The Horn of Africa Initiative
Ending Famine Emergencies in the
Horn of Africa
Partnership Consultative Meeting
15-16, Nov. 2011, Kempinski Palace Hotel,
Republic of Djibouti
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
Djibouti,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan/South Sudan, Somalia and Uganda
Report of
the Consultative Meeting
Public
Lecture Res Publica Litereria – RL Vol XII No 348 MMXVIII
Costantinos
Berhutesfa Costantinos, PhD
Professor
of Public Policy & Sustainable Institutional Reforms
Abstract
The objectives of
the IGAD Partnership Consultative Meeting on the Horn of Africa Initiative -
Ending Famine Emergencies in the Horn of Africa are to share information on the
initiative: its origins, vision, issues and challenges and potential areas of
intervention, currently and potentially available sources, grant and loan funds
and amounts and propose a road map for institutional coordination to move the
initiatives forward and agree implementation modalities and determine an array
of roles and responsibilities and preliminary configuration of stakeholders,
partners, IFIs, etc. The expected
outcome of the Partnership Consultative
Meeting is partnership
agreement for sustainable livelihoods in the Horn: A shared understanding of the initiative (vision, objectives,
scope, and strategy) and roadmap
and modalities for implementing shared vision, roles and responsibilities,
agreed institutional arrangement. The IGAD-led
partnership outcomes for ending drought
triggered emergencies and promoting sustainable livelihoods in the Horn
entails developing.
The Heads of
State and Government of IGAD, EAC and South Sudan, meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on 9 Sept 2011, at the
Summit on the Horn of Africa Crisis; undertook to enhance the following. First is provision of timely
and actionable early warning information to all, ensure efficient utilisation
of water resources in the region under existing and future co-operative
frameworks. Further, it is to promote
ecosystem rehabilitation and management, encourage the shift from reliance on rain-fed agriculture, and launch regional projects to
address the underlying causes of vulnerability in drought-prone areas, reform emergency humanitarian response
to enhance resilience and long-term solutions. The priority areas for long-term investment are long-term investment in
sustainable management of water for crop, livestock production and domestic
use; sustainable use of natural resources including rangelands; securing
pastoral assets and production systems; market-related infrastructure and
financial services; and new approaches on conflict-sensitivity and disaster
risk reduction.
Key words: famine, early warning, natural resources,
investment, ecosystem, livelihood security
See paper here or https://www.academia.edu/37763230/Ending_Famine_Emergencies_in_the_Horn_of_Africa_Vol_XII_No_348_MMXVIII
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