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ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL SPS COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED AND TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SANITARY & PHYTOSANITARY (SPS) CONDUCTED
ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL SPS COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED AND TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SANITARY & PHYTOSANITARY (SPS) CONDUCTED Non-compliance with world animal and plant health and food safety standards is deemed as a major barrier to accessing international agricultural trade and thereby denying countries the exploitation of the competitive advantage of their locally produced commodities, thus missing out on […]
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IGAD /ICPALD participated on the 38th Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) global meeting
CODEX Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is one of the standard setting organizations that work to protect the health of the consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food trade. IGAD has been granted an observer status in CAC since July 2011 and was represented on the above meeting by Drs. Solomon Munyua and Ameha Sebsibe, ICPALD […]
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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.
The IGAD Modular Curricula Development for training courses on GIS/RS application in multi-sectoral and spatial planning in the context of IDDRSI Project (ICDP) is a regional technical support program assisted and funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Its goal is to develop and strengthen the capacity of IGAD structures to provide […]
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ICPALD Protocol Mission to South Sudan
Background: In 2009, the IGAD members of Parliament proposed that IGAD establishes a dry land training institution and technical centre to promote bio-prospecting and bio-enterprises. In December 2009, the IGAD Ministers, responsible for livestock development, effected that proposal and signed the animal health policy framework, in which Article VI (institutional provision) states that IGAD […]
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Status of domestication of the Regional Animal Health Policy Framework (RAHPF) in the IGAD region reviewed
Status of domestication of the Regional Animal Health Policy Framework (RAHPF) in the IGAD region reviewed. ICPALD/IGAD and AUIBAR jointly organized the above regional meeting with the main objectives of creating further awareness to the relevant Ministries and Stakeholders on the RAHPF, to share and discuss on the outputs and recommendations of the previous meeting […]
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Progress of STSD project evaluated by Steering committee held in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Progress of STSD project evaluated by Steering committee held in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia ICPALD/IGAD and AUIBAR jointly organized steering committees’ meeting on Improving Animal Disease Surveillance in Support of Livestock Trade (STSD project ) on June 26, 2015 in Addis Ababa to review the project progress including technical and financial reports, work plans and […]
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IGAD commends President Kenyatta for lifting ban on remittance companies, asks the world powers to follow suit
Nairobi, 23 June, 2015: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Monday commended Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for lifting a ban on remittance companies that was imposed by the Central Bank of Kenya in March 2015. “This is a bold move by the President who has in mind the interest of not only Kenyans but […]
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IGAD Signs an Updated MoU with Shalom Center
Nairobi, Monday 15 June 2015: IGAD has today signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation. In the updated MoU that takes precedence from the one signed four years ago, the two organizations intend to co-ordinate their efforts in the region and collaborate closely in promoting cooperation […]
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Oliver Salehe
