In response to the Seventh Tranche of the UN Development Account Project, ECA and UNISDR jointly conceived the project on Strengthening Capacities of African Policymakers to Mainstream Natural DRR into National and Regional Development Policies and Strategies in Africa. As indicated in the attached detailed project document, the objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of relevant regional, sub-regional and national entities to mainstream disaster risk reduction (DRR) into regional, sub-regional and national development strategies to contribute to meeting the MDGs and the attainment of sustainable development goals in Africa. The approval of financing of the project from residual funds of the tranche was communicated to ECA in March 2012. Project implementation commenced in February 2013 following designation of focal points by the collaborating partners and revision of the implementation plan.