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.

Addis Ababa, 23-03-2015: The IGAD Inland Water Resources Management Programme (INWRMP) launched a Regional Training Course in Multi-functional Reservoir Operations in Trans boundary River Basins with a focus on the Ethiopia-Kenya shared Omo River Basin this morning in Addis Ababa.

Nanyuki (Kenya), 16-03-2015: This morning at Nanyuki in Kenya, IGAD Inland Water Resources Management Programme (INWRMP) and the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Natural Resources (MEWNR) of Kenya kick-started a five-day Training Course on Integrated Water Resources Management for the Water Resources User Associations (WRUAs) hailing from the Northern parts of Kenya.