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Session: Building Resilience through Risk Financing: Cross-Sharing Experiences with Island States and Other Countries

Related Event

  • Understanding Risk & Finance Conference

Related Countries

  • Ethiopia

Related Regions

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Event Summary

Session Leads

  • Julio Serje, UNISDR
  • Andrianaivo Regis Rakotomanana, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Madagascar
  • Anna Burylo, Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to the AUC

Speakers

  • Tadesse Bekele, Advisor to the State Minister, Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector, Ethiopia
  • Abdul Barros, General Directorate of Planning, Sao Tomé and Principe
  • Seidou Ousmane, Niger

Description

This session provided a platform to share experiences, challenges and good practices from across Africa on risk management approaches. It had a special focus on the Island States, but also brought together case studies from other countries to cross-share experiences.

With an introductory presentation by Julio Serje, keynote address by Andrianaivo Regis Rakotomanana, and expert presentations by Tadesse Bekele, Abdul Barros, and Seidou Ousmane.  Following, a discussion moderated by Anna Burylo.

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