The French Water Partnership, with the support of CARI, Agropolis International, EAT and AIRMF, is organising the national workshop “Agriculture, Water and Territories: coping with drought together” on Friday 3 October 2025 at Agropolis International in Montpellier.

To take part in this workshop, register before 30 September by completing the online form. https://www.agropolis.fr/Agriculture-eau-et-territoires-faire-face-au-probleme-des-secheresses

Le Partenariat Français pour l’Eau (PFE), est la plateforme de référence des acteurs français de l’eau publics, privés et associatifs, actifs à l’international. Il porte depuis plus de 15 ans un plaidoyer au niveau international pour améliorer la prise en compte des enjeux liés à l’eau dans les différentes actions et politiques et favorise les échanges entre les savoir-faire français et ceux des autres pays.

This workshop is being organised to encourage exchanges between interested members of the PFE and, in particular, its ESASA working group (Water, Soil, Agroecology and Food Security), scientists, professional agricultural managers, water and agricultural water managers, local authorities and administrations, students, international cooperation players, etc.

This one-day workshop will be structured around a presentation of the problem, based on a ‘drought and resilience’ version of the PFE’s framework message on the ESASA theme, several concrete examples showing the importance of this problem for the areas along the French Mediterranean coast and the responses that can be provided, and the points of view expressed by the members of the PFE’s ESASA WG and other workshop participants.

The aim of this workshop is to :

• Share observations from the field and the analyses of the organisations represented
• Highlight the impact of droughts and the actions taken to deal with them, as well as the feins and levers to be mobilised or initiated, to speed up the necessary agricultural transitions and provide better control of the regions and water management.
• Develop collective messages to be taken to influential forums (6th Désertif’actions Summit to be held from 25 to 28 March 2026 in Djerba, Tunisia, international water forums and conferences, COP, etc.).

Workshop programme

9h30 – Welcome, introduction to the issues and objectives of the workshop

10h20 – Pause café

10h40 – Three regional case studies of drought in Mediterranean France

12h30 – Lunch break

14h – Assessments of agriculture and territorial management/territorial water management  

15h – Report from the two focus groups, discussion and conclusion of the workshop

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pS-Eau, Cité Unies France and the Water Coalition are organising a preparatory workshop on “How to reduce the vulnerability of territories to drought” on Tuesday 7 October from 2pm to 5.30pm at the Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale Tropicale (Building 1, 1st floor – Amphi – see map in attachment) in Nogent-sur-Marne, France, with the possibility of participating remotely (registration required).

To take part in this workshop, register by completing the online form : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/129h08_iNa5hpvZJ-83BwRFuD094LyLcGlxYQJc-nK0o/preview

The Programme Solidarité Eau is a French multi-stakeholder network committed to achieving access to water and sanitation for all (MDG 6) in developing countries.

Cité Unies France is the transparent, multi-level network of French local authorities involved in international action. It supports all of these local authorities in implementing international action to open up to the world, enhance their influence and attractiveness, and promote human, cultural and economic exchanges.

The Water Coalition is a collective space for dialogue, work and mobilisation initiated by a dozen French NGOs active in the water and sanitation sector, working together to propose constructive advances at major international meetings.

This workshop is being organised to support the feedback from the field, the promotion of levers for action and good practice, and the collective construction of advocacy messages from civil society and French local authorities.

This half-day workshop will be structured around working groups (sub-group discussions on shared water management in the face of drought and the role of local authorities in anticipating crises) and recommendations and advocacy messages.

The aim of this workshop is to :

• Strengthening exchanges between civil society players and local authorities
• Share the findings on the ground and the priorities of the organisations represented
• Identify common advocacy objectives
• Develop collective messages to be taken to influential forums (COPs, forums, etc.)

Workshop programme

14h –Aperture and framing – 15 min

14h15 – Definition of the problems encountered and levers for action – Sub-working group on the following topics:

• Group 1 : Shared water management in the face of drought ;
• Group 2 : The role of local authorities in anticipating crises

15h35 – pause

15h45 – Definition of advocacy objectives and targets – continued work in sub-groups

16h30 -Time for plenary discussions on the messages retained and the perspectives to be given on :

• The challenges of participating in advocacy ;
• Sharing tools, methods and practical experience between players.

17h30 – End of the workshop

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This workshop has been organised to promote dialogue and exchange on the transformation of agricultural and pastoral systems, the management of our water resources, the resilience of our rural territories and the livelihoods of our communities.

This half-day workshop will focus on group work, recommendations and advocacy messages.

Workshop programme

08h30 – 08h45 Opening

08h45 – 09h15 Framing and launch

09h15 – 10h50 Tork in sub-groups

                        Session 1: Existing actions

                        Session 2: Brakes and levers

10h50 – 11h25 Advocacy messages

11h25 – 11h35 End of session plenary session

11h35 – 11h55 Cross-reporting

11h55 – 12h15 Final de la co-construcción

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PELUM Kenya is organising a preparatory workshop from 16 to 18 September 2025 in Nanyuki County (Kenya)

Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. For further information, please email PELUM Kenya manei@pelumkenya.net

The preparatory workshop for Désertif’actions 2026 in Kenya will enable civil society organisations, local communities and political authorities to exchange experiences and work together

Workshop in English

Programme for the workshop

The workshop will focus on the following questions:

• How can we support farms and livestock farms in their transition to greater resilience in the face of drought?
• How can we preserve and facilitate the development of drought-relevant systems based on mobility strategies, in an increasingly constrained context?
• What is the role of women and in preserving biodiversity and combating desertification and how can we meaningfully incorporate them in territorial planning and management?

The preparatory workshop for Désertif’actions 2026 in Kenya is supported by GIZ.

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CENADEP is organising a preparatory workshop on “Sustainable water management in the Congo Basin, a factor in combating drought in Sub-Saharan Africa” on Tuesday 19 August in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

This workshop, organised to contribute to the equitable and sustainable governance of the waters of the Congo Basin with a view to preventing and combating desertification, is expected to bring together around thirty people.

This one-day workshop will take a multi-stakeholder, participatory approach based on local experience: introductory lectures, presentations by experts, working groups following the thematic axes, testimonies from the field (experience sharing), collective drafting of recommendations.

Workshop programme

The workshop will cover the following topics:

• Governance of water resources
• Drought, desertification and agriculture: mapping risk areas.
• Transaqua project – Between risks and alternatives
• Climate migration and pressure on resources
• How to reconcile the different uses of water resources and agro-ecology with a view to anticipating and managing drought situations while limiting the risk of conflict.

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