Press and Publications Office of SELA

Caracas, October 9, 2015.- From October 7 to 8, 2015, was held in the City of Knowledge of Panama, the «IV Regional Meeting on Partnerships between the Public and Private Sector for Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and The Caribbean», under the organization of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System (SELA), with the support of the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America (CEPREDENAC) and the Office of the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

Corporate Social Responsibility Risk Management was the central theme of the meeting that was attended by authorities of the Member States of SELA, regional and sub regional agencies, international organizations, representatives of public and private, to identify and analyze successful experiences derived from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in risk management.

Building strategic alliances between the public and private sectors to strengthen the resilience of nations and communities to disaster risk, it is part of the Latin American and Caribbean institutions, and this year in particular became more important after the adoption MaSDDR 2015-2030 by the United Nations, which is the global reference for excellence in Integrated Risk Management.

The Permanent Secretariat of SELA has held five regional meetings in collaboration with the inherent risk management of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, which has highlighted the need to continue strengthening the relationship of mutual benefit and complementarity between sectors organisms public and private, so as to enhance the capacity of prevention and response of society and its institutions in situations of natural disasters.