2024 Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (AfRP-9)

The Ninth Session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (AfRP-9) and the Eighth High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in person from 21 to 24 October 2024 in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia under the theme “Act Now for the Resilient Africa We Want”.

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The two events are hosted by the Government of the Republic of Namibia and are being organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the African Union Commission in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community.

Organized once every three years, the AfRP-9 has established itself as a critical mechanism that brings together Member States, Regional Economic Communities, civil society organizations, development partners and other disaster risk reduction stakeholders to review progress, share experiences, good practices and lessons learned in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa. AfRP-9 will seek to build a consensus on the way forward to enable Member States to deliver on their commitments to the Sendai Framework and the Programme of Action for its implementation in Africa, thereby contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want.

The High-Level Meeting will be held back-to-back with the AfRP-9 and will bring together Ministers and Heads of Delegations to consider and adopt the AfRP-9’s outcomes, which will be submitted to the African Union Policy Organ for endorsement thereafter. The recommendations and outcomes adopted at the High-Level Meeting will inform the outcome of the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction scheduled to take place from 2 to 6 June 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

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