Latest News

ICPALD Blog

Follow Us

Weekly News

Regional Halal Meat and Slaughtering Training, 20-22nd June, 2018, Naivasha-Kenya

Regional Experience sharing workshop on Breed Management and Improvement to increase beef production in ASALs of IGAD Region, June 7- 9th June, 2018; DebreZeit, Ethiopia

National Legal Experts Meeting on finalizing on the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance for South Sudan 13-14-06-2018, Juba

ICPALD undertook assessment of Alternative markets for meat export to Hong Kong, 29-31st May, 2018

ICPALD holds a Policy and Legal Experts’ Meeting for Kenya on IGAD Protocol on Transhumance

QC, IGAD ink deal to support Horn of Africa.

Promotion of Regional and International Livestock Trade- 2nd May, 2018; Naivasha, Kenya

Regional meeting on Domestication of Regional and National Animal Welfare strategies, 30th April, 2018, Naivasha – Kenya

Regional meeting to Introduce and validate Awareness Materials on Import Requirements, 1st May, 2018, Naivasha, Kenya,

3rd Regional Fodder and Range Platform in IGAD Member States to enhance Feed Security, 11-12th April 2018, Naivasha- Kenya

Training of Trade counselors stationed in Embassies of IGAD countries located in Middle East, Asia and Some African importing countries ; Entebbe – Uganda

Cross Border Peace dialogue meeting between Kenya and Uganda,17-18th February,2018,Lodwar-Kenya

IGAD /ICPALD organized participation of private sector involved in livestock and meat export at GULF food fair 2018

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

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

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

Conflict Sensitivity and Prevention Toolkit

Regional experience sharing mission conducted on Export quarantines in Sudan

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

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

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

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

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

NEALCO/ESADA Twinning and Experience sharing training- 13- 14th July, 2017 in Naivasha, Kenya

Establishing National Livestock Policy Hub (NLPH) in Somaliland- 13-15th June, 2017

Validation workshop of National Animal Welfare Strategy and Implementation Plan for Somaliland, 12th June, 2017

test-post

NEALCO Policy, Investment, Communication and Advocacy (PICA)Training

Bi-Weekly ICPALD Livestock & Pastoral News Highlights (ICPALD NH0017/17)

Regional Experience Sharing Event On Improved Livestock Management Practices Conducted

Regional Workshop on Promotion of Good Practices of Fodder and Seed To Private Sector For Increased Investment Undertaken

IGAD /ICPALD organized participation of private sector involved in livestock and meat export at GULF food fair 2017

NEALCO MEMBERSHIP DRIVE AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR PUNTLAND, SOMALILAND AND FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA HELD IN HARGEISA, SOMALILAND, 10-12 DECEMBER 2016

A REGIONAL TECHNICAL CROSS-BORDER MEETING HELD AT ENTEBBE, UGANDA, 6-10 FEBRUARY 2017

Experience sharing Mission on livestock identification and traceability system (LITS) undertaken to Namibia for Livestock ministers and parliamentarians of IGAD

Training provided for North East Africa Livestock Council (NEALCO) national chapters & regional Executives in Policy, Investment, Communication and Advocacy (PICA)

A follow-up meeting of the Regional Network for Quarantines

Gap Analysis of Cross-border Livestock Trade Policy and Practices, and Cross-border Market Infrastructure

NEALCO Membership drive and awareness campaign in Djibouti

The 7th Annual Eastern Africa Regional Animal Health Network (EARAHN) Meeting, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 4-7 Oct 2016

ICPALD undertook Trade mission in South East Asia for the private sector and regulatory bodies of IGAD livestock exporting countries

ICPALD undertook Trade mission in South East Asia for the private sector and regulatory bodies of IGAD livestock exporting countries

The NEALCO Executive and Advisory committee Meeting

Sudan and Ethiopia draft MoU on cross-border Animal Health and livestock trade programmes

Inter-Regional joint meeting of IGAD -Middle East & North Africa ( MENA) countries to improve collaboration & enhance livestock export trade undertaken

Regional Animal Welfare Strategy and Action Plan for IGAD Member States validated

The regional Fodder and Range Platform for IGAD Member States launched

Inception Workshop for the Project “Building Resilient Pastoral Communities through Cross-border Livestock Value Chains in the IGAD Region

Meeting With ILRI Facilitated by CTA

Regional Technical Working Group for harmonization of Grades and standards of live animal, meat and hides and skins established in the IGAD region

NEALCO members visited feedlots and abattoirs in South Africa and Botswana to benchmark and learn good practices

Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia identified priority areas and develop draft binding agreements on animal health and livestock trade to facilitate service delivery along their common borders

Validation of Djibouti Livestock Development Fund (LDF) report undertaken

The IGAD regional livestock identification and traceability systems (LITS) legal framework validated

