Strengthening Drought Resilience in IGAD – Region

- some opportunities for Somaliland -

IGAD-Secretariat in Hargeisa, November 2013

Background of the IGAD drought resilience

strategy

Drought Emergency in Sept. 2011:

(12 Mio. People affected by acute hunger)

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Headey (2011)

Nairobi Declaration - Summit,

Sept. 2011

“End drought emergencies –

and do things differently”

Political commitment ....

IDDRSI-Strategy targets

drought-prone areas in IGAD-Region

IGAD – Atlas,

2013

PIA 1:Environment and Natural Resource

Management

PIA 2: Market Access, Trade and Financial Services

2.1. Transport and market development2.2. Livestock mobility

2.3. Financial transaction 2.4. Trans-boundary disease control &

SPS measures and standards2.5. Regional trade and infrastructures

2.6.Harmonized financial services

1.1 Water management1.2 Pasture and land management

1.3 Equitable access to natural resources1.4 Environmental management

(incl. renewable energy and bio-diversity)

1.5. Pollution control.

PIA 3: Livelihood Support

and Basic Social Services

PIA 4Disaster Risk

Management, Preparedness and

Response

4.1 Early warning response4.2 Climate monitoring and climate change4.3. Mapping of pastoral movements and drought events occurrence

5.1 Support to applied / adaptive research5.2 Advisory and extension services / systems

5.3 Knowledge management and communication5.4. Promote the network of national and regional dryland

collaborative, adaptive and applied research centres.

PIA 5:Research and Knowledge

Management and Technology Transfer

PIA 6: Conflict Prevention,

Resolution and Peace building6.1 Conflict resolution6.2 Peace building and mediation mechanisms6.3. IGAD Conflict Early Warning and Response Network at national and Africa wide level.

(Drought) ResiliencePIA 7:

Coordination, institutional strengthening, partnerships and resource mobilisation

7.1 Coordination and Platform management,7.2 Institutional mechanisms 7.3 Partnerships

7.4. Gender mainstreaming and empowerment

IDRRSI Thematic - Spieder

3.1. Livestock production & health3.2. Agriculture production and productivity3.3 Fisheries development3.4 Income diversification3.5 Productive and social safety nets3.6 Equal access to basic social services (nutrition, education, health, water sanitation)

CPP Kenya

CPP Uganda

CPP Ethiopia

CPP Somalia(Somaliland/Puntland/South -Central Somalia)

CPP South Sudan

CPP Sudan

CPP Djibouti

Regional Programming Paper (RPP)

IDDRSI – Regional Strategy

Coordination Mechanism through a Regional

Platform

Regional Platform for DroughtResilience and Sustainability

General Assembly

Steering Committee

Platform Coordination Unit

Regional Platform connected to national platforms

Validated version following the stakeholders' consultation workshop held at IGAD Secretariat 12 – 16 June 2013, where senior representatives from technical sectors of the three regions of Somalia participated and provided inputs and changes to the technical draft of 7 January 2013. The Ministerial meeting held at IGAD Secretariat in Djibouti on 16 June 2013 validated the revised So-CPP.

SOMALI – Country Programming PaperSomaliland, Puntland and South-Central Administrative Regions

5th July 2013

AoI 2: Market Access and

Trade

2.1. Transport, storage and market infrastructure development

2.2. Securing Livestock mobility 2.3. Financial transaction and private

sector development 2.4. Trans-boundary disease control &

SPS measures and standards

1.1 Water resource development1.2 Pasture and rangeland development

1.3 Secure access to natural resources1.4 Environmental management

(incl. renewable energy and bio-diversity)

3.1. Livestock production & health3.2. Agriculture production and productivity3.3 Fisheries development3.4 Income diversification of the five livelihood systems (pastoralism, agro-pastoralism, urban, riverine and marine fishing)3.5 Productive and social safety nets3.6 Access to basic social services

4.1 Early warning response system4.2 Climate monitoring and climate change adaptation

5.1 Support to adaptive research5.2 Advisory and extension system

5.3 Knowledge management and communication

AoI 6: Conflict Resolution and

Peace building

6.1 Peace building and conflict resolution6.2 Improved governance

(Drought) Resilience

Areas of Intervention in the Somalia CPP

AoI 3: Livelihood Support

AoI 1:Sustainable

Natural Resource Management

AoI 4Disaster Risk Management

AoI 5:Research and Knowledge

Management

Additional to the national efforts, drought

resilience strengthening needs regional and

cross-border cooperation between IGAD –

Member States

Why?

09.11.2014

.. because pastures, water points and

rivers are used across the borders

... because corridors for livestock trade and

pastoral routes cross borders

... because ethnic groups ambrace

several countries

5th July 2013

Some opportunities for Somaliland

within the drought resilience agenda

Be involved in cross-border cooperation within

the IGAD - Clusters

Somaliland to be involved in the Dikhil-Cluster(Border Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somaliland)

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

AoI 1:Sustainable Natural

Resource Management

AoI 2: Market Access and

Trade

AoI 3: Livelihood Support

AoI 4Disaster Risk Management

AoI 6: Conflict Resolution and Peace building

Figure 3. Groundwater Storage Potential

in the Horn of Africa

Somaliland

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

AoI 1:Sustainable Natural

Resource Management

1.1 Water resource development

SOURCE: (DRAFT) REGIONAL INITIATIVE IN SUPPORT OF

THE HORN OF AFRICA

Figure 4.Transport Connectivity in the Horn of Africa

SOURCE: (DRAFT) REGIONAL INITIATIVE IN SUPPORT OF

THE HORN OF AFRICA

The Berbera – Addis Ababa Corridor

SOMALILAND

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

AoI 2: Market Access and

Trade

2.1. Transport, storage and market

infrastructure development

SOURCE: (DRAFT) REGIONAL INITIATIVE IN SUPPORT OF

THE HORN OF AFRICA

Thank you for your attention!

IGAD-Secretariat in Hargeisa, November 2013