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February 9-10, 2026 (DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti) ICPALD in collaboration with the University of Djibouti and the Chamber of Commerce organized the National Policy Workshop, to deliberate on a completed in-depth entrepreneurship ecosystem assessment carried out under the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development for Fragility Reduction (EIDFR) project. The workshop was attended…

January 21-22, 2026 (JIGJIGA, Ethiopia) The Second Multi-Sectoral One Health Forum for the IGAD Mandera Cluster brought together the Ministries of Agriculture/Livestock, Health, Environment and key development partners. Convened by ICPALD under the Regional Livestock Program (RLP) project, with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the forum provided a collaborative…

Our PASSAGE Project brought together a transdisciplinary team of academic and technical partners for a one-day post-graduate research dissemination and progress review meeting. “From this forum we can gauge what can be of actionable benefit from the student’s work and also provide them with meaningful feedback”, said Dr. Dereje Wakjira…

ICPALD, SPARC and Jameel Observatory held a policy and practice dialogue focusing on the sustainable development of drylands. Co-convened by the three institutions, the event took place on October 1st & 2nd, 2025 at the Movenpick Hotel in Nairobi. In opening, H.E. Mohamed Abdi Ware, IGAD Deputy Executive Secretary, said, “There…