News from 15/09/2025
Updated: 02/10/2025
The International Desertif’actions Summit will run throughout 2025, beginning in March 2025 with the organisation of preparatory workshops (possible until 30 September). The results of these workshops will be compiled in an overall report to form the basis of the arguments to be put forward at the summit.
Since June, a number of countries have been holding preparatory workshops to put together a joint plea from international civil society on the resilience of territories to drought.
These workshops were organised around the 4 sub-themes of the event:
- Transformation of sedentary agricultural and/or livestock farming systems: How can we support farms and livestock farms in their transition towards greater resilience to drought?
- Support for mobile production systems (focus on pastoralism): How can we preserve and facilitate the development of systems based on mobility strategies that are relevant in the face of drought, in an increasingly constrained context?
- Territorial management of water resources: How can the different uses of water resources be reconciled in order to anticipate and manage competition for resources in drought situations, while limiting the risk of conflict?
- Territorial management: How can we facilitate the role of local authorities so that they can anticipate and sustainably manage their territory in anticipation of drought crises?
Workshops held
9 June in Argentina, Foundation CAUCE has set up an online workshop entitled “Argentina and desertification and drought: where we are now and where we’re going”, with the aim of collectively developing proposals from civil society to strengthen the resilience of local areas in the face of the environmental degradation affecting various regions of the country.
10 June in France, le Groupe de Travail Désertification (GTD) offered a face-to-face workshop entitled “How development players can support and encourage the transition of farms towards greater resilience in the face of drought”. The aim of this workshop was to collectively identify ways of supporting farms and livestock farms to facilitate their transition towards greater resilience in the face of drought.
Find the summary of the workshop and its report
17 June in India, Gram Bharati Samiti(GBS) organised a hybrid face-to-face and online workshop on “Regional management of water resources” with a view to fostering a framework for reflection and consultation in order to strengthen the role of local authorities and civil society in anticipating and sustainably managing territories in the face of drought crises. A total of 85 people took part in the discussions at this workshop (73 attended in person and 12 participated online), Find Find the summary of the workshop. Report to come.
18 and 19 June in Tunisia, ACDD, WWF North Africa and IRA led a preparatory workshop on “Transforming sedentary production systems in Tunisia for greater resilience to drought and land degradation”. Find the summary of the workshop and its report.
19 et 20 june in Burkina Faso, SPONG, APIL, CNABIO and Tree Aid have organised a workshop entitled “Promoting solutions for the resilience of territories and communities in the face of drought” in order to facilitate consultation between civil society organisations, local authorities and public and private institutions in Burkina Faso on specific issues, and to develop a collaborative advocacy campaign aimed at national and international decision-makers.
Find the summary of the workshop and its report
25 june en ivory coast, Change Human’s Life organised an “advocacy on territorial management in times of drought” workshop to promote agro-ecological solutions as effective responses to land degradation and desertification, crucial issues in ivory coast and in many arid regions of the world.
Find the summary of the workshop and its report.
23 July in Cameroon, the NGO Service d’Appui aux Initiatives Locales de Développement (SAILD) organised a preparatory workshop for Désertif’actions on 23 July in Maroua. The meeting, which attracted some thirty participants, provided an opportunity to take stock of the effects of drought on production systems in Cameroon.
Find the summary of workshop and its report.
6 August in Mali, The Women’s Network for Environmental Rights (REFEDE-Mali) organised a workshop on transforming agricultural systems, with the aim of identifying ways of supporting farms and livestock farms in their transition to greater resilience in the face of drought. The workshop brought together around fifty participants,find the summary of workshop. Report to come.
7 August in Niamey, Niger, CNCOD and ReSaD organised a workshop on drought and land degradation in Niger. The group work highlighted initiatives, projects and programmes to address the problems of drought in Niger.
Find the summary of workshop and its report.
19 August in the Democratic Republic of Congo, CENADEP organised a preparatory workshop on “Sustainable water management in the Congo Basin, a factor in combating drought in sub-Saharan Africa”. The aim was to contribute to the equitable and sustainable governance of the waters of the Congo Basin with a view to preventing and combating desertification.
Find the summary of workshop. Report to come
16 September in Algeria,El Argoub organised a workshop (summary of the workshop and report to follow)
16 and 17 September in Kenya, PELUM Kenya organised a workshop (summary of the workshop and minutes to follow)
17 September in Senegal, DyTAES, ENDA Pronat with the support of Tree Aid and pS-Eau organised a workshop (summary of the workshop and minutes to follow).
25 September in Belgium, Minka International and Humundi organised a workshop (summary of the workshop and minutes to follow).
29 and 30 September in Yemen, RYCAD organised a workshop (summary of the workshop and minutes to follow)
Upcoming workshops
Brazil: Date to be announced
Canada : 7 October organised by Mission Inclusion Mission Inclusion
France : 3 October organised by the PFE PFE
France : 10 october organised by Chambre d’agriculture de l’Aude and Département de l’Aude
France : 7 october organised by pS-Eau, Cité Unies France and Coalition Eau
Madagascar : 15 september (to be confirmed) organised by Action sans frontière and Centre Technique Agroécologique du Sud ( CTAS)
Nepal : Date to be announced organised byGGPF
Peru: Date to be announced organised by AIDER
Tanzania : in September (date to be announced) organised by Iles de Paix
Tunisia : 6 October organised by Shanti
