Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 18)
CELEP toolbox for advocacy
For the Participatory Rangelands Project (PRM) in which CELEP is involved through its focal points Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium (VSFB) and Resource Conflict Institute (RECONCILE), CELEP developed the toolbox “Increasing skills for advocacy” (2018, 20pp) This covers basic concepts related to advocacy and lobbying, and includes exercises to identify advocacy issues, propose solutions, formulate recommendations, […]
Pastoralists influence climate-related policy in Kenya
SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) leads the Voices for Change Partnership (V4CP) programme together with IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) with funds from the Netherlands Government. V4CP works with civil society organisations (CSOs) worldwide to bridge the gap between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their implementation within society, especially in low-income and marginalised communities. […]
Crossing boundaries: policies & laws for mobile pastoralism
Initiated by the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and authored by Jonathan Davies et al of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the 90-page publication “Crossing boundaries: legal and policy arrangements for cross-border pastoralism” (2018) brings a review of various legal and policy instruments […]
CELEP at EC InfoPoint: linking research & policy
“Linking research to policies and practices: experiences in pastoralism in Eastern Africa” was the topic of the lunchtime conference organised by CELEP at the European Commission (EC) External Cooperation InfoPoint in Brussels, Belgium, on 29 November 2018. Pastoralism is an important and valuable livelihood for millions of people in the Eastern African drylands. It contributes […]
Peacebuilding in Kenya-Somalia borderlands
In the article “The changing nature of local peacebuilding in Kenya’s north-eastern borderlands” (2018), published in Accord Insight 4: 26–33, Aden Abdi and Jeremy Lind examine the northeastern Kenyan borderlands with Somalia, tracing the evolution of conflict and peacebuilding from the post-independence period to today. Through a historical analysis of relations between the margins and the centre, they […]