1. Presentation by Dr. Debalkew Berhe,
Programme Manager, for Environment
Protection & NR Management at IGAD
Secretariat
IDDRSI AS AN INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL
STRATEGIC POLICY FRAMEWORK TO END DROUGHT
EMERGENCIES IN THE HORN OF AFRICA REGION
CST-3 UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference,

2. OUTLINE OF THE
PRESENTATION
• IGAD and Drought Resilience
• Background to IDDRSI
• What is IDDRSI (concept,
components, organs)
• What does IDDRSI do differently?
• Achievements so far
• IDDRSI as an intern., regional,
national and local policy/strategy
framework

3. IGAD and Drought
Resilience
• IGAD was created in 1986 – main thrust was
combating drought & desertification
– Started with the development of Early warning and
food information system
– Developed Regional Strategy to fight
Drought and Desertification (Nairobi
Strategy,1990)
– Assisted MS in developing NAPs
– Developed SRAP to complement NAPs
– Implemented a number of projects and
programmes in agri., NRM (forest & water)
• However, mandate was sectoral and as a
result, achievement remained inadequate

4. Background to IDDRSI
• Occurrence of Severe drought in 2010/2011 in the
Horn of Africa (HoA) region
• As a Result, IGAD/EAC convened a Summit in
Nairobi in Sept. 2011
• Summit agreed to forge new approaches to end
drought emergencies (collective + regional)
• IGAD was directed to lead and coordinate the
activities of the different stakeholders in ending
drought emergencies in the region
• Summit further directed IGAD to develop and
implement IDDRSI and to establish Multi-donor
Trust in the HoA region
• Partners pledged their support to the
implementation of the Summit decisions

5. What is IDDRSI?
Concept
• Enhanced Partnership and Coordination to End
Drought Emergencies in the HoA
– Partnership between continental, regional,
international organisations, member states,
communities, partners, private sector, NGOs and
CBOs (vertical +horizontal)
• Relief - Development - Continuum with a twin track
approach
• Preventive rather than reactive
• Holistic and long-term Sustainable Development
rather than only emergencies oriented

6. What is IDDRSI?
Concept (cont’d)
• Strengthening regional and national frameworks to
reduce the impact of disasters through:
• Results-based strategy based on a rigorous
consultative process
• Increased commitment by stakeholders towards
shifting from disaster response to disaster risk
reduction
• Development of sustained support in terms of
capacity and resources for the implementation
of priority recovery and long-term resilience
building interventions in the region

7. IDDRSI Organs
• Regional Drought Resilience Platform
– General Assembly,
– Steering Committee,
– Coordination and Management Unit
• National Drought Resilience Platform
– National Steering Committee
– National Coordinator
• Vertical Networking (starting from local, national
regional and global)
• Horizontal Networking between different sectors at all
levels

8. IDDRSI Components
Components Sub-components
1. Natural Resource 1.1. Water Resource Management, 1.2. Pasture, land and
Management environmental management, 1.3. Biodiversity, 1.4. Renewable
energy
2. Market access and trade 2.1. Transport and market development, 2.2. Securing Pastoral
mobility for trade, 2.3. Securing financial transaction, 2.4.
Transboundary disease control & SPS measures and standards
3. Livelihood support and 3.1. Livestock production & health, 3.2. Agriculture production and
basic social services productivity, 3.3. Fisheries development processing, marketing and
trade; 3.4. Securing livestock mobility and sustainable access to
resources, 3.5. Income diversification, 3.6. Productive and social safety
nets, 3.7. Education, health care, drinking water, sanitation
4. Pastoral Disaster Risk 4.1 Preventive risk management measures, 4.2. Early Warning /
Management Response System, 4.3. Climate Change adaptation, mitigation and
monitoring
5. Research and Knowledge
Management and Technology 5.1. Support to applied / adaptive research, 5.2. Advisory and extension
Transfer services / systems, 5.3. Knowledge management and communication
6. Conflict prevention, resolution 6.1. Conflict prevention, 6.2 Conflict resolution, 6.3. Peace building
and Peace building and mediation mechanisms
7.Coordination and Partnership

