08-02-2017, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Disaster Risk Management Technical Advisory Committee (DRM TAC) and Representatives of the National Meteorological and Hydro Metrological services of the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) member countries this morning inaugurated a TAC meeting in Addis Ababa in order to launch a project titled Building Resilience to Disasters through Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation and discuss disaster risk management issues in the region.

06-02-2017, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) this morning opened the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Forum for March, April, and May 2017 during an inauguration ceremony presided over by the Deputy Minister of Water, Irrigation, and Electricity of Ethiopia, HE Eng Wondimu Tekale, with the Director of Agriculture and Environment Division-IGAD, Mr Mohamed Moussa, and representatives from the United Nations system, the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in attendance at the high table.

21-01-2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ministers in charge of drought resilience agenda at Member States of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) this morning launched the project Collaboration in Cross-Border Areas of the Horn of Africa Region during an Extra-ordinary General Assembly of the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) held in Addis Ababa under the chairmanship of the Minister of Livestock and Fisheries of Ethiopia, HE Prof Fekadu Beyene, and facilitated by the Executive Secretary of IGAD, HE Amb (Eng) Mahboub Maalim, with the Ambassador of Ethiopia to Djibouti, HE Amb Shamebo Fitamo Adebo, and the Head of the European Union Delegation to Djibouti and IGAD, HE Amb Adam Kulach, in attendance at the high table.

20-01-2017, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) this morning convened the 7th Steering Committee Meeting on the implementation of the Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) with the Ambassador of Ethiopia to Djibouti - HE Shatemo Fitamo Adebo - as Guest of Honour, and under the chairmanship the Executive Secretary of IGAD, HE Amb (Eng) Mahboub Maalim, with the Head of the European Union Delegation to Djibouti, HE Amb Adam Kulach, in attendance at the high table.

A high level meeting was this morning held between the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to discuss their long term working relationship, and to strategize on how the two organizations will continue to implement and work towards border security, drought resilience, food security and nutrition, as well as research on resilience.