African Drought

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• Presentation by Aseem Andrews,
• UNDP Drylands Development Centre, Nairobi

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• Early beginnings
• The initiative has its roots in the UN Inter
  Agency Meeting in Geneva in April 2003
• The participants in this forum expressed the
  need for a network of networks on drought in
  Africa and the link between Drought Risk and
  Development

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• Next Steps
• African Drought Risk and Development Policy
  Forum held in Nairobi in February 2005
• Participants - drought risk management
  practitioners(INGOs, international agencies,
  government representatives, researchers, etc.),
  expressed the demand for such a product

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• What is the Droughtnet.org?
• A critical first stop for anyone interested in
  the question of how to improve the way drought is
  managed in Africa.
• Platform that will seek to assist practitioners
  to address issues related to drought risk and its
  implications for development.
• It will do so by providing critical and often
  hard-to-find resources, all in one place.

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• The portal
• Promotes discussion and debate on key issues
• Provides a platform for the development and
  dissemination of good practice and innovation
• Serves as an entry point for accessing existing
  networks and links
• Will act as a forum for the elaboration of
  critical strategy and policy decision-making.

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• Features currently available on the portal
• Quick Info for a quick glance at the essential
  information on the Network
• Lessons is the place for experiences in drought
  mitigation projects programs
• Issues describes current developments in drought
  management, related hazards disaster reduction

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• Features currently available on the portal
• Country Information gives an overview of drought
  risk in African countries
• Meetings for the latest on drought related
  events
• Links is the place for further information.
• Poll is the place to go to express your views
  about the website and give your comments
• Discussion is the place to pose questions, cite
  examples and otherwise talk to other users

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• Why should this portal interest you?
• Unique in being the only such resource
  available.
• The Forum serves as a key resource pool of ideas
  on the subject Online archive of questions
• Resources available Country information, Issues
  related to drought management, Lessons learnt,
  Meeting information
• Expert practitioner insights into current drought
  related development issues
• Networking platform to find and interact

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• Things to look out for soon
• (funding dependent)
• The Drought and Development Digest
• African Drought Risk and Development Network
  Advisory Board
• Contact of Resource persons on Drought

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African Drought Development Network Web Portal

• How can you support?
•   Receiving Drought and Development Digest
• Advertise the portal to potential users/anyone
  interested  
• Regular user feedback
• Join the Discussion Forum
• Contribute content to appear on the Portal
• And, most importantly agree to become a section
  or subsection editor of the Portal in an area
  which corresponds to your area of expertise/
  interest.