Building Sovereign Financial Resilience in Middle-Income Countries Knowledge Series How to access the Financial Risk Assessment and the Financial Response Design tools? The Financial Risk Assessment and the Financial Response Design tools discussed in this session will be available at the link provided below. A link to the user guide is embedded within each of the tools, this will provide more detailed documentation around how to use the tool. Location: https://www.financialprotectionforum.org/online-learning-financial-risk-response-tools. The Tools have been developed to support World Bank client countries better understand the risk of losses occurring from natural disasters and the benefits of ex-ante disaster risk financing instruments. The aim of the Tools is to increase the user's understanding the risk associated with disasters and different financial instruments that are available when managing the risk associated with disasters. The Tools are for educational purposes and should not be used for decision making without expert advice, therefore users of the Tools should seek qualified expert advice for specific diagnostic and analysis of a particular project. Should you have any questions around how to use the tool, which are not covered in the user guide or if you have technical problems with accessing these tools, please send details of the issue to drfip@worldbankgroup.org. The tools were developed with financial assistance from the European Union. The presentation of the tools is delivered within the World Bank - Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Knowledge Exchange Series on Building Resilience in Middle-Income Countries (MICs). For more information on the knowledge series click here.