• Steering committee Meeting, IGAD-Swiss Partnership status update

    Kempisky palace Hotel, Djibouti, 12th May 2015, Reporting Officer: Dr. Adan Bika INTRODUCTION. The Partnership is premised on a shared commitment to promote peace and security, political stability and good governance as a prerequisite for building resilience and economic and social development in the Horn of Africa region. It also recognizes the orientation and aims […]

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  • Inter-Regional Conference on Rift Valley Fever Djibouti

    Reporters: Drs. Ameha Sebsibe and Sam Wakhusama Date of the mission: 21-23 April 2015 Place of mission: Djibouti   Introduction   The OIE, in partnership with the FAO organized the Inter-Regional Conference on Rift Valley Fever in Djibouti. The meeting brought together professionals to discuss on New options for trade, prevention and control of RVF from […]

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

    Nairobi, Safari Park Hotel, May 5-8, 2015 Introduction, objectives and presentations The Sanitary phytosanitary agreement (SPS) allows members to take scientifically based measures to protect public health. The agreement commits members to base these measures on internationally established guidelines and risk assessment procedures. In the case of particularly stringent measures, countries must present scientific justification. […]

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

    Introduction In line with the Activity plans for 2015 for Tanzania under the Standard Methods and Procedures in Animal Health Project, a national SMP roll-out workshop for Tanzania was held at Royal Village hotel in Dodoma, Tanzania from 5th to 8th May 2015. Its main objective was to roll-out ready Standard Methods and Procedures (SMPs) […]

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

    During the week in focus we had the following highlights amongst others: For any comments or suggestions on the articles featured in this newsletter kindly contact the specific media houses mentioned; KENYA:Is your livestock down with disease? Worry about your health too UGANDA: Remove abattoirs from towns GLOBAL:Scanning Cattle Retinas Allows Faster BSE Detection KENYA: Tracking […]

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  • European Union (EU) Special Envoy visit to ISTVS

    IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School hosted a delegation headed by the European Union (EU) Special Envoy for Somalia, Amb. Michele Cervone d’Urso. The delegation included Marco Hekkens (Head EU Field Office, Hargeisa), Suzzane Martin (Head of Section, Nairobi office) and Alberto Fiat (Field Office, Hargeisa). The purpose of the visit was to assess the progress […]

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  • 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

    The Sanitary phytosanitary agrement (SPS) allows members to take scientifically based measures to protect public health. The agreement commits members to base these measures on internationally established guidelines and risk assessment procedures. In the case of particularly stringent measures, countries must present scientific justification. The SPS Agreement, generally is a compromise that permits countries to […]

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

    The ISTVS Governing Council membership comprises of three representatives from IGAD (including the IGAD director of Agriculture and Environment Division, director of ICPALD, founding institution (Terra Nuova), representatives of the Vice-Chancellors of partner universities (Makerere University, University of Nairobi, Mekelle University), chair of IGAD Partners Forum, representatives of the private sector (dryland agriculture / natural […]

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

    During the week in focus we had the following highlights amongst others: For any comments or suggestions on the articles featured in this newsletter kindly contact the specific media houses mentioned; SOMALIA:  Livestock export in Somalia hits record in 2014: UN agency S.Sudan: Presidential cattle arrive in Bahr el Ghazal region FAO: Pastoralist Knowledge Hub aims to give […]

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

    During the week in focus we had the following highlights amongst others: For any comments or suggestions on the articles featured in this newsletter kindly contact the specific media houses mentioned; KENYA: Matuga Animals Electrocuted AFRICA:New UN platform aims to bring pastoralists voices to global decision-making stage GLOBAL: Heifer Rearing: When Do They Pay You Back […]

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