Workstream 2: Action & Implementation
Enable effective action and implementation of high-quality Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance solutions in poor and vulnerable countries
InsuResilience Program Alliance
Turning policy into impact – sustained collaboration under challenging conditions
The Program Alliance is the collaborative delivery platform of the Partnership, driving forward risk financing and insurance solutions in vulnerable countries in support of the Partnership’s Vision 2025. Donors, implementing partners and operational programmes come together to promote coherence and global coordination in implementation. Formed in 2017 in conjunction with the launch of the Partnership, the Program Alliance has created a space for collaboration and shared learnings among leading implementers under the Partnership. It was instrumental for the development of Vision 2025 and has facilitated shared learning across a range of key strategic issues. Donors, implementing partners and operational programmes come together to promote coherence and global coordination in implementation. The Program Alliance consists of the following members:
- German Ministry for International Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- World Bank Group, including the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRIF) and the Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF)
- KfW Development Bank, including the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) and other Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance programs
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), including its Insurance and Risk Finance Facility
- The Centre for Disaster Protection (the Centre)
In 2020, the Program Alliance came together for two virtual meetings and additional in-between exchanges. The biannual meetings aim to discuss the progress of the Alliance’s programmes, explore joint approaches and synergies under their respective work plans and project pipelines, strengthen links between policy level dialogue and implementation, and exchange on best practices.
Key topics in 2020 included:
- Implications of Covid-19 on implementation, and lessons learnt for the global crisis financing system, including the Centre’s call to action on crisis financing reforms
- An engagement with the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) to support the development of a project pipeline under the Tripartite Agreement, complementing ongoing efforts under the Program Alliance
- Key elements for financial protection of critical infrastructure services
- An exchange with representatives of the V20 to promote a needs-based approach across the Alliance. This built on the action items raised by the V20 in the first exchange with the Alliance in 2019. Programmes updated the V20 about progress on these items, followed by an exchange on further support and collaboration on the Sustainable Insurance Facility (SIF), and the role of disaster risk finance in the context of debt sustainability.
In 2021, the Program Alliance will be chaired by Alex Lau, Policy Adviser at
In 2021, the Program Alliance will be chaired by Alex Lau, Policy Adviser at FCDO, who will take over from the current chair Annette Detken, Head of the InsuResilience Solutions Fund. The following section provides an update on the various implementing partners under the Alliance.
Case studies from activities under the Alliance can be found here: