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Achievements of CELEP

Achievements of CELEP. Meeting June 2009 at Cordaid Present in June + members: ACTED, Oxfam GB, REGLAP, IIED, Kimmage, PA, Farm Africa, LPP, RELPA/USAID, WISP, ASC, Both Ends, IWGIA, Reconcile, IKV Pax Christi, VSF Belgium, MRG, ACORD, EPARDA, ITC, JOLIT, Entree, Cordaid: 23

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Achievements of CELEP

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  1. Achievements of CELEP • Meeting June 2009 at Cordaid • Present in June + members: ACTED, Oxfam GB, REGLAP, IIED, Kimmage, PA, Farm Africa, LPP, RELPA/USAID, WISP, ASC, Both Ends, IWGIA, Reconcile, IKV Pax Christi, VSF Belgium, MRG, ACORD, EPARDA, ITC, JOLIT, Entree, Cordaid: 23 • 20 Pledges made in June meeting 2009.

  2. Pledges first year • Core group and focal point (IWGIA, REGLAP/Oxfam GB, Kimmage, WISP, HoA network/PACAPS, FARM Africa and IKV Pax Christi. Cordaid focal point. • Formulation mission statement and name: CELEP! • Drafting 4 one page position papers: 3 finished • IIED and Farm: meeting with UK agencies.

  3. Pledges first year • 5. Kimmage link with Irish agencies and then link up with UK agencies. • 6. Cordaid start Dutch agency cooperation. • 7. Start up lobby trajectory in relation to South Kenya/Northern Tanzania. • 8. Entree and Reconcile work out strategies multi level lobby on East African Communiy Working Group on Pastoralism.

  4. Pledges first year • 9. VSF Belgium with other Belgium NGOs’ influence the new policy on aid of DGCD. • 10. IWGIA, Development Pinnacle and MRG lobby African commission on Human + Peoples rights. • 11. IWGIA with Reconcile will lobby Danish strategy for development in Kenya

  5. Pledges first year • 12. LPP and Acted via Life Network partners awareness on livestock keepers rights in Karamoja. • 13. IKV/Pax will have meeting with WISP and Seeds of Peace. • 14. IKV Pax and Farm Africa wil share knowledgde and have meeting in Nairobi.

  6. Pledges first year • 15. IKV Pax and Cordaid will share on CMDRR approach. • 16. Different actors: improve networking in relation to Karamoja cluster and develop lobby strategy. • 17. Oxfam GB, VSF Belgium, Reconcile and Cordaid continue working on REGLAP.

  7. Pledges first year • 18. WISP, Oxfam, MRG, Eparda, Farm, Reconcile meeting on networking for regional lobby EAC and AU. • 19. Kimmage and WISP share info on the new MA program. • 20. LPP will multiply info on this coalition via mailing lists and networks.

  8. Other actions taken • Lobby on evictions in Tanzania (IWGIA, Kimmage, Cordaid, LPP). • Contacting MPs and Officers at EU via Govert/contacting and write-ups on pastoralism • March 2010: Meeting with MPs: Book launch Modern and Mobile. • Written input on consultation EU foodsecurity policy

  9. Other actions taken • Meetings EU MPs of Dev committee in Brussels with M. Odhiambo postponed to June. • Organised a first meeting with Dutch organisations in May (with ETC and Agriprofocus). • Developed proposal for CoCoon with ASC, IUCN/WISP, Moi University and Cordaid • Send CELEP updates (4) to participants. • Next CELEP meeting by Kimmage.

  10. Some more plans: • Via AWEPA: side event related to the ACP parliamentarians meeting, autumn 2010 or spring 2011 on pastoralism. • Karamoja meeting in October in Nairobi on policy influencing. PA will organise. • Have next meetign with Dutch actors to further work out cooperation (a. Both Ends, ASC, IKV/Pax, VSF, ETC, Agriprofocus)

  11. Some positives: • There is interest for issues related to pastoralism with EU MPs. • Cooperation and joining forces does make a good impression and influence. • Potential to link Southern actions with Northern ones and have greater impact. • Policy influencing via own European governements creates multiplier effects (example Tanzania)

  12. Challenges: • How to balance the CELEP work and focal point work with “normal” work? • Most CELEP participants are field or program staf: not so much lobby capacity. • Not all participants involved and or active: how to do this? Remain broadly owned/carried. • Functioning of the Core group. • Changes of staff and contacts.

  13. Some challenges: • How to keep balance between informal networking and a formal network: how formal do we want to get? • The link with the South and the North (Europe): representation. • Formulating shared opinions/positions. • Voluntary versus need to have funds for some activties/meetings. • If/not/how to broaden the “membership”

  14. Discussions: • How to learn from the challenges? • Any other findings by participants? • How to improve our Coaliton/networking? • How to facilitate the Coalition? • Need to change some things?

  15. THANK YOU!

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