World Bank Group Virtual Report Launch: Financial Protection of Critical Infrastructure Services

Overview

The 2021 Report “Financial Protection of Critical Infrastructure Services” presents a preliminary operational framework for economies to improve the financial resilience of critical infrastructure services. Written by the World Bank Group’s Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance team in partnership with APEC, it builds on existing principles and approaches to disaster risk financing. With representation from governments, critical infrastructure, academia, and financial sectors, this virtual webinar aims to initiate a dialogue on how to design, implement and scale some of the proposed priority policy actions to strengthen the resilience of infrastructure services against shocks.

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Post-Event Resources

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Part I. Welcome and Opening Remark, by Mr. Naoya Jinda, Director of Research Division, Ministry of Finance, Japan (Opening Remark) & Ms. Shoko Takemoto, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Specialist, Tokyo DRM Hub, World Bank Group (Welcome)

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Part II. Framing Presentations

1) Operational Framework for Financial Protection of Critical Infrastructure Services, presented by Mr. Benedikt Signer, Program Coordinator, Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance, World Bank Group

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2) Financial Instruments for Critical Infrastructure Services, presented by Dr. Nicola Ranger, Deputy Director, Centre for Greening Finance and Investment 

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3) Data and Analytics to Design Risk Financing Programs for Critical Infrastructure Services, presented by Prof. Jim Hall, Director of Research in the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford

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4) Risk Financing Programs for Critical Infrastructure Services – Financier’s perspective, presented by Mr. Masaaki Nagamura, General Manager International Initiatives, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

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5) Risk Financing Programs for Critical Infrastructure Services – Government’s perspective, presented by Mr. Roger Fairclough, Chair, New Zealand Lifelines Council

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Part III. Ignite Presentations: Case Studies on Actions to Strengthen the Financial Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Services against Shocks – Actions, lessons, and next step

1) Ignite 1: Strengthening the Financial Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Services against Shocks of Vietnam Road Sector, presented by Ms. Jen Jung Eun Oh, Infrastructure Sector Leader – China and Mongolia, World Bank Group

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2) Ignite 2: Strengthening the Financial Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Services against Shocks through Singapore Disaster Resilience Assessment, Modelling, and INnovation (DREAMIN’) project, presented by Dr. Beatrice Cassottana, Postdoctoral Researcher in Control, Detection and Recovery of Resilient Cyber-Physical System, Singapore-ETH Centre

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3) Ignite 3: Strengthening the Financial Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Services against Shocks through the Perspective of a Private Electric Utility, presented by Mr. Hendrik Rosenthal, Director, Group Sustainability, CLP Holdings Limited

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4) Ignite 4: Strengthening the Financial Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Services against Shocks in Rural Electrification in the Philippines, presented by Mr. Artis Nikki Tortola,  Deputy Administrator, Technical Services, National Electrification Administration, The Philippines

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Part IV. Q&A and Closing Remark, by Ms. Shoko Takemoto, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Specialist, Tokyo DRM Hub, World Bank Group (Q&A Moderator) & Mr. Benedikt Signer, Program Coordinator, Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance, World Bank Group (Closing Remark)

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