Day 1 |
Introductions, Overview and Fundamentals of Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) |
8:30-9:15 | Opening ceremony | Opening remarks, introduction to the program, expectations for the week |
9:15-9:30 | Introductions | Ice breaking exercise |
9:30-10:30 | Context and ambition in my country – Part 1 | Delegates will present - 2 minutes each country - on their risk profile, DRF in their country, their objectives and expectations for the week |
10:30-10:50 | Coffee Break + group photo |
10:50-11:15 | Fundamentals of DRF | Framing presentation as foundation for the week |
11:15-12:15 | Context and ambition in my country – Part 2 | Delegates will present - 2 minutes each country - on their risk profile, DRF in their country, their objectives, and expectations for the week |
12:15-13:15 | Lunch |
Making DRF solutions sustainable – the role of public financial management (PFM) |
13:15-14:15 | Embedding DRF in the budget cycle | Technical framing presentation with interactive checklist on disaster risk-based budgeting Discussion between delegates in country groups |
14:00-14:15 | DRF in government budget | Technical framing presentation about how to get government administered funds right |
14:15-14:45 | Experience in my country on disaster funds | Select country delegates will present their experience: Morocco will focus on successes and lessons learned with FSEC, Moldova will focus on lessons learned and ambitions for next steps |
14:45-15:15 | Coffee Break |
15:15-16:15 | What instruments can my country access to finance disaster response? The WB Crisis Response Toolkit | WB World Café Style – 3 rotating topics of discussion in groups with host expert |
16:15-16:30 | Wrapping up and key takeaways |
16:30-16:45 | Discussions in country groups to identify relevant lessons and actions |
18:00 | Networking dinner |
Day 2 |
Enhancing Financial Resilience for Households and MSMEs |
8:30-8:45 | Look forward to day 2 |
8:45-9:15 | Protecting vulnerable households | Framing presentation on the value of building the financial resilience of households, and how this might differ for countries with greater or less developed markets. |
9:15 – 9:30 | Experience of delivering sovereign support through digital payments | Kazakhstan country representative to present their experience, followed by a short Q&A. |
9:30 - 10:30 | Group exercise | Delegates will receive a hypothetical disaster scenario and have to prepare a proposal for how best to respond through existing delivery mechanisms in their respective countries and how to strengthen their reach through future investments. |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-11:30 | Protecting vulnerable MSMEs | Framing presentation on the impact of natural catastrophes on MSMEs and the jobs market, including risk coping strategies and role of access to finance, drawing on experiences from COVID-19. |
11:30 – 11:45 | Experience of protecting businesses | WB representative to present a new project in Pakistan with financing for MFIs to on lend to firms and others affected by climate shocks, followed by a short Q &A. |
11:45 - 12:15 | Group exercise | Delegates to consider the same hypothetical disaster scenario from the previous exercise and consider how their government would support firms in that situation, given their past lessons. |
12:15-13:15 | Lunch |
Getting Agriculture Insurance Right |
13:15-13:30 | Introduction to Agriculture Insurance | Framing on the motivation for, and main elements of agricultural insurance |
13:30-14:00 | The Role of Public and Private Sector | Framing on public private insurance partnerships, their value, and key elements |
14:00 -14:30 | Experience of agriculture insurance in my country | Presentation from delegates on select examples: Morocco to cover experience to date, challenges, role of public and private sectors, ambition for the future; Albania to cover their challenges, lessons learned from international experience, ambition for the future |
14:30-14:45 | Coffee break | |
14:45-15:45 | Interactive discussion - over coffee - on unblocking private sector involvement | Group discussions, led by IFC insurance specialists |
15:45 – 16:30 | Technical Session with TARSIM (Türkiye) | Presentation on successes and lessons learned from implementing agricultural insurance in Türkiye with Q&A |
16:30-16:45 | Wrapping up and key takeaways |
16:45-17:15 | Discussions in country groups to identify relevant lessons and actions |
Evening | Optional: informal meet the experts |
Day 3 |
Property Catastrophe Insurance |
8:30-8:45 | Recap day 2 and look forward to day 3 |
8:45-9:00 | Introduction to property catastrophe insurance | Technical presentation on key concepts |
9:00-10:30 | Public-private partnerships in property catastrophe insurance | World Café on: (i) Understanding the Problem, (ii) Design and Development, and (iii) Claims Management Participants to fill in factsheets for each of the groups |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
10:45-11:45 | International Experience Sharing | Short talks to share international experience on catastrophe insurance PPPs (Morocco, Kyrgyz Republic, New Zealand, Switzerland) with Q&A |
11:45 – 12:00 | Wrapping up and key takeaways |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
13:00-13:30 | Discussions in country groups to identify relevant lessons and actions |
Study Visit |
13:30-17:30 | Study Visit to Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) | Led by TCIP team, study visit will focus on technical design, risk modeling and data, governance, legal environment, implementation, etc. |
Day 4 |
Insurance Development Forum (IDF) – Private Sector Exchange |
8:30-8:45 | Recap of day 3 – speak about two things that participants learned in TCIP - and look forward to day 4 |
8:45-10:30 | International market perspective | Introduction and presentations from IDF members: 1) Underwriting perspective – how does the market think about and manage risk; 2) Insurance in practice: what works, what does not?; 3) Innovation in insurance Q&A from the delegates to the private sector |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
10:45-11:45 | Exploring regional approaches | Presentation from WB on experience of regional risk finance and insurance initiatives followed by group discussion. |
11:45-12:00 | Wrapping up and key messages |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
13:00-14:30 | Group exercise | Delegates will be split into groups to develop ideas jointly with IDF members for presentation on specific DRF topics and pitch the ideas in shark tank / dragon’s den style |
15:30-18:00 | Visit to earthquake observatory | Visit to the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute |
Day 5 |
Translating Knowledge into Action and Outcomes |
8:30-8:45 | Recap of day 4 and look forward to the final day |
8:45-10:30 | Translating knowledge into action: soft skills | Training from the university on how to implement what was learned during the week in practice. Including stakeholder mapping and influencing |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
10:45-11:30 | Action Plans | Country teams to wrap up the week with an action plan |
11:30-12:15 | Shark Tank Judging |
12:15-13:00 | Lunch |
13:00-13:30 | Certificate Distribution and Closing Remarks |
