GAD, ICPAC and WFP Regional Bureau for East and Central Africa concluded a workshop starting from August 4 to 8 t 2014 by discussing methods and tools for incorporating climate change into food security and livelihoods analysis. The workshop has also looked at how the analysis can inform climate change adaptation programmers. In addition, stakeholders’ information needs has been discussed.

The Platform Coordination Unit (PCU) of the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) organized a three-day hands-on training on and Investment tracking tool dubbed the 3W Map for the Office of Prime Minister (OPM) of Uganda on October 11th, 12th and 13th in Kampala.

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to address the root causes of poverty, and underline the universal need for an inclusive and resilient development. Investing in gender equality and women’s empowerment in policies and programmes are pre-requisites for effective delivery of the SDGs.

Background

For centuries, long before political boundaries were established, pastoralists inhabiting the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of the Horn of Africa (HOA) region were able to mitigate drought and other uncertainties including marginalization in access to natural resources with mobility and trade as their core coping mechanisms.