DECISION ON THE ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN RISK CAPACITY
AGENCY (ARC)
The Executive Council;
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the ARC Group and the recommendations made therein.
2. FURTHER TAKES NOTE of the efforts of the ARC Group in implementation and operationalisation of the refreshed ARC Group Strategy 2020 - 2024 towards ensuring that the strategy is adequate to meet the needs of Member States.
3. COMMENDS the ARC Group for the efforts to strengthen resilience in Africa against the multiple hazards and perils, coupled with the pandemic, it faces and for the extensive efforts that was directed towards accelerating and completing the development of ARC’S Outbreaks and Epidemics (O&E) solution as well as for the implementation of gender sensitive and inclusive disaster risk reduction strategies.
4. CALLS UPON State Parties to utilize the risk financing tools and products of the ARC Group to support improving the response capacities against natural disasters and outbreaks and epidemics.
5. REQUESTS the ARC Partners to consider providing sufficient funds to sustainably cover ARC multi- year operational and programme costs.
6. ALSO REQUESTS State Parties to support the fundraising drive of the institution and accelerate considerations for voluntary contributions and membership fees to ARC.
7. ENCOURAGES Member States that have not yet signed and ratified the Agreement for the Establishment of the ARC Agency to consider signing and ratifying of the Agreement.