 – 9:10 Municipal Coordination of Civil Defence of Belo Horizonte
Speaker: Col. Alexander Lucas Alves, Municipal Coordinator of Civil Defence

 
9:10 – 9:20 White Helmets Commission (Argentina)
Speaker: Rodolfo Alberto Cerviño, Second Vice-Chairman

 
9:20 – 9:40 Presentation by the insurance company La Positiva - Peru
Speaker: Sra. Lourdes del Carpio, Deputy Manager of Rural Insurance

 
9:40 – 10:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee break

 
10:15 Panel with private sector business institutions
Moderator: Ricardo Mena /UNISDR
Presentation and recommendations: Roadmap and management structure of Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Partnership (DRR-PSP); definition of focal point in the private sector

 
10:15 – 10:45 Presentation by UNISDR Private Sector Partnership (PSP)
Speaker: Sra. Kiki Rebecca Lawal, Business Partnerships Programme Officer.

 
10:45 – 11:30 Comments on roadmap and management structure by representatives of:
  • Forum Empresa
    Speaker: Luz Ángela Díaz Vera, Asistente de Proyectos en Red Forum
  • Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC)
    Speaker: Sr. Dav-Ernan Kowlessar, Management Consultant
  • Federation of Private Entities of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (FEDEPRICAP)
    Speaker: Sr. Alexis Fletcher
  • CEMEX
    Speaker: Sra. Dulce Alejandre, Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility
11:30 – 12:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
12:00 – 13:00 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon

 

  
14:00 SESSION IV: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES IN THE AREA OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Moderator: Mr. Víctor Hugo Mondragón / Rodrigo Salazar. National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI)

 

Fifteen-minute presentations to respond to questions: Corporate social responsibility actions and initiatives for strengthening disaster risk reduction

 
14:15 – 14:35 Business Network for Prevention and Early Response to Disasters: “Experience of the private enterprise in Peru”
Speaker: Cecilia Rosell, Manager of the Social Responsibility Committee for the National Society of Industries (SIN)

 
14:35 – 14:55 IntegraRSE: Central American Network for Corporate Social Responsibility
Speaker: Matthias Dietrich, Executive Director of UNIRSE, INTEGRARSE Member

 
14:55 – 15:10 REDSOC - Venezuelan Network of Social Development Organizations
Speaker: Consuelo Morillo, Director

 
15:10 – 15:35 Ingenio Mayagüez, S.A. in Colombia
Speaker: Sr. Alexander Morales, Head of Manual Harvest

 
15:35 – 15:55 GENERAL DEBATE

 
16:15 – 16:35 SESSION V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator: Sr. Fabián Arellano. Technical Manager of the Regional Disaster Assistance Program (RDAP)

 
16:35 – 17:00 CLOSING SESSION

 

Five-minute presentations to bid farewell and thank participants
  • Speech by the Director-General of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management of the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, Carlos Iván Márquez.
  • Speech by the Manager of the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI), Víctor HugoMalgón.
  • Speech by the Head of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Regional Office – The Americas (UNISDR - The Americas), Ricardo Mena.
  • Speech by the Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Program and official in charge of the Disaster Assistance, Office of Disaster Assistance Abroad, government of the United States (USAID / OFDA), Sidney Velado.
  • Speech by the Director of Integration and Cooperation Affairs of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Juan Acuña.