Djibouti, June 15th 2015 – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are launching today a project to support the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) process in the sub-region. The project launching will take place at the Institute of Diplomatic Studies of Djibouti and it will involve two days of technical discussions among the representatives of the stakeholders.

Entebbe (UGANDA), 06-05-2015: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in partnership with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched a three day meeting for IGAD member states over a project titled Building River Dialogue and Governance (BRIDGE) in Entebbe, Uganda.

Nanyuki (Kenya), April 20, 2015: The intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries of Kenya, opened the Kenya-Ethiopia Cross-Border Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) Harmonization Workshop today in Nanyuki under the leadership of Mr. Diducas Ityeng, Team Leader for the RPLRP-Kenya, Dr Kifle Argaw, Drought Resilience National Coordinator for Ethiopia, and Dr John Kabayo, Head of the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) Platform Coordination Unit (PCU).

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Fourth Steering Committee Meeting for the Regional Drought Resilience and Sustainability Platform was convened today in Addis Ababa bringing together Member States and Partners of IGAD. The aim of the meeting is to take stock of the progress of the resilience program ahead of an IGAD ministerial meeting on the state of the resilience in the region.

IGAD ministerial meeting on the Drought Resilience Program will be held on Friday, March 27th, 2015 in Addis Ababa at Hotel Hilton.