12-13-2018: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: IGAD, with financial assistance from EU, to a tune of 14 million Euro, has been implementing a Regional Biodiversity Management Programme (BMP). The programme has 3 components, namely the regional policy development, the regional biodiversity database and information system and capacity development in biodiversity conservation. The third component was being implemented at three cross-border demonstration sites, namely the Lamu area between Kenya and Somalia, the Awash – Lake Abe area, between Ethiopia and Djibouti and the Boma-Gambella Parks area, between Ethiopia and South Sudan. With the support of the programme, IGAD has developed a regional Biodiversity Policy, a regional Biodiversity Protocol, and four other related strategies, namely, the IGAD Wildlife Management Strategy, the IGAD Invasive Species Control and Management Strategy, the IGAD Biodiversity Benefits Sharing Strategy and the IGAD Strategy on Domestication of regional Policies and Strategies. It has also supported member states to strengthen / establish national and regional biodiversity databases and information systems.

15-11-2018, Nairobi (Kenya): The Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Water and Sanitation of Kenya, Hon. Simon Chelugui, yesterday presided over a meeting which gathered Ministers in charge of water resources at the Member States of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Nairobi.

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Communique' of the Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Water Resources in the IGAD Region.pdf

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2018-11-16 12:03

07 November 2018, Djibouti (Djibouti) - The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), H.E. Amb. (Eng.) Mahboub Maalim, and the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Subregional Coordinator for Eastern Africa (FAO), David Phiri, today co-chaired the IGAD-FAO Technical Coordination Meeting held at the IGAD Secretariat in Djibouti.

18-10-2018, Nairobi (Kenya): Ministers of Agriculture and Ministers of Land Management from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Member States this morning adopted the IGAD Land Governance Strategy in Nairobi.

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Communique' on Land Governance in IGAD Region.pdf

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2018-10-19 16:29

17-10-2018, Nairobi (Kenya): Following the meeting of yesterday October 16^th during which Directors responsible for land management and those responsible for agriculture, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today held a one-day meeting with Development Partners on Land Governance Project.