Dr. Sintiki Tarfa Ugbe is the Director of Humanitarian & Social Affairs and has oversight responsibility for the portfolio on Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Risk Management at the ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Ugbe was the Senior Level ECOWAS Official that supervised the implementation of the ACP-EU funded project on “Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction Coordination, Planning and Policy Advisory Capacity”, of the World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) which culminated in the successful adoption of the ECOWAS Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Strategy & Action Plan (2020-2030) and the ECOWAS Flood Risk Management Strategy and 2020-2025 Action Plan by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers. She is also now engaged in a similar role in the ECOWAS/UNDP Regional Project on “Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Adaptation for Resilience in the Sahel Region: fostering risk-informed solutions for sustainable development” in West Africa with particular emphasis on enhancing regional recovery and resilience building processes that address underlying disaster and climate change risks and restore pathways to sustainable development in West Africa.