A/HRC/27/57 Programme of Action and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters; (b) The Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which is facilitated by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, functions as the primary regional mechanism to support the implementation of disaster risk reduction strategies and programmes at regional, subregional and national levels, to monitor their progress and facilitate coordination and information-sharing between governments, subregional organizations and United Nations agencies; (c) Periodic high-level meetings such as the African Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, which ensure regional consensus on key issues on disaster risk reduction; (d) The AU Commission will reconstitute the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction to provide coordination and technical support to member States; (e) Joint planning and programming of the activities to implement the approved Programme of Action, which are undertaken by AU member States, regional economic communities, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency, United Nations agencies, development partners, civil society organizations and other relevant institutions. 2. Subregional level implementation 34. Subregional level implementation and coordination is achieved as follows: (a) Regional economic communities focus on providing strategic guidance to their member States, facilitating the implementation of the subregional strategies and programmes in line with the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Programme of Action and the Hyogo Framework for Action within their subregions, and coordination, particularly in respect of inter-State initiatives; (b) Regional economic communities also promote the implementation of the above-mentioned strategies and programmes by establishing subregional disaster risk reduction platforms and focal points, and preparing programmes for resource mobilization to support national and subregional efforts; (c) With support from the AU Commission, the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction system, specialized agencies and civil society, regional economic communities facilitate the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction into sustainable development initiatives. 3. National level implementation and coordination 35. National level implementation and coordination is achieved as follows: (a) AU member States have the primary responsibility to operationalize the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Programme of Action for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Hyogo Framework for Action; (b) Multi-stakeholder national platforms or national committees, including ministries dealing with disaster risk reduction such as ministries of the interior, health, education, urban development, the environment, finance and planning, civil society organizations, the media, the private sector, and scientific and educational institutions contribute skills and knowledge to mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into multisectoral development planning and implementation processes; 11