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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24/11/2018
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IGAD study of complementary livelihoods for pastoralists
The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) assessment report “Stocktaking study of complementary livelihoods: market and value chain analysis for identified priority projects in IGAD region cross-border areas” (2017, 84pp) was produced by the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank. The study was conducted in in Borana […]
20/11/2018
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Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands
The FAO paper “Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands: reducing risks, addressing vulnerability and enhancing resilience” (2018, 52pp) explores the mounting challenges faced by pastoralists and indicates opportunities to strengthen the resilience of pastoralist livelihoods. Pastoral livestock production is crucial to the livelihoods and the economy of African’s drylands. It is practised in an area covering 43% […]
17/11/2018
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Pastoralism at crossroads: report from Youth Summit in Brussels
Emmanuel (Teba) Tebanyana, CELEP partner from the Karamoja Development Forum (KDF) in Uganda, was invited to speak on behalf of pastoralist youth at the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Africa Week held in Brussels, Belgium, in early November 2018. He took part in the Africa–Europe Youth Summit on the theme “Same Challenges, Equal Partnership, One Fight: […]
05/11/2018
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Climate-change adaptation building on local innovation
Partners in Ethiopia, Nepal and Nigeria within the international multistakeholder Prolinnova (Promoting Local Innovation) network explored the relevance of the PID (Participatory Innovation Development) approach to climate-change adaptation (CCA) at local level. PID involves multistakeholder experimentation that builds on local ideas and initiatives. The study on “Participatory climate-change adaptation building on local innovation” (2011, 9pp, […]
05/11/2018
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Town camels: Somali innovation in selling camel milk
On their own initiative, some Ethiopian pastoralists have started to raise livestock near towns in the drylands in order to supply milk to the urban market. The study “Town camels: pastoral innovation in a fast changing world – a case study from Gode town, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia” by Abdi Abdullahi Hussein et al (2011, […]
