24-04-2018, Djibouti (Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held an Inception Workshop for the Development of an IGAD Regional Forestry Policy and Strategy on April 10^th in Nairobi with support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

 03-03-2018, Djibouti (Djibouti): A Results-Based Project Management (RBM) training was completed in Tadjourah (Djibouti) on February 28^th for the Focal Points of the various national institutions under the Djibouti Arid Lands Project, facilitated by the Authority. Intergovernmental Development Authority (IGAD) in terms of technical assistance, and funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). 

23-01-2018, Djibouti (Djibouti): The Director of Agriculture and Environment Division of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Mr. Mohamed Moussa, today received the Assistant Director General for International Cooperation and Communication of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Dr. Shideed Kamel, at IGAD Secretariat.

IGAD, with the financial support of the EU, has been implementing a Regional Biodiversity Programme. The Programme has developed a Regional Biodiversity Policy and Protocol and National and Regional Biodiversity Database and Information Systems. Through the technical support of Implementing Partners (IPs), the Programme has also built capacity of communities at three cross-border demonstration sites to showcase how communities can support their livelihoods from biodiversity resources while sustainably managing these same resources The purpose of the Regional Workshop was therefore to share IPs experiences on sustainable management of biodiversity resources with member states’ experts with a view of replicating the good practices to wider areas in the region. The experiences also included adding values to biodiversity related products in the demonstration sites, which could also be promoted in other areas in the region. CORDIO also provided its experiences on conservation and sustainable management of coastal and marine resources in the Lamu area (between Kenya and Somalia) and around Tahdjoura in Djibouti, where they proposed Local Marine Conservation Areas In addition, presentations on ecosystem management and functions and services of ecosystems were made to enhance awareness of the experts on same.

The member countries of IGAD established a new regional network to expand and strengthen their fight against illegal wildlife trade in the Horn of Africa at a November 15 ceremony at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Ministers responsible for wildlife conservation from the IGAD member states signed a Protocol and Declaration establishing the Horn of Africa Wildlife Law Enforcement Network (HAWEN) as a specialized technical network of IGAD.  The launch capped a five-year initiative driven by recognition that illegal wildlife trade is a common threat that has no respect for borders and that stronger, more active cross-border cooperation is needed to combat it.