IGAD hosted a high-level consultation meeting on inter-state cooperation in the Karamoja Cluster on 26 July 2018 in Moroto town, Uganda. The meeting was attended by Ministers in-charge of resilience as well as other senior officials from Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda. Representatives of relevant programmes of IGAD such as the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI), IGAD Centre For Pastoral Areas Development And Livestock Development (ICPALD), the Peace and Security Division (PSD) as well as representatives of development partners were also present.

30-07-2018, Arta (Djibouti): The Director of Agriculture and Environment Division of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Mr. Mohamed Moussa, today presided over the Validation Workshop of the Land Governance Business Plan in Arta, Djibouti.

IGAD through its Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) is hosting a cross-border dialogue for Karamoja Cluster from 24-25 July 2018 in Moroto, Uganda. The first of its kind, the dialogue brings together local administrative officials, community leaders as well as representatives of women and youth actively working on peace and development issues across borders - from Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda.

15-07-2018, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Water Resources Management yesterday July 14 embarked on a two-day meeting aimed at being briefed on the ongoing IGAD Water Programme, the recent developments in instruments of international water law, and to be exposed to the concept and logical steps of mainstreaming gender in policy and programme cycles.

 Expert representatives from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), John Owino - Programme Officer at the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office in Nairobi - and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Dr Sonja Koeppel - Geneva based Environment Affairs Officer at the Convention on the Protection and Use of Trans-boundary Watercourses and International Lakes in Geneva - are also participating in this technical meeting.

 In his opening remarks, the Director of Boundary and Trans-boundary Rivers Affairs Directorate at the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity of Ethiopia, Mr. Teshom Atnafie, welcomed the TAC members. “There is transformation going on in our region”, he said. “We are in a situation where we are working to strengthen our relations with our neighboring countries”, he added. 

 He reaffirmed Ethiopia’s readiness to cooperate with its neighbors on trans-boundary water resources development and management for the benefits of the population of the region.

 The Director of Agriculture and Environment of IGAD, Mr. Mohamed Moussa, stated that during the meeting, TAC members will be briefed on the status of the water programme and projects at the regional organisation. He also reminded the TAC members that IGAD is a gender sensitive organization. “The IGAD Regional Water Policy favours gender mainstreaming in all water programmes and projects, and this is the reason why the gender component is brought in the agenda of this TAC meeting”, he said.

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The Executive Committee of the Horn of Africa Wildlife Enforcement Network (HAWEN) held its first meeting on May 24-25, 2018 at the UN Economic Commission for Africa Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  The HAWEN was launched in November 2017 as a Specialized Network of IGAD to strengthen and coordinate IGAD member states’ efforts to combat illegal wildlife trade in the Horn of Africa Region.