OPENING SESSION 

• Speech by Ambassador Javier Paulinich, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
• Welcome speech by His Excellency Francisco Domínguez Brito, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic
• Speech by Nahuel Arenas, Deputy Chief for the Americas of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
• Speech by Patricia Abreu Fernández, Vice-Minister for Cooperation and International Affairs of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic
• Speech by Leonardo Sabater Núñez, Technical Director of the Commission for Disaster Risk Management of the Ministry of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic

COFFEE BREAK / Group Photo 

SESSION I: Impact of disasters on the tourism sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

Moderator: Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

• Gestión de la biodiversidad costera para fortalecer la competitividad turística y aumentar la resiliencia ante desastres. Jonathan Delance, National Coordinator of the Coastal Biodiversity and Tourism Project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• UNISDR: impacto de los Desastres en el Sector Turístico en América Latina y el Caribe. Nahuel Arenas, Deputy Chief for the Americas of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
• Impactos de los eventos hidrometeorológicos en la República Dominicana. Andres M. Campusano, Deputy Technical Director of the National Meteorology Office (ONAMET) of the Dominican Republic.

LUNCH

SESSION II: National experiences in disaster risk management: Impact of disasters on the tourism sector and creation of contingency and business continuity plans

Moderator: Zoraima Cuello, Deputy Minister of Follow-up and Government Coordination of the Ministry of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic 

• Experiencias Nacionales en la Gestión de Riesgo de Desastres (República Dominicana). Juan Filpo, Director of Environmental Supervision and Control, Risk Management and Attention to Emergencies and Environmental Damages of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic
• Estrategia nacional. República Dominicana. José Alcántara, Deputy Director of Civil Defence and of the National Emergency Commission of the Dominican Republic. 
• Tourism Sector and DRM in Jamaica: Disaster Impacts and Strategic Actions. Horace Glaze, Senior Director for Preparedness and Emergency Operations of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) of Jamaica.
• Disaster Management for the Barbados Tourism Sector. Celia Pollard-Jones, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport of Barbados 

GENERAL DEBATE 

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION II (Continuation)

• Plan de Continuidad de Operaciones: México. Ulises Luna Villalobos, National Civil Protection Coordination, Incident Management and Continuity of Operations Department of the National Civil Protection System of the Secretariat of Governance (SEGOB) of Mexico
• Sistema Nacional para la Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastre. Marcelo Rozas Garay, Deputy Secretary of Disaster Risk Reduction of the Civil Protection Secretariat of Argentina.
• Gestión de Planes de GRD Planes para Continuidad Operacional. Andrés Ibaceta Poblete, Head of the Civil Protection Division of the National Emergency Office (ONEMI) of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security of Chile
• Temporada Ciclónica 2017 Huracán Irma, Rafael Antonio Carrasco Paulino, Executive Director of Civil Defence and of the National Emergency Commission of the Dominican Republic

GENERAL DEBATE 

Cocktail offered by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and the Ministry of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic (Las Américas B meeting room, Crowne Plaza Hotel)

Friday, 08 December 2017 

SESSION III: National and international experiences of the private sector: Impact of disasters on the tourism sector. Contingency and business continuity plans

Moderator: Patricia Abreu Fernández, Vice-Minister for Cooperation and International Affairs of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic 

• The necessity of a Business Continuity Strategy in the event of disaster. Dav-Ernan Kowlessar, Consultant of the Caribbean Association for Industry and Commerce (CAIC)
• El Rol de las Instituciones Empresariales para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres en América Latina y el Caribe. Rafael Ernesto Izquierdo, President of the National Business Support Network for Environmental Protection (ECORED) of the Dominican Republic and  Representative of the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
• Andrés Marranzini Grullón, Executive Vice-President of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES) 

GENERAL  DEBATE 

COFFEE BREAK

Signing of the Agreement–Declaration for the establishment of the Dominican Republic’s National Chapter of the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE).

SESSION IV: Main elements to be considered in public-private partnerships for disaster risk reduction in the tourism sector

Moderator: Nahuel Arenas, Deputy Chief for the Americas, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) 

Panel with representatives of the public sector

• Jorge Toruño, Member of the Board of Directors of CentraRSE, Guatemala.
• Gustavo Olveyra, Environmental Adviser to the Ministry of Tourism of Uruguay
• Daniel Alberto García Gaitán, Environmental Policy and Standard Advisor to the Guatemala Chamber of Industry
• Lizra Fabien, Executive Director of the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce
• Maythé Cornejo de Rivas, Coordinator of Strategic Projects, Business Foundation for Social Action (FUNDEMAS)
• Sidney Velado, Regional Advisor to USAID-OFDA
• Dav-Ernan Kowlessar, Consultant of the Caribbean Association for Industry and Commerce (CAIC)

GENERAL DEBATE 

LUNCH

SESIÓN IV (Continuation) 

• Continuation of discussions among representatives of the public and private sectors

GENERAL DEBATE

COFFEE BREAK

CLOSING SESSION 

• Speech by Ambassador Javier Paulinich, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).
• Speech by Nahuel Arenas, Deputy Chief for the Americas of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
• José Alcántara, Deputy Director of Civil Defence and of the National Emergency Commission of the Dominican Republic.
• Patricia Abreu Fernández, Vice-Minister for Cooperation and International Affairs of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic.