Press Release No. 086/2014

DREA Commissioner and SOS Sahel President discuss building resilience to reduce vulnerabilities of communities and nations

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 30 April 2014 - H.E Mrs. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture yesterday received Dr. Philip LECOMPTE, and Mr. Rémi HEMERYCK, the President and Executive Director of SOS SAHEL International.
They principally discussed issues of building resilience to reduce vulnerabilities of communities and nations especially in the Sahara and Sahel regions. The Commissioner thanked SOS SAHEL for their contribution in the implementation of the Great Green for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
They agreed to concentrate joint actions on concrete and pragmatic interventions on the ground.
They further agreed to develop an MOU to govern the areas of cooperation between the AUC- DREA and SOS SAHEL. The meeting was attended by Dr. Elvis Paul Tangem, AU Coordinator of the GGWSSI, other senior officials of the Commission and Ms. Hiwot M., Programme Development Officer, SOS Sahel in Addis Ababa.
SOS SAHEL is an NGO that promotes sustainable livelihoods and water and land management. They have currently organised an exhibition on the margins of the AU joint ministerial conference on agriculture, rural development, fisheries and aquaculture.
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