The Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) is a network for capacity building through exchange of practical experience and appropriate knowledge on food security in the drylands of Africa. The DCG networks in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sudan consist of NGOs as well as research institutions and governmental structures. DCG Norway administers funds from Norad to research projects and from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to information and policy work linked to the UNCCD and dryland challenges.
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TEEB at the UNCCD
The TEEB study does not particularly treat the question of dryland issues, but both the UNCCD and TEEB agreed that a collaboration on the economics of desertification and land degradation would be interesting when they met in Spetember. This topic will be the main topic of the Second Scientific Conference of the UNCCD. Read more »
UN Launches Decade-Long Efforts to Tackle Desertification
The United Nations has launched the Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010-2020), an 11-year long effort to raise awareness and action to improve the protection and management of the world’s drylands, home to a third of the world’s population and which face serious economic and environmental threats. Read more »
Ecofarm on the UNCCD Website
Read about DCGs Ecofarm project on the UNCCD website, an example of upscaling of good practices in the drylands. Read more »
Member Organizations of DCG Sudan
In DCG Sudan there are 9 members of the Board, and 6 associate members. All board members meet three times a year at an agreed location and date and take decisions for DCG Sudan. The chair person is Fadul Beshir and the coordinator is Mutaz El Sadig. Read more »
National Progress Report on the Implementation of the UNCCD
The Government of Sudan submitted a progress report on the implementation of the UNCCD in 2004, covering the period from 2002-2004. Read more »
Members of DCG Eritrea
There are 6 members of DCG Eritrea. At the moment there are no active DCG projects in Eritrea. Read more »
Members of DCG Mali
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DCG Mali has 40 member organisations of which 10 are in the National Board. The organisations represent government structures, research institutes, coordination groups of NGOs and national and international NGOs. Read more »
DCG Ethiopia Members
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There are 17 members of DCG Ethiopia representing national and international NGOs, Universities and governmental structures. The Chairperson is Mulugeta Berhanu at the Relief Society of Tigray, and the coordinator of DCG Ethiopia is Abiye Alemu located at Norwegian Church Aid Ethiopia. Read more »
The Implementation of the UNCCD
The so-called affected countries are implementing the UNCCD by developing and implementing National Action Programmes (NAPs). Read more »