Start Network is pleased to announce US$4.2 million of new funding to help protect people in Somalia from ever-worsening drought. The pay out is a result of a collaboration between the Federal Government of Somalia, African Risk Capacity and the UK Government.
FAO has joined efforts with the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group to integrate gender dimensions in climate action and disaster risk management and reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The MoU signed consolidates the ongoing partnership between FAO and ARC, which has already demonstrated solid results in awareness-raising and data-generating efforts. The outlined areas of cooperation for the five-year agreement include advocacy and awareness-building, gender mainstreaming, technical mutual support, and resource mobilization.
Dakar, 8 décembre 2022 – La Mutuelle panafricaine de gestion des risques (ARC) a annoncé aujourd’hui le lancement officiel du produit d’assurance paramétrique contre les risques épidémiques à fort impact ainsi que la participation du Sénégal en tant que premier pays africain à adhérer à ce nouveau mécanisme de financement innovant.
Dakar, December 8, 2022 - The African Risk Capacity (ARC) today announced the official launch of the parametric insurance product against high-impact epidemic risks and Senegal's participation as the first African country to join this new innovative financing mechanism.
Sharm El Sheikh, 14th November – The European Union (EU) Commission announced funding of EUR 9 million in the form of grants to the African Risk Capacity (ARC) at a special COP 27 event as part of marking the 10th anniversary of the specialized agency of the African Union.
Sharm El Sheikh, November 10th – As the impact of global warming intensifies, it has become inevitable to leverage dynamic tools and modelling technologies to better predict and respond to critical weather and environmental conditions.
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) is pleased to announce the organization of a two-half day virtual Technical Review Forum (TRF) of its Flood Model. The TRF will be held on 9 - 10 November 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa in English with simultaneous translation in French and Portuguese.
Kampala, Uganda, October 10th – The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa and the African Risk Capacity have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance joint efforts and cooperation in Disaster Risk management and Climate Action in Africa.
As part of our efforts to strengthen our strategic partnership with the World Food Programme, UN-ASG and DG of ARC Group Ibrahima Cheikh Diong and team met today in Rome with WFP’s Deputy ED in charge of Advocacy and Partnership, Ute Klamert and her team.
This week, we convened our 2nd African Disaster Resilience Forum (ADRF) lecture organised in collaboration with our partners, the African Union, the African Development Bank, the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies and African Business Magazine, under the theme "Africa's road to COP27 and beyond: Outlining Opportunities and Priorities for the Continent".
