Welcome to the website of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), an informal advocacy group of European organisations and specialists partnering with pastoralist organisations and specialists in Eastern Africa. The members and partners of the Coalition combine forces to lobby their national governments and European and Eastern African bodies to explicitly recognise and support pastoralism and pastoralists in the drylands of Eastern Africa. We are also in the core team of the international movement that succeeded in gaining UN designation of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists in 2026. On this website for our Coalition, you can find the latest news, documents and articles related to the activities and interests of CELEP.
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20/11/2015
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Strengthening customary institutions in Isiolo County, Kenya
The Resource Advocacy Programme (RAP) in Isiolo County of northern Kenya used a rapid participatory assessment approach to investigate the benefits of strengthening customary institutions for natural resource stewardship. The objective of the assessment was to weigh the benefits and costs of investments in adaptation to short- and long-term climate variability and change. The investments […]
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Securing community land rights in dryland Kenya
Issues to do with communal land are at the centre of discussion in Kenya, especially pertaining to the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). The report “Securing community land rights in the Kenyan ASALs: available legal options” (2015, 30pp) written by Michael Ochieng Odhiambo and published by the Adaptation Consortium, contributes to the discussion and suggests […]
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Conflict management and food security in the Horn
CELEP member Mercy Corps conducted research in Uganda and the Mandera Triangle to explore how best to build resilience in conflict contexts in Eastern Africa. It examined how conflict management programmes can strengthen resilience to climate and economic shocks. The research tested the efficacy of two peacebuilding approaches: i) improving social cohesion through opportunities for […]
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How Somali communities & families dealt with the 2011 famine
In 2011–12, Somalia experienced the worst famine of the 21st century. Research on the famine has focused mainly on the external response, the reasons for the delay in an international response and implications for international humanitarian action in the context of the “global war on terror.” The paper “Facing famine: Somali experiences in the famine […]
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Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin 6 (Aug 2015)
The sixth issue of “Making Rangelands Secure: news, views and experiences of policymakers, practitioners and communities on making rangelands secure for local users” (12pp) reports on pastoral land rights and governance, land-use planning by the Mursi in southern Ethiopia, the progress of the Community Land Bill in Kenya, the continuing conflicts in Loliondo in Tanzania, […]
