ICPALD Strategic Plan_ENGLISH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) appreciates the valuable support it had received from officials interviewed (in Member States, IGAD Secretariat and IGAD specialized institutions) and all those who have contributed in one way or another to the formulation process of this Strategy.We especially appreciate the financial support provided by the EU under RISP I and RISPA, IGAD Joint Financing Agreement (JFA) signatories of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Standard(s) Methods and Procedures in Animal Health (SMP-AH),
the VET-GOV Programme support from the EU through the African Union InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and Swiss Development Cooperation.

ICPALD team acknowledges gratefully the support provided by the Executive Secretary (ES) and officers under his office, including the legal office and secretariat, in supporting the establishment of ICPALD by the IGAD Member States. We thank MSs, FAO, Terra Nuova and AU-IBAR for being ICPALD’s valued implementing partners.