Mission Risques Naturels

MRN is an association dedicated to natural risk knowledge and DRR, between the two trade associations (FFSA and GEMA) of insurance undertakings operating on the French insurance market.
Its primary activities are:
- Institutional: Multi-stakeholder dialogue and PPP projects on risk knowledge, data-sharing and dissemination, awareness-raising, sectoral representation in DRR participative governance at national, regional and local levels
-Studies and general interest services

Support PSP activities to promote the Five Essentials for Business in Disaster Risk Reduction in the following areas:
1. Promote and develop public-private partnerships for disaster risk reduction to analyze the root causes of continued non-resilient activity.

2. Leverage sectoral private sector expertise and strengths to advance disaster risk reduction and mitigation activities, including enhanced resilience and effective response.

3. Foster a collaborative exchange and dissemination of data: Share information on assessment, monitoring, prediction, forecasting and early warning purposes and action between the public and private sectors.

4. Support national and local risk assessments and socio-economic cost-benefit analyses and capacity-building, and demonstrate opportunities where resilience building and disaster risk reduction is a sound economic strategy, with attractive returns and competitive advantages.

5. Support the development and strengthening of national and local laws, regulations, policies and programmes that enhance disaster risk reduction and improve resilience.