Inviting
- Recent university graduates
- University students
- Young persons with an interest in disaster risk management, environmental sustainability, economics and geography etc….
To be delivered June 26 to July 24, 25 (On 5 consecutive Thursdays)
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Eastern Caribbean Time)
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Jamaica Time)
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Belize Time)
Registration closes: June 10, 2025 Extended until June 14, 2025
Registration for the course, Disaster Risk Financing and CCRIF Parametric Insurance, is OPEN.
Cost: Free
Topics to be covered include:
- Natural Disasters and the Caribbean Hazard Landscape
- Introduction to Economic Theory
- The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Economy
- The Relationship between Disaster Risk Management and Disaster Risk Financing
- Understanding Disaster Risk Financing
- Disaster Risk Financing Tools
- Linkages between Insurance and Social Protection Strategy – Case Study on the Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean Project (CRAIC)
- CCRIF’s Parametric Insurance Policies and Models
- Differences between Parametric Insurance and Indemnity Insurance
- CCRIF’s Country Risk Profiles and Applicability to Development Planning
- Integrated Risk Management
Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a CCRIF/UWI certificate and 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
For further details, contact: technicalassistance@ccrif.org
Do your part in the journey to make the Caribbean the first climate-resilient region in the world.