The Africa common position for the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

This document reflects on the progress, challenges, priorities and offers commitments of the African continent on the implementation of the Sendai Framework in connection to the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Some of the commitments for further implementation of the Sendai Framework include:

1. To strengthen Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) and Data Management building on existing initiatives and ensure country-driven implementation of the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System Programme, including the establishment of situation rooms in countries in fragile and conflict-affected situations.
2. To develop capacity and scale up investment in national meteorological and hydrological systems for improved weather and climate information generation and service delivery for effective early warning, anticipatory action and transboundary risk management at all levels
3. To support the development and implementation of coherent, risk-informed, people-centred, inclusive, holistic, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction governance frameworks, indigenous and local knowledge systems and practices, policies, strategies and programmes; and strengthen local leadership and community-led resilience in DRR through the empowerment of local communities and prioritizing women and marginalized groups.
4. To establish and operationalize innovative and sustainable domestic financing solutions and improve public-private partnerships.
5. To enhance national systems for the collection, analysis and reporting of disaster loss and damage data, disaggregated by economic and non-economic losses and, where relevant, by income, age, gender, disability and geographical location.