Gizella Marie A. Herrera
Project Coordinator, Agence Française de Développement

Gina Herrera has over 15 years of experience in managing development projects in Southeast Asia, focusing on infrastructure and public–private partnership project appraisals. At Agence Française de Développement Philippines, she coordinates disaster risk management and infrastructure (transport and energy) projects, policies, and affairs.

Insight

Local governments need a combination of strategic policy reforms and capacity building to effectively perform disaster risk reduction and management functions.