pastoral needs and networks

PKH Partners’ Meeting | FAO, Rome | April 3, 2017

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Pastoralist Knowledge Hub’s Partners’ Meeting

Pastoral needs and networks


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Pastoralist networks

Institutional support

- Supporting 7 regional networks

- Supporting regional meetings and community dialogues

- Mapping CSO organizations

Advocacy support

- Connecting stakeholders and pastoralist networks

- Coordinating participation in policy forums

- Co-organizing seminars, side-events, etc.

Knowledge sharing

- Moderating a discussion forum

- Curating publications

- Informing on news and events


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Regional meetings

South Asia gathering •Gujarat, India - 9-11 Mar 2015 •Creation of the South Asian Pastoralist

Alliance (SAPA)

Primer encuentro de la red de pastoralismo de Latinoamérica • Santa Cruz, Bolivia – 26-28 May 2015 •Creation of Pastoraméricas

Central Asian meeting of pastoralists •Hustai, Mongolia – 25-29 Jul 2015 •Creation of the Pastoralist Assembly of

Central Asia (PACA)+Hustai Declaration

European pastoralist gathering •Koblenz, Germany – 26-28 June 2015 •Koblenz Declaration

Atelier sur le développement durable du pastoralisme en Afrique de l’Ouest •Bamako, Mali – 7-9 Jan 2016 •Déclaration de Bamoka

North African and West Asian meeting of pastoralists •Hammamet, Tunisia – 14-16 Jan 2016 •Déclaration de Hammamet

Eastern and Southern African pastoralist gathering • Lukenya, Kenya– 21-22 Jan 2016 • Lukenya Declaration


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Advocacy Organizational strengthening

Training and education

Research Research and

Outreach

Five approaches to develop regional networks

©Michael Benanav


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Advocacy

• Public policy proposals

• Resource mobilization

Generating instruments for advocacy

• Developing value chains for pastoral products

• Market access

Promoting pastoral

economies

• Strategic partnerships and coalitions for policy advocacy

Partnerships

Organizational strengthening

• Mapping pastoral organizations and communities

• Sharing best practices

Organizational strengthening

• Forums for pastoral interaction

• Spaces of dialogue with governments

Spaces for dialogue

• Office

• Website

• Coordination officer

• Technical officer

Logistical support


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Research and Outreach

• Mobile schools Education

• Animal health

• Pastoral field schools

• Advocacy courses

• Financial training

Training

• Livestock mobility and loss of rangelands

• Pastoral systems

• Women’s role

Research

• Establishing forums

• Producing communication materials

Outreach

• Awareness campaigns

• Field visits Awareness

Training and education


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Set up a working group

Serve as technical secretary

Complete mapping of

organizations

Assess existing CSO network

models identify one for adoption

Establish a sustainable

technical secretary

Organize a global gathering for

validation and endorsement

Implement the sustainable governance

model

Improving governance of the global pastoral network

©Michael Benanav


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Thank you for your attention

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Website: www.fao.org/pastoralist-knowledge-hub Presentation prepared by Natasha Maru

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