RCC East and Southern Africa, UN Women and UNDP hosted a three-day regional workshop to inform national and global level planning processes on the climate agenda. This workshop brought together UNFCCC National Gender and Climate Change Focal Points, key government actors from East and Southern Africa, and members of civil society organizations to exchange best practices and strategies for integrating gender considerations into climate action initiatives.

The three-day capacity development, sharing and learning event provided an opportunity to engage and discuss with stakeholders to further the climate change conversation, build climate change engagements, share experiences on NDCs, NAPs, gender and climate finance, National Gender and Climate Change Action Plans, global climate negotiations and national preparatory processes. This should allow countries to engage better with the ministries for follow-up during in-country discussions.

The event also facilitated long-term collaboration among regional stakeholders to identify problems using data and predictive methods. One expected outcome is a way forward on future gender action plan activities to support prioritization and national-level implementation.