Nairobi, Kenya (29 July 2010): The AMESD IGAD Kick off Workshop, which was organized by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) - an intergovernmental organization of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21st - 23rd July 2010 at Intercontinental Hotel. The workshop marks the official start of the regional action on land degradation and natural habitat conservation, and paves the way to the three years implementation, up to the 10th May 2013, of the AMESD IGAD regional action.
The workshop gave the opportunity in officially presenting to the national, regional and international partners the future services and products that they will be using once developed, reviewing in depth the implementation plan and activities and discussing cross-cutting issues such as satellite data access and capacity building.
