Microinsurance and its application in disaster risk management programs

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Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific – 2010 Distance Learning Seminar Series　

September 16, 2010 13:00-16:00 (JST)

Session 3

The poor, with their limited assets and resources, are often excluded from formal insurance instruments. In many developing countries, the poor have resorted to other instruments – credits, grain banks, remittances, savings, etc – to tide them over during times of hardship. Microinsurance is thus seen as an effective instrument to protect the poor from the increasing impacts of disasters. It is flexible enough to suit the particular needs of the clients and to accommodate non-traditional institutional arrangements.

This session will highlight the various innovations on the application of microinsurance in DRM and the experiences and insights of practitioners.
After attending the session, participants should be able to:

- Gain better understanding on microinsurance and its applications;
- Clarify issues based on experts’ insights and live cases; and
- Consider introducing microinsurance as a social protection scheme

Agenda and key issues to present and discuss
- A short opening to introduce participants, program and objectives
- A brief overview of microinsurance initiatives in DRM
- Case studies and experiences
- Q&A and general discussion
- Conclusions

Target Audience
- EAP professional staff working on DRM
- ASEAN and SOPAC member state counterparts
- National and sub national government officials, government counterparts
- Other partners and stakeholders such as academics, private sector practitioners, civil society groups that are active in the area of disaster risk management, environment, infrastructure, and finance in the ASEAN and SOPAC member states
- World Bank Staff in country offices

Speakers
• Ms. Zenaida Delica Willison (Unit South-South Cooperation, UNDP Regional Office in Bangkok)
• Prof. Robert Tiong (Schoold of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang University)
• Mr. William Martirez, (Microensure) - Philippine experience
• Mr. Mehul Padya (All India Disaster Mitigation Institute)
• Ms. Lorna Victoria (Traiing and Learning Circle)

Main moderator
Ms. Lorna Victoria, (Training and Learning Circle)

Language
VC session: English

Registration
Please send us your name, organization, telephone number and e-mail address by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or FAX (03-3597-9161).

There will be live-webcasting on the day of the session. A button allowing access to the live stream of the event will appear on the main program page shortly before the event begins.
To view webcasting, participants will need a PC with internet access, Windows media Player Version 10.0.

Partners

This session is part of a larger program. For more information see Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific - 2010 Series