IV REGIONAL MEETING ON PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN RISK MANAGEMENT
City of Knowledge, Panamá. October  07 to 08, 2015

AGENDA

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Morning

8:30 – 9:00
REGISTRATION 

9:00 – 9:30
OPENING SESSION

  • Welcome speech by the representative of the City of Knowledge Foundation
  • Speech by the representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Speech by the representative of the Central American Coordination Centre for Natural Disaster Prevention (CEPREDENAC)
  • Speech by the representative of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

9:30 – 9:45
COFFEE BREAK 

9:45 – 10:45
INTRODUCTORY SESSION.

Moderator: Permanent Secretariat of SELA.

Presentation: “Corporate Social Responsibility in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)”
Speaker: Marta Patricia Herrera, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Director of the Centro CEMEX-Tecnológico de Monterrey for the Development of Sustainable Communities. Cementos Mexicanos (CEMEX) (to be confirmed)

Presentation: “The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030, scope, expectations and lines of action of the private sector”

Speaker: Ángela Gómez, Director of Environmental Regulation of the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI) (to be confirmed)

10:45 – 11:00
DEBATE 

11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE BREAK 

11:30 – 12:30
SESSION I: Regional organizations and academic institutions related to Disaster Risk Reduction and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), in the context of the new scenario proposed by the SFDRR

Moderator: Central American Coordination Centre for Natural Disaster Prevention (CEPREDENAC) 

  • Ricardo Mena, Head of the Regional Office for the Americas of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) (to be confirmed)
  • Wendy Cue, Head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Panama (to be confirmed)
  • Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Florida International University (FIU) (to be confirmed)
  • Roberto Delgado, Director of the Centre for Social Responsibility, ANAHUAC University in Mexico (to be confirmed)
  • Luis Carlos Martínez Medina, Regional Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (REDULAC) (to be confirmed)

12:30 – 13:00
DEBATE 

13:00 –14:30
FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 

Afternoon

14:30 – 16:30
SESSION II: Procedure to strengthen Corporate Social Responsibility Networks in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction

Moderator: Panamanian Chamber of Construction (CAPAC), Panama

  • Teresa de Alfaro, Executive Director, SumaRSE Panama (to be confirmed)
  • Silvia Lara Povedano, Executive Director, Business Association for   Development in Costa Rica (to be confirmed)
  • Diana Marcela Gil, Centre of Safety Information and Chemical Products           (CIPROSQUIM), Colombian Security Council(to be confirmed)
  • Jorge Abrahao, President of ETHOS Institute in Brazil (to be confirmed)
  • Dav-Ernan Kowlessar, Management Consultant, Caribbean Association of       Industry and Commerce (CAIC) (to be confirmed)
  • Álvaro Zepeda, President pro tempore of the Central American Integration         for Corporate Social Responsibility (IntegraRSE) (to be confirmed)

16:30 – 17:30
DEBATE

 

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Morning                                   

9:00 – 12:00
SESSION III: Presentation of experiences of national focal points in public-private partnerships for disaster risk reduction

Moderator: National system of Civil Protection (SINAPROC), Panama

  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Mexico
  • Guatemala
  • Jamaica
  • Dominican Republic

12:00 – 12:30
DEBATE

12:30 – 14:00 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 

Afternoon

14:30 – 16:00
SESSION IV: Panel discussion: Public-private partnerships:
(Representatives of both public and private sectors)

Moderator: Representative of the UNISDR

  • Presentation of guidelines and priorities for the strengthening of partnerships between the public and private sectors and elements for a roadmap.

16:30 – 16:45
COFFEE BREAK 

16:45 – 17:30
SESSION V:  CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Moderator: Telasco Pulgar, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA

17:30
CLOSING SESSION

  • Speech by the Representative of SELA
  • Speech by the Representative of the UNISDR
  • Speech by the Representative of the CEPREDENAC