9. What does IDDRSI want to
do differently
• Ensure more commitment of all
stakeholders (political & financial)
• Enhanced partnership in ending drought
emergencies
• Undertake Common programming at all
levels
• Shift the balance in financing from
humanitarian towards resilience &
development: twin-track and the relief –
development continuum approach
• Institutional strengthening at all levels
• Ensure sustainable sources of funding
• Building on broader multi-sectoral

10. What does IDDRSI do
differently (cont’d)
• Improved participation of all
stakeholders, including the private
sector & civil society
• Better alignment of DP programmes
at national and regional levels
• Strengthen / establish knowledge
management and information sharing
at all levels
• Improve on implementation of
existing policies and strategies
• use of existing mechanisms
• Avoidance of duplication of efforts
and wastage of resources

11. IDDRSI Achievements so far
• Better coordination between
existing projects worth US$97
million
• New drought resilience projects
(WB, AfDB, IsDB, Denmark, Germany,
UNDP, etc
• More TA Support to IGAD Secretariat
(GIZ, FAO, AfDB and WB support in
progress)
• More Financial support to IGAD
Secretariat (AfDB, Denmark, USAID,
Germany, WB support in progress,

12. IDDRSI Achievements so far
(cont’d)
• Better programming at national and
regional levels
• Enhanced partnership and institutional
frameworks at different levels
• Better knowledge management and
exchange of experience and information
• Better capacity building frameworks
• Enhanced / better resource mobilization
framework (credits, grants)
• Establishment of NGO/Civil Society Unit
• Establishment of Civil Society Facility

13. IDDRSI as an International
Strategic Policy Framework
• Provides a forum for common dialogue to move
towards science based drought risk reduction
• Improve existing / develop better global policies
– E.g. consideration of economic and financial
strategies in drought management plans and
avoidance of piecemeal and costly crises-
response approach
• Mobilization of resources and improved investment
opportunities
• Strengthening existing / creating new global
partnerships (IGAD IPF and Global Alliance)
• Harness international knowledge and experience
• Serve as a focal point for Global Alliance as well as a
forum for exchange of good practices and experience

14. IDDRSI as a Regional
Strategic Policy Framework
• Enhanced partnership and effective coordination
mechanisms / platforms at regional level
• Common cross-border programming, multi-sectoral and
integrated planning and monitoring and evaluation
framework at regional level
• Championing for drought resilience by Member States
• Avoidance of proliferation of institutions, policies and
strategies
• Improved technology transfer and research and
development
• Improved participation of the civil society and the private
sector on regional concerns and challenges (civil society
facility, PPP)
• Sustained sources of funding and their effective use and
increased investments
• Improved human and institutional capacity

15. IDDRSI as a National
Strategic Policy Framework
• Provides opportunities to develop policies and strategies in
a very transparent and participatory manner
• Effective and efficient use of funding and investments
• Improved implementation of national policies and
strategies
• Improved multi-sectoral and integrated planning approach
• Proliferation of institutions and mandate rivalry reduced
• Provide opportunity to access to new technology and know-
how,
• Improved partnership and coordination mechanisms
(national platforms, steering committees, etc),
• Strengthen / develop the culture of knowledge management
and information management systems
• Improved institutional and human capacity, etc

16. IDDRSI as a Local Strategic
Policy Framework
• Will link drought resilience plans to local
development policies
• Will help replicate / adjust changes at national level
to local conditions
• Improved access to land and land resources at local
level
• Promotion of community / local based natural
resources management
• Will devolve power and budget allocation
• Community / local actions given high priority
• Provide opportunities to test appropriateness of
policies and strategies,
• Sustainable livelihoods by providing social security
and peace and stability

17. In Summary, IDDRSI will
intensify policies and
strategies at all levels to:
– enhance partnerships
– improve joint / common programming
– strengthen / establish knowledge management /
integrated information systems
– Promote transfer of technology and know-how
– strengthen existing / establish new coordination
mechanisms
– strengthen capacity development (TA support)
– mobilize resources and ensure access to
sustained financial resources
– Create awareness
– Championing for drought resilience
– Promote good governance, transparency and
accountability

18. The END
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