DRFF in the News
Dec 12
2018
Established in 2016, DRF CoP is 5 years old now with over 6,000 members globally. DRF CoP provides practitioners support through a network of online ( www.financialprotectionforum.org ) and offline CoP events and activities with the goal of helping governments, businesses, NGOs, and populations at risk to be more resilient to the economic and fiscal shocks caused by natural disasters. For more information, email us . Click the link here or scan the QR code above to join our Disaster Risk... Keep reading
Nov 20
2018
Launched in 2015, the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRF) initiative works with 19 sub-Saharan African countries to develop and implement tailored financial protection policies and instruments which can help them respond quickly and resiliently to disasters. The ADRF Initiative is the first program in sub-Saharan Africa to focus on the broad disaster risk finance (DRF) agenda. It is financed by the European Union (EU) and part of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) – EU Program Building... Keep reading
Oct 23
2018
In partnership with the governments of Germany and the United Kingdom, the World Bank Group announced today a US$ 145 million Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) to help vulnerable countries manage to financial impact of climate change and natural hazard-induced shocks. GRiF will directly contribute to the goals of the InsuResilience Global Partnership , launched at COP23 in 2017, and will be a member of its Program Alliance. The GRiF is currently supported by the German Federal Ministry for... Keep reading