Training

Building capacity in insurance and risk financing

Our training programmes focus on areas central to creating a robust ecosystem that can effectively respond to and mitigate the financial impacts of crisis, disaster and climate change.

Training is integral to our comprehensive strategy, which includes advocacy, research, capacity-building, integration of insurance and risk financing into national development frameworks and ongoing engagement and collaboration with government ministries, insurance industry partners, and donors.

E-LEARNING

An introduction to insurance and risk finance for the SDGs

In this short e-module, discover how risk transfer through insurance and risk financing solutions can protect and drive development and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

E-LEARNING

Scholarship Programme for Inclusive Insurance Training

Our Scholarship Programme facilitates access to inclusive insurance capacity-building for practitioners who champion the development of local products that meet the needs of low and middle-income customers and micro, small, and medium enterprises. By collaborating with training institutes and national partners, we enhance access to learning opportunities.

E-LEARNING

Navigating Inclusive Insurance Markets: A Practical Guide

Our Inclusive Insurance Navigator is designed to assist practitioners with varying levels of experience in inclusive insurance and research methods, streamlining the process of creating effective and inclusive insurance solutions.

Climate and Disaster Risk Training

This face-to-face training is designed to strengthen public officials’ capacity to manage disaster risks. It fosters skills to support, develop and implement effective climate adaptation and disaster risk mitigation strategies at national and local levels. The training is responsive to country contexts and can be integrated into broader national strategies.

Objectives

Enhance government stakeholders’ capacity to understand and manage diverse risks through the collection and analysis of disaster risk data to make informed and strategic decisions.
Strengthen government officials´s capacity to design and implement effective risk financing mechanisms, such as insurance frameworks and risk-sharing instruments.
Strengthen capacity to develop governance processes that support the effective planning and implementation of disaster risk finance strategies, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Inclusive insurance capacity-building programme

UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility offers a comprehensive, hands-on capacity-building programme in inclusive insurance to strengthen insurance markets by enabling the insurance industry to deliver innovative insurance solutions benefiting underserved populations. Delivered over 9 to 12 months in partnership with national insurance training institutes or entities, the programme uses a train-the-trainer approach to facilitate knowledge transfer and sustainability.

Objectives

Enhance the capacity of insurance practitioners to understand the needs of underserved populations and design innovative inclusive insurance solutions that provide effective protection against diverse risks.
Strengthen industry professionals’ capacity to develop and implement inclusive insurance frameworks and risk-sharing instruments, expanding market penetration and reaching new segments.
Develop insurance professionals’ capacity to establish governance processes and systems that support effective planning and implementation of inclusive insurance and risk mechanisms, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Training on inclusive insurance distribution channels

Inclusive insurance provides vital protection to underserved communities and presents businesses with an opportunity to reach new markets and advance social and sustainability objectives. UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility offers training for companies and organizations that can act as partners in inclusive insurance distribution.

Objectives

Expand participants’ knowledge of inclusive insurance, focusing on product types, their role in advancing environmental, social and governance (ESG) agendas, and their alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Highlight the business case and public policy alignment for distributing inclusive insurance.
Strengthen participants’ skills to design and manage successful partnerships with insurers, emphasizing customer-centric distribution and recognizing key success factors.
Explore how technology innovations can enhance distribution efficiency, capacity, and overall value.
Prepare participants to support staff learning and development, including responsible selling and customer education. Review tools and training strategies that empower distribution channels to deliver inclusive insurance sustainably and impactfully.

Building actuarial expertise to strengthen safety nets worldwide

UNDP and Milliman have partnered to implement the Global Actuarial Initiative (GAIN) across 12 developing and emerging countries to strengthen the actuarial profession. Through generating local expertise, this programme enables insurers and regulators to effectively address risks and ensure the future financial well-being of people, organizations, economies and societies.