The Need
The Philippines is one of the world’s most disaster-prone nations — and few sectors feel that vulnerability more acutely than maritime. For domestic fleet operators and seafarer communities, a typhoon, flood, or maritime emergency isn’t a distant possibility. It’s an occupational reality. Yet many fleet operators lack certified business continuity systems, and seafarer communities remain underprepared for the disasters that regularly threaten their lives and livelihoods. Without targeted intervention, the maritime sector’s exposure to disaster risk will continue to outpace its capacity to respond.
The Intervention
RIS2E integrates institutional capacity development, community disaster preparedness, and multi-stakeholder partnership. It guides fleet operators through gap analysis, pre-audits, and certification support to implement Business Continuity Management Systems that meet international standards, equips seafarers and their families with practical, life-saving knowledge through community-based disaster preparedness training, and strengthens implementation through learning materials and formal partnerships with MARINA and local government units — ensuring that what is built is compliant, credible, and sustained long after the project ends.
Country:
Phillippines
SDGs
Key Priority Area/s:
Disaster Risk Management Skills
Education & Entrepeneurship
Donor:
Philippine Transmarine Carriers Inc., KFW DEG
Partners:
ECC International
10,000
Community participants targeted for disaster resiliency training through community-based training sessions
Goals Achieved:
100
Fleet personnel trained and certified using developed guidelines and training materials covering safety and operational standards
Goals Achieved:
10
Fleet operators assisted through gap analysis and pre-audits–identifying compliance gaps and strengthening operational readiness across maritime operators
Goals Achieved:
MOUs Signed
Formal partnerships established with Marina and Local Government Units
Goals Achieved:
Featured Projects
Master of Disaster and Insurance Education Program (Malayan Insurance Co.)
Resilient Organizations Built for Sustained Transformation of the Philippines (ROBUST PHIL)
Baseco Resilient Communities
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