Public Investment – Where Disaster Risk Reduction Really Makes a Difference
- Date & Time: Wednesday 11 May (11:00 - 12:45)
- Room: 2
- Participation: Open
- Organizer: Organized in cooperation with UNICEF and the World Health Organization
Description
Governments are responsible for providing essential services to their people, especially to the poor, and for the development of infrastructure, not least in health and education. To deliver, countries must ensure that investments in public assets avoid the
build up of new risks as well as reduce the existing stock of risk. Currently, only few countries systematically reflect risk in their
public investment. Others struggle with limited resources and support from political leaders, financial institutions and donors. New proactive approaches to enable governments to identify cost effective, politically feasible risk management strategies are required, particularly for essential infrastructure. Yet even where priorities for improving infrastructure safety, of schools and health facilities for example, are identified, limited financial and political support impedes implementation. The roundtable will present practical experiences and discuss policy implications of risk assessment models. The aim will be to generate commitment for developing risk-sensitive public investment systems and effective risk financing strategies.
Chair/Moderator/Faciliator
Mr. Ivan Morales, Executive Director, CEPREDENAC- Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CHAIR)
Speakers
Ms. Laura Alfaro, Minister for National Planning and the Economy, Costa Rica
Mr. Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio, Vice Minister for Finance, Peru
Mr. Manuk Mkrtchyan, Deputy Minister for Education, Armenia
Dr. Senendra Upreti, Chief of the Curative Division, Ministry for Health, Nepal
Mr. Salim Al-Moghrabi, Commissioner for Environment & Sustainable Development, Aqaba Special Economic Zone, Jordan
Mr. Ivo Menzinger, Managing Director, Swiss Re, Switzerland
Report