Pastoralism & Services (page 21)
2-week training on pastoralism & policy options in E Africa
Understand, advocate for and inform improved pastoral policies & practices in East Africa This 2-week pastoral training course has been successful delivered at MS-TCDC (Training Centre for Development Cooperation) near Arusha, Tanzania, for the last six years. It is designed to improve the capacity of pastoralists to inform and influence national and regional policies to […]
Leading European MP urges change of mind to save lives
Thijs Berman, Member of European Parliament for the Social Democrats, has criticised governments in Eastern Africa in their approach of the droughts in arid and semi-arid lands. According to Berman, the governments lack policies aimed at rural populations and called on the EU to prioritise food security in its development strategy. The current crisis in […]
New MA programme in Drylands Policy and Climate Change Adaptation
Kimmage DSC is accepting applications for its new MA in Drylands Policy and Climate Change Adaptation. NOTE: Please send your expression of interest in this programme directly to the organisers (office@kimmagedsc.ie); your expression of interest will not be published on the CELEP website. Breaking the cycle of impoverishment of vulnerable communities in the drylands of Africa […]
Let’s talk pastoralism: 3rd annual meeting of CELEP
The 3rd annual meeting of CELEP was held 20-22 June 2011 in the United Kingdom. Practical Action UK took the lead in organising the event. During the 2010 meeting in Dublin, organised by Kimmage Development Studies Centre, 18 pledges for action were made by the Coalition partners (see minutes of this meeting). These pledges were […]
Report of CELEP on Lobby Training Workshop
This report presents a summary of the feedback received from participants at the workshop, ‘CELEP Lobby Training Workshop in Arusha, Tanzania from 11th – 13th October 2010’, delivered at the Equator Hotel Tanzania. The feedback forms used at the workshop asked participants to comment on the lobby concept and the delivery of the workshop. If you […]