CELEP webinar on “Enabling policy for pastoralists”

On 25 November 2020, a webinar entitled “Towards an enabling policy environment for African pastoralists” was organised by SNV and the Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) as part of their engagement in the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP). It was planned in close collaboration with staff from the AU (African Union), ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and IGAD (Intergovernmental Agency for Development). It aimed to create a better understanding of policy frameworks concerning pastoralism in the IGAD and ECOWAS regions and at AU level. The exchange focused on challenges related to setting up, endorsing and implementing the policy frameworks within national policies.

The webinar was facilitated by Koen Van Troos (Policy and Education Manager, VSF-Belgium; & Regional Focal Point, CELEP), and the speakers were:

• Mamadou Koutou, Senior Research and Programme Officer at the AU’s Semi-Arid Food Grain Research and Development (SAFGRAD) Bureau, on achievements and pitfalls in implementing the AU Policy Framework for Pastoralism in Africa
• Japheth Kasimbu, IGAD transhumance expert, on the status of the Transhumance Protocol in the IGAD region
• Michael Ochieng Odhiambo, Director of People, Land and Rural Development, Kenya, on perspectives of African civil society on the development of the policy frameworks.

The report on the webinar can be found here.

Posted on 9 December 2020 in CELEP Documents, News, Pastoralism, Policy & Power, Video