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Applying
the approach in the Horn:
Kenya:
Where both government and civil society are well established, but
where cronyism and corruption mar their cooperation, the strategy
will be to work with an alliance of civil society groups, who can
ensure representation of pastoralists and communication between
pastoralists and government. One alliance has rallied around the
formulation of the World Bank-sponsored Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper (PRSP), which will define the allocation of forthcoming government
anti-poverty budgets.
Ethiopia:
Where government is strong and pastoralist organisations weak, it
will be useful to follow an approach modelled on the "Shirika" experience
in Kenya - engaging people from local government, the NGO community
and the pastoralist sector to explore together whether they would
benefit from adopting the communication approach. The government
of Ethiopia is also preparing a PRSP, and pastoralists and government
may wish to use this as the focus of their consultations together.
The challenge is for the pastoralists to work with local and central
government to strengthen economic and nation-building efforts.
Somalia
and Somaliland: There is a long way to go before the emerging
administrations, civil society and outside facilitators can be strong
and diverse enough to achieve full representation and communication.
However, there are some excellent initiatives on the table, notably
those put forward at the Kenya Shirika in October 2000, where the
administrations have opened their doors to invite dialogue with
pastoralists and other marginalised peoples. Facilitators need to
offer impartial services now to help strengthen civil society to
respond to these openings.
Source:
Institute of Development Studies, "Pastoralism and Policy in the
Horn of Africa"
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