The IV Regional Meeting "Partnerships between the public and private sectors for disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: Corporate social responsibility in risk management" is being organized by the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), with the support of the Central American Coordination Centre for Natural Disaster Prevention (CEPREDENAC) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

SELA has conducted several regional meetings to promote public-private partnerships for disaster risk reduction. In these meetings, participants have stressed the need to continue strengthening the complementation relationship and joint action between the public and private sectors, in order to enhance the prevention and response capacity of society and its institutions during disasters.

Participants in this Meeting will include national authorities, regional and subregional agencies, international organizations, the private sector and other entities related to corporate social responsibility in risk management during natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean.