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07 Feb 18

Grades and Standards Harmonization Meeting: Live Animals, Meat and Hides & Skins 30th January to 1st February 2018, Adama – Ethiopia

Introduction Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) is being implemented in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda and funded by the World Bank. IGAD is tasked with harmonization of policies in the project participating countries in order to encourage cross-border and regional trade. Harmonization of grades and standards of live animals, meat…

16 Jan 18

Dissemination Workshop on Conflict and Livestock Interventions, 21-22 December 2017, Naivasha – Kenya

The IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock development (ICPALD ) has been undertaking a number of regional studies on policies, strategies , guidelines and validated them with member states, providing and organizing training and experience sharing to enhance the capacity of different stakeholders in collaboration with member states ,…

15 Jan 18

Regional Italian Meat Focal Points Meeting, 10th January 2018 Naivasha-Kenya

Background IGAD and FAO have jointly been implementing a regional project on “Improving Supply of Safe and Quality Livestock and Meat Exported from the Horn of Africa to Middle East and North African Countries” (GCP/RAF/490/ITA) that has four outputs. The project has facilitated a number of activities to promote live…

04 Dec 17

Conflict Sensitivity and Prevention Toolkit

The Conflict Sensitivity and Prevention (CSP) toolkit was developed as part of the World Bank funded “Pastoralism and Stability in Sahel and Horn of Africa” project (PASSHA, 2015-2017, World Bank). It is aimed at supporting the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in…

28 Nov 17

Regional experience sharing mission conducted on Export quarantines in Sudan

Introduction IGAD member countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and Uganda) are rich in livestock and home to 336 million ruminants (cattle, small ruminants and camels). These resources are also the main livelihoods for the pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the Arid and Semi-arid /ASALs/ of the…

28 Nov 17

Operationalizing the Cross Border Animal Health activities in the multilateral Karamoja cluster

Introduction A draft multilateral MOU between Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda seeks to harmonize some cross border animal health activities and natural resources. As per the MoU scope of cooperation, the activities to be addressed include; harmonized disease surveillance, harmonized vaccinations and treatments, animal health information system, timely disease…

17 Nov 17

Second Inter-Regional joint meeting conducted between exporting and importing countries to strengthen collaboration for enhanced livestock and meat trade

Introduction IGAD and FAO have been implementing a regional project on “Improving Supply of Safe and Quality Livestock and Meat Exported from the Horn of Africa to Middle East and North African (MENA) Countries” funded by the Italian International Cooperation. IGAD region exports about 50% and less than 10% of…

05 Oct 17

Uganda-Kenya Cross-border Meeting: Harmonized Trans-Boundary Disease Surveillance and Vaccination in Karamoja Cluster 24-29 September 2017

The Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank is concomitantly under implementation in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. One of the operational activities of the national RPLRP project is supporting the national veterinary department towards cross-border area disease surveillance and animal vaccination. In order to maintain and…

14 Aug 17

Regional Validation Workshop on Public Resource Allocation and Private Sector Investment in Livestock in the IGAD Region, 25-26 July 2017 Mombasa, Kenya

IGAD/ICPALD organized a regional Validation Workshop on Public Resource Allocation and Private Sector Investment in Livestock in the IGAD Region from 25-26 July 2017 in Mombasa, Kenya. Welcome remarks were made by Dr. Solomon Munyua, Director of ICPALD. He welcomed the delegates, gave a brief history as to when IGAD…

02 Aug 17

Validation workshop for the National RVF-CP for Uganda -27th to 28th July 2017

A validation workshop for the national Rift Valley Fever contingency plan (RVF-CP) for Uganda was held in Entebbe from 27th to 28th July 2017. A total of 47 participants, drawn from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) headquarters and regions, Ministry of health, Ministry of water and…