ICPALD News

April 28-29, 2026 (KENYA, Naivasha) ICPALD convened a regional workshop to review progress in implementing Regional Livestock Program (RLP) supported livestock policies and strategies at national and sub-national levels, in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) through the RLP, the forum brought together IGAD…

April 12-15, 2026 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti City) Supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), ICPALD is implementing the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development for Fragility Reduction (EIDFR) Project in Djibouti and South Sudan. The project aims to enhance institutional capacity for entrepreneurship, promote innovation ecosystems, and generate sustainable youth employment. Following the partial…

April 8-10, 2026 (WAJIR, Kenya) The participatory piloting of community risk narratives for the Mandera Cluster was conducted under the PASSAGE Project implemented by the IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD), in collaboration with the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA). The forum opened with remarks made on…

April 8-11, 2026 (NAIVASHA, Kenya) ICPALD convened a writeshop, with experts, to identify, characterize and draft specific tools and guides for the practitioners Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) manual. The tools and guides are key to the manual’s implementation, especially in honing skills of current and future extension workers in the…

April 14-15, 2026 (ENTEBBE, Uganda) IGAD through ICPALD’s Pastoralism and Livestock Adaptation to Climate Change in Eastern Africa Programme (PLACE) Project convened key policy makers and legislators of Government of Uganda, on the development and implementation of a roadmap to fast-track the signing and ratification of the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance.…

March 30–April 2, 2026 (NAMANGA, Kenya) ICPALD convened a Kenya–Tanzania cross-border One Health workshop to strengthen multi-sectoral coordination and transition from dialogue to action. The workshop, held on 30-31 March 2026, fostered a shared understanding of priority zoonotic risks while exploring and strengthening One Health implementation at the human–animal–environment/plant interface. During…

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…