The session convened other ARC partners critical in fostering synergies with GAC-funded initiatives, with the goal to identify shared priorities, complementarities, and potential overlaps across programmes. Participants shared experiences and outlined lessons learnt in the integration of Gender in DRM and climate change response through the ARC, Replica and ADRIFI mechanisms. They also explored strategies to enhance stakeholder collaboration, ensuring cohesive efforts in addressing interconnected climate resilience challenges. Humanitarian partners, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), contributed to the discussions as key enablers of African countries’ participation in ARC risk pools. The WFP collaborates on the ARC Replica initiative, which enables humanitarian actors to secure sovereign insurance coverage for participating countries. AfDB oversees the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) Programme, a flagship initiative for enhancing the resilience and response capacity of African nations to climate-induced disasters. ADRiFi focuses on advancing disaster risk management and financing strategies by integrating risk assessment, mitigation, risk transfer mechanisms, and preparedness planning. In 2019, ARC, supported by Global Affairs Canada / Affaires mondiales Canada, developed and adopted its Gender Strategy. As part of its principles of engagement, the organisation adopted a differentiated approach to gender equality issues in DRM, committing to closing the gender gap, which is central to achieving aspiration 6 of Africa’s Agenda 2063. This framework recognises that the important role of women in agriculture is essential for food security and economic growth. The event concluded with a road map for a strengthened collaboration, with clear indications on expected deliverables of each mechanism, developed. An immediate outcome was the commitment from partners to hold joint working meetings regularly to explore areas of collaboration in ARC member states.