Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 9)
Assessing policy frame in pastoral areas of sub-Saharan Africa
The policy paper “Assessing the policy frame in pastoral areas of sub-Saharan Africa” (2022, 39pp) by Michele Nori, is one in a series of the Robert Schuman Centre’s Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute looking at the framing of policy around pastoralism in different regions of the world. This one was funded through […]
Conference, photos & films in Brussels on pastoralism
On 7–8 December 2022, a series of events on pastoralism will be held in Brussels, Belgium, in support of the forthcoming International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026. The events are organised by the PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty & Resilience: Global Lessons from the Margins) research project funded by the European Research Council, VSFB […]
Innovation in governance among pastoralists: Horn of Africa
The report “Innovation in governance: integrating technical and contextual perspectives to address fragility” (2022, 12pp) by Kamran Hakiman & Chloe Stull-Lane, focuses on how using process innovations can improve decision-making within complex environments in the drylands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Somalia. The research centres on the participatory multistakeholder approach SHARED (Stakeholder Approach to […]
Pastoralism & policy course in Uganda
The Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU) asked the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) to run a workshop in 2017 to introduce a pastoralism and policy training course developed for East Africa to a multistakeholder group from Uganda. Workshop participants agreed that the training – if adapted to the Ugandan context – would enable […]
Legal & policy options to support pastoralism in Kenya
For the course developed by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on Pastoralism and Policy in East Africa, Michael Odhiambo prepared a contribution on “Policy and legal options for supporting pastoralism at country/inter-county levels in Kenya”. This outlines the opportunities for supporting pastoralism based on the strategy, policies and plans of the Government […]