Training Programmes/Capacity Building Initiatives

Course 1:

Fundamentals of Disaster Risk Financing for Advancing Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - This Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) course in Fundamentals of Disaster Risk Financing for Advancing Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)  is a forty (40) contact hour online course focusing in large measure on enhancing the understanding and use of the tools used in disaster risk financing and the important role these tools play in advancing debt and fiscal sustainability of countries.

The course starts January 28, 2026 and ends May 13, with the final exam on May 20, 2026.

Course 2:

Online Summer Course in Disaster Risk Financing and CCRIF Parametric Insurance 2026 

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 25 to July 23, 2026 (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)

Applications for the course, Disaster Risk Financing and CCRIF Parametric Insurance, are now being accepted.

Applications must be submitted by: June 14, 2026

APPLY HERE

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.