Title: “Working with Environmental Variability for Enhanced Water and Food Security in the Drylands”.

Kenyatta University (KU) in collaboration with the Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) have co-developed a five-day short course for policy makers and practitioners working in the Kenyan ASALs. The objective of the course to strengthen the capacity of county and national government actors and NGOs to plan for the delivery of food and water security in the ASALs under conditions of increasing climate risk. The course will focus on the interactions between production systems and the environment, good governance and sustainable resource management.

Short course structure

The course is delivered by the Directorate of Capacity Development and Consultancy Services at KU in collaboration with the Geography Department and invited expert guest speakers.

Target Audience 

This professional course will be of particular benefit to:

i. Sectoral development and planning officers in national and county government

ii. Sectoral policy makers in national and county government

iii. Sectoral technical officers and practitioners at county level

Others include:

iv. Development partners operating in ASAL areas

v. Local administrators/leaders in ASAL areas

vi. Community opinion leