The event marked an important moment in the country’s commitment to protecting vulnerable populations from the growing impacts of climate shocks, while reaffirming its leadership within the Alliance of Sahel States. It also laid the foundation for the upcoming “Ouagadougou Declaration on Gender Integration in Disaster Risk Management,” which is expected to guide regional collaboration and action in the months ahead. Key discussants and panelists came from government representatives from the ministry of Agriculture, Animal Resources and Fisheries of Burkina Faso, ministry of Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity, which is also the ministry in charge of gender affairs, the coalition of non-government organisations, the embassy of Canada in Burkina Faso, the secretariat of the African Risk Capacity Group represented by Eva Grace Kavuma, the GDG, a.i. and the Gender Division. Discussions gravitated around two key themes : The importance of gender disaggregated data in Disaster Risk Management and the need for gender sensitive budgeting in Disaster Risk Management in Burkina Faso. The main outcome of the policy dialogue was the firm commitment of the government of Burkina Faso to take the lead on gender integration in DRM in the Alliance of Sahel states. From this perspective, the government of Burkina Faso will hold a conference where this issue will be discussed with other countries that are part of the alliance. An initial draft declaration will be circulated, and once finalised, it will be called the #Ouagadougou_Declaration_on_gender_integration_in_Disaster_Risk_Management. This will serve as a discussion paper during the planned conference.