Ginés Suárez

Ginés Suárez serves as Senior Specialist in Disaster Risk Management at the Inter-American Development Bank's Environment, Rural Development and Disaster Risk Management Division, based in El Salvador. After earning his degree in Geology from the University of Oviedo and Master's in Risk Management and Disaster Management from the National Autonomous University of Honduras, he has built 22 years of expertise in post-disaster recovery and natural resource management. His significant contributions include co-developing the Index of Governance and Public Policy in Disaster Risk Management (iGOPP) and the Bank's infrastructure risk analysis methodology. Through his work designing disaster risk management programs across multiple countries including Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Peru, he advocates for a more human-centered approach to disaster recovery while emphasizing the importance of proper governance in risk management