Validation workshop for the Guidelines/Instrument for the Promotion of Pastoralism and the Management of Conflict in Africa: November 5-7, 2019, Lusaka, Zambia
The validation workshop is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia from November 5-7, 2019 in collaboration with COMESA secretariat.
The first version of the Guideline was developed by a consultant using an approach which response to the desire to stimulate inclusive debate and to build a consensus on the pastoralist guideline. The draft Continental Pastoralist guideline is submitted for validation by committee members drawn from the regional Economic Communities (RECS), experts, Pastoralist Communities, Farmers organizations and independent experts taking into consideration these three axes.
Participatory and inclusive sharing of the preliminary draft pastoralist guideline with all representatives of the actors concerned;
Collect proposals and reformulations for finalization of the initial draft document;
Approving and validating the preliminary draft pastoral guideline documents.
At the end of this three-day meeting, a second version will be drafted and introduced in the official approval circuit of the African Union
