Effective Policies for Promoting Agriculture Climate Insurance to Increase Resilience in ASEAN

The objective of the workshop is to bring together policy makers, scientists, practitioners, and private companies engaged in developing crop insurance products and respective policies in ASEAN. This is to exchange experiences and knowledge on viable, pro-poor and gender sensitive crop insurance solutions as well as to discuss collaboration in the field of regional policies and capacity building to improve farmers’ access to such insurance products.

Through panel presentations, large and small group discussions, and a hands-on training workshop, conference delegates will share ‘best practice’ approaches and ways to mitigate challenges as experienced in national agricultural insurance programs in AMS. Part of the conference will be structured as an interactive problem solving workshop wherein two key challenges, as suggested by delegates in advance of the conference, will be discussed in-depth. Possible focus areas include: best practices in farmer training/awareness creation to drive uptake, developing product distribution channels, leveraging new technologies for registration and claims, scaling with mobile technologies, or prioritizing risks to cover. The goal is to have actionable learnings that delegates can take back to the insurance programs in their home countries.