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Policy Advising
FEG Consultants have advised on policy development from management as well as livelihood perspectives. FEG was involved in policy negotiations around the resettlement of displaced populations, as well as on institutionalizing safety nets to relieve chronic food insecurity in Ethiopia. FEG Consultants also moderated multi-donor and government processes to implement new policies - notably on the Productive Safety Net Program.
As FEG’s baseline livelihood work develops, new opportunities are being pursued to bring this wealth of livelihood information into the policy arena. One initiative is the PACAPS project in the Mandera Triangle (Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia). Under PACAPS (Pastoral Areas Coordination, Analysis, and Policy Support) FEG is responsible for the early warning and early response component of this trans-border project. One of the interesting aspects of this project is the opportunity to bring livelihood information from pastoralist communities up into policy processes. PACAPS is working closely with COMESA (Commonwealth for East and Southern Africa) and the CAADP (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program) to develop better policy coherence on pastoralist issues, including influencing the debates on livestock development versus livestock relief as well as land tenure policies in pastoralist areas. PACAPS will be linked into not only regional policy processes but also national ones, including, for example, the Pastoralist Livestock Policy Forum in Ethiopia (facilitated by the PLI/Pastoralist Livelihoods Initiative) Program).
