Our current work

To date, the TC has supported IGAD member states in the development of Country Programme Papers (CPPs), which articulate the investment programming blueprint for prioritising resilience-enhancing interventions at country-level.

In addition, the TC has facilitated the authoring of six Technical Briefs, which provide the technical rationale and evidence base for identifying interventions. These interventions will ultimately enhance the resilience of the ASAL communities and therefore allow them to cope better with hazards such as drought. Under its new platform, the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI), IGAD has developed the Regional Programming Framework (RPF), which details the human resources, infrastructure and financial resources required to coordinate the implementation of identified priority regional and related national, interventions and actions that create and enhance resilience against drought-related disasters.

Since the development of these investment plans, the TC has embarked on more focused engagement with the Member States, beginning initially with Kenya and its focal point for drylands investment planning, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), but with a view to extending this engagement to the other Member States over the next few years. At present, the TC is extending its support to Ethiopia and is reviewing the best protocol for engagement in this Member State with respect to the focal point for drylands investment.