CELEP Documents (page 12)
Meeting with EU delegation in Kampala, Uganda
As part of the CELEP annual action plan, CELEP organised a meeting on 28 June 2019 in Kampala between representatives of the European External Action Service (EEAS) – European Commission delegation – and CELEP members and partners. These meetings are pivotal, as planning for the next programming cycle – which will define the focal sectors […]
CELEP participation in 3rd AU–EU Agriculture Ministerial Conference in Rome
CELEP joined the Third African Union-European Union Agriculture Ministerial Conference in Rome on 21 June 2019. As mentioned on the meeting website, the aim was “to further unlock the potential for a positive rural transformation and an inclusive and sustainable agriculture and agri-food sector in Africa”. The meeting focused mainly on the report of the […]
IYRP promoted at pastoralism conference in Burkina Faso
At the Conference on Pastoralism and Rangelands Restoration on 19-20 June 2019 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tezera Getahun from Pastoralist Forum Ethiopia (PFE) – a member of the IYRP Support Group and member of the CELEP Core Group – presented the call for a United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). He explained […]
Karamojong: “Pastoralism is our future”
The Karamoja Development Forum (KDF), a CELEP partner organisation based in Uganda, has issued a statement to the Ugandan Government in defence of the pastoralists’ rights to mobility. The statement “For Karamojong: Pastoralism is our future, not our past” was published in the newspaper New Vision on 27 May 2019. It was in response to […]
CELEP members co-organise “72 hours of milk”
CELEP members Veterinarians Without Borders (VSF) Belgium and Oxfam organised the “72 hours of milk” event held in Brussels on 8–12 April 2019. A short film “Let’s not export our problems!” explained how European milk (and milk byproduct) exports are inhibiting the local milk sector in West Africa. CELEP sponsored Dr Margareta Lelea from the […]