Welcome to the website of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), an informal advocacy group of European organisations and specialists partnering with pastoralist organisations and specialists in Eastern Africa. The members and partners of the Coalition combine forces to lobby their national governments and European and Eastern African bodies to explicitly recognise and support pastoralism and pastoralists in the drylands of Eastern Africa. We are also in the core team of the international movement that succeeded in gaining UN designation of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists in 2026. On this website for our Coalition, you can find the latest news, documents and articles related to the activities and interests of CELEP.
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28/08/2024
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Guidelines for participatory water management in Karamoja
The Guidelines for participatory water management and development in Karamoja (2024, 62pp), by Adrian Cullis and Raphael Lotira Arasio, were developed by the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU)/Tufts University (USA). They provide a 3-phase and 12-step approach for preparing sub-county water plans in the Karamoja subregion of Uganda, where agropastoralism is the primary livelihood, to […]
14/08/2024
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Tanzanian Government denies Ngorongoro Maasai the right to vote
The Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) is deeply concerned with recent reports indicating that the Tanzanian Government has decided to exclude people from Ngorongoro from participating in the ongoing voter registration process in Tanzania. The exclusion impacts over 100,000 people residing in 25 villages across 11 Wards within the Ngorongoro Division of Ngorongoro District, and […]
11/08/2024
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Collective tenure of pastoral land in North Kordofan, Sudan
The report “Collective tenure of pastoral land in Sudan: evidence from North Kordofan” (2024, 40pp) by Hussein Sulieman et al, published by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), reviews the significance of pastoralism in Sudan and tribal and formal tenure systems and governance. Land acquisition has historically triggered regional conflict and […]
11/08/2024
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Perceptions of land-tenure security in pastoral areas in Kenya
The report “Perceptions of land tenure security in pastoral areas in Marsabit, Kenya” (2024, 48pp) by Ken Otieno et al, published by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), aims to deepen understanding of land tenure in pastoral lands under collective ownership, taking a case from northern Kenya. Land tenure in pastoral […]
11/08/2024
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How climate information services can help pastoralists in the Horn of Africa
The policy brief “How climate information services (CIS) can help pastoralists in the Horn of Africa” (2024, 11pp) by Claire Bedelian, published by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), explores the challenges pastoralists face when using climate information services (CIS). Despite the growing availability of CIS, their use remains limited among […]