 Comprised of seven countries of East and Horn of Africa Region namely Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan  Headquarter in Djibouti  created in 1986 to combat drought and desertification  Mandate expanded in 1996 to economic integration and Peace an Security  IGAD is one of the 8 RECS in the continent

 Mission of IGAD is to assist Member States to achieve regional integration through closer collaboration in the areas of : Economic Integration Peace and Security Agriculture, Food Security & Environment Social Development

 Established in 2000  Promote Social Policies ( Health-education-Social protection,, migration…  Address the need of mobile population ( Nomads, Refugees, Migrants…etc  Health: Provide basic health package for the cross border and mobile populations mobile  Education: Access to the basic needs particularly for the remote people- Mobile schools  Migration: addressing the issues if irregular migration in the region and particularly the human trafficking

 IGAD member countries share common concern about the movement of irregular migrant populations whether inspired by a search for economic opportunity or by other motivations

 IGAD Social Protection & Promote the role of social protection as an instrument in reducing chronic poverty& Food insecurity in the region  IGAD region is one of the most environmental hostile part of the World  Important population of nomadic pastoralist dependant on long term food  Poverty and Food Security are both pervasive & Chronic  Program funded by EU trough the 9EDF and its objective is to:  Improve regional and national policies, to analyze policies and programs, to manage chronic food insecurity and to assess the role of Social protection approaches in sustainably reducing food insecurity and poverty

 The program has the following main activities: 1. Review of existing policies and programs  Review of existing policies and programs IGAD in collaboration with Member States have undertaken an inventory of existing Social Protection programs and Actors.  The process of mapping and review of social interventions are expected to: o Provide learning opportunity o Stimulate debate & contribute towards the coordination and harmonization of efforts by all stakeholders implementing social protection o Findings contribute to policy dialogue with government and key stakeholders o contribute to the national protection strategy

 Support to countries in establishing a national and platform for sharing experience in the region Most countries have established national Platform

 Facilitate regional dialogue  Regional platform  Regional policy