For the IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative March 2010 An Institutional Review of IGAD and IGAD Satellite Programs for the Establishment of an IGAD Livestock Unit

Abstract

This report is prepared for the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development’s Livestock Policy Initiative (IGAD LPI). The objective of the study was to conduct an institutional review of IGAD to facilitate the development of a Livestock Centre in IGAD so as to be responsive to the Regional Economic Integration and to a coordinated sustainable long-term development of the livestock sector in the region. The consultancy was used to identify and recommend preferred organisational arrangements, regarding the establishment, structure, governance and financing of the proposed livestock unit. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of either the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations or the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities concerning the delimitations of its frontiers or boundaries. The opinions expressed in this paper are solely those of the author and do not constitute in any way the position of the FAO, IGAD, the Livestock Policy Initiative nor the institutions studied.