Validation of the report of diagnostic goat value chains study in north-eastern Kenya conducted

Continental Workshop on Harmonization of Pesticides Regulations in Africa

ICPALD conducted a regional workshop to Strengthen Livestock Policy Hubs in IGAD Members states

Regional Experience Sharing Event On Artisanal Mining

Training of trade counsellors of IGAD exporting countries based in Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates, other major GCC importing countries and Egypt

4th STSD Steering Committee Meeting

IGAD /ICPALD organized GULF food fair mission for the private sector involved in livestock and meat export

Improving Land Governance in the IGAD Region

AU-IBAR and ICPALD Planning Meeting for STSD

The Standard Methods and Procedures in animal health (SMP-AH) Review and Planning Workshop Held at Dar-es-Salam, Tanzania.

IGAD celebrate 30 years Anniversary

Regional Meeting for Sharing lessons to Improve Feed Security in the IGAD Region undertaken

The regional project on meat and livestock export launched

IGAD granted Observer status at WTO Committee for Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)

Regional meeting to review the status of implementation of grades and Standards

The Regional Export Quarantines Network established and launched

Regional consultative meeting to improve understanding of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Regional Workshop on Establishing IGAD Dryland Research Forum

GHACOF 41 Held in Dar-es-Salaam

The SMP-AH joint national training for frontline animal health workers from border entry points and cross-border areas in Djibouti, Somaliland and Puntland

SMP-AH National SMP roll-out workshop for Somaliland and Central South Somalia, Hargeisa

Regional Training Workshop for Media Practitioners on Drought Resilience and Pastoralism

Validation of the Standard Operating Procedures for Laboratory Tests for Trade Related Trans-boundary Animal Diseases

Making Animal Welfare and Human Wellbeing our Principal goal in Africa : AU- IBAR

Second Eastern Africa Sub-regional Workshop on Climate-Smart Agriculture

Bi-Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. ​13th – 24th July 2015

ICPALD Mission to Khartoum, Sudan

Prioritization and categorization of transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses in IGAD Region and member states

Workshop for creating a community-based grassroots disease reporting system for Uganda

SMP Roll out workshop for Uganda

The sixth VET-GOV Programme Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting

ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL SPS COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED AND TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SANITARY & PHYTOSANITARY (SPS) CONDUCTED

IGAD /ICPALD participated on the 38th Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) global meeting

Test training on modular curricula development on Spatial Planning and Applications of GIS &RS in Agro pastoral Production Systems and Natural Resource Management for IDDRISI.

ICPALD Protocol Mission to South Sudan

Status of domestication of the Regional Animal Health Policy Framework (RAHPF) in the IGAD region reviewed

Progress of STSD project evaluated by Steering committee held in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia

Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. 22nd – 26th June 2015

IGAD commends President Kenyatta for lifting ban on remittance companies, asks the world powers to follow suit

IGAD Signs an Updated MoU with Shalom Center

Regional knowledge exchange, mutual learning and dissemination workshop, 10th – 11th June 2015, Naivasha, Kenya

Workshop for creating a Community-based grassroot disease reporting system for South Sudan, 4-5 June 2015

SMP Roll-out workshop for South Sudan held at Juba, 1-3 June 2015

A Regional Technical Back-Stopping Workshop For Aris Ii Administrators From The Igad Region, Naivasha, 9-10 June 2015

Regional Knowledge Exchange, Mutual Learning and Dissemination Workshop

Consultative Workshop on Mobile Phone Applications for Disease Reporting in the IGAD Region, Naivasha, Kenya

Report on Livestock Identification System (LITs) Experience sharing Tour to Namibia

Steering committee Meeting, IGAD-Swiss Partnership status update

Inter-Regional Conference on Rift Valley Fever Djibouti

Regional training on Sanitary Phyto-sanitary, Technical Barriers to Trade and trade facilitation for IGAD member states

SMP roll-out workshop for Tanzania, Dodoma, 5-8 May 2015

Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. 13th- 17th April, 2015

European Union (EU) Special Envoy visit to ISTVS

WTO and IGAD conducted regional training on Sanitary phyto-sanitary and Technical Barriers to Trade and trade facilitation for IGAD member states, May 5-8, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya

Brief on the 3rd ISTVS Governing Council meeting, 21st April, Hargeisa

Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. 4th-8th May, 2015

Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. 27th – 30th April 2015

Weekly ICPALD Livestock and Pastoral News Highlight. 20th – 24th April 2015

Regional experience sharing visit undertaken to the Ethiopian Livestock Industry and other support institutes

Newly Appointed South Sudan Envoy Amb. Akuei Bona Malwal Presented Accreditation to IGAD Executive Secretary

Progress of two livestock projects (STSD and SMP-AH) in IGAD region evaluated by Steering committees held in Naivasha , Kenya

View all