Christine Norah

March 31-April 1, 2026 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) The policy dialogue on ratification of the IGAD Transhumance protocol for national and sub-national local authorities, convened by ICPALD, made necessary progressive steps towards actualizing the Protocol’s endorsement. In attendance at the two-day meeting were members of several parliamentary standing committees on: Foreign Affairs;…

March 23-28, 2026 (NAIVASHA, Kenya) ICPALD, in collaboration with the University of Sussex, has been scaling the Forecasts to Local Action (FOLA) approach to strengthen locally led anticipatory action across Arid and Semi-Arid counties. During a capacity building session of National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) officers and engagement with ASAL communities,…

March 24-25, 2026 (JUBA, South Sudan) During the Policy Dialogue on Ratification of the IGAD Transhumance Protocol for National and Sub-National Local Authorities of South Sudan various speakers reaffirmed support towards ongoing processes of the Protocol’s implementation. “Though political borders are rigid in nature, ecological border connections are fluid. People living…

March 23-26, 2026 (JUBA, South Sudan) Organized by ICPALD’s AfDB-funded EIDFR Project, in partnership with University of Juba, an intensive four-day incubation immersion for youth-led startups was held to support co-founders of 20 startups that recently secured their first seed funding tranche. IGAD’s Head of Mission to South Sudan, Dr. Victoria…

February 23-24, 2026 (ENTEBBE, Uganda) ICPALD held the regional workshop on strengthening the IGAD sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) committee under ICPALD’s Pastoralism and Livestock Adaptation to Climate Change in Eastern Africa Programme (PLACE) Project. Funded by EU through UN FAO, sixteen people participated in the two-day workshop held in Entebbe. Participants…

February 11-13, 2026 (NAIVASHA, Kenya) The Technical Working Group (TWG) training for IGAD lusters I, II and III was convened with funding from GIZ under the Peaceful and Resilient Borderlands Programme (PRBP) framework. In attendance were ICPAC, ICPALD, GIZ technical officers (epidemiology and diagnostics specialists) from Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South…

February 10-12, 2026 (MOYALE, Ethiopia) Sub-COF5 was organized by ICPAC and ICPALD, in collaboration with Norwegian Capacity (NORCAP), National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of Ethiopia & Kenya, and WMO Global Producing Centres. This forum was supported with funding from the UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), International Development Research…

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…