Pastoralism: past perspectives and future policy
Overseas Development Institute, 203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
2nd October 2015
8:30-9:00
Registration and coffee
9:00-9:15
Welcome, purpose and objectives of the conference
9:15-9:45
Keynote address: Reflections on PENHA’s 25 year journey
Speaker:
 Dr. Tekeste Ghebray, former Executive Secretary, Inter-Governmental
Authority on Development (IGAD)
9.45-11.00
Session 1: Putting pastoralism on the political map
This panel session will look at how pastoralism has become a mainstream issue and
examine present opportunities and challenges in the political arena.
Chair:
 Dr. Micheline Ravololonarisoa, International consultant on gender and
development
Speakers:
 Dr. Angela Raven-Roberts, Visiting Fellow, International Gender Studies
Centre, University of Oxford
 Professor John Morton, Head of Livelihoods and Institutions, Natural
Resources Institute, University of Greenwich; PENHA Board Member
 Dr. Zeremariam Fre, Director, PENHA; Lecturer, Development Planning
Unit, UCL
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-13:00
Session 2: Evolution of the pastoral economy
Speakers will give their predictions on key economic trends for the next twenty-five
years, covering a range of topics, from private sector links to the pastoral economy.
Chair:
 Dr. Sara Pantuliano, Director, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI
Speakers:
 John Livingstone, Regional Policy Officer, PENHA
 Dr. Clare Oxby, Researcher and Consultant
 Dr. Jeremy Swift, Pastoral development consultant
 Simon Levine, Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:30
Session 3: Pastoralism and the environment: adapting to shocks
This session will be conversational in format and more informal than a standard
conference panel session. The discussion will consider issues relating to climate,
resilience, managing the rangelands and responding to emergencies.
Chair:
 John Plastow, Programme and Policy Director, CARE International;
PENHA Board Chair
Speakers:
 Dr. Camilla Toulmin, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Environment
and Development (IIED)
 Dr James Bennett, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Coventry
University
 Nick Pasiecznik, Independent consultant, Agroforestry Enterprises
 Amsale Shibeshi, Regional Programme Coordinator, PENHA
15:30-16.00
Coffee break
16.00-17:00
Session 4: Pastoralism into the future: looking ahead to the next 25 years
This session will look at: paradigms of pastoralism, youth, education, women, the
changing face of pastoral civil society and the role for actors such as PENHA.
Speakers will also reflect on the day’s proceedings and draw out key themes that have
emerged.
Chair:
 Katherine Homewood, Professor of Human Ecology, UCL
Speakers:
 Yusuf Dirie, Tutorial Fellow in Innovation, University of Sussex
 Dr. Zeremariam Fre, Director, PENHA; Lecturer, Development Planning
Unit, UCL
 Izzy Birch, former East Africa Regional Pastoral Programme Coordinator,
Oxfam
 Dr. Jeremy Swift, Pastoral development consultant
17:00
Drinks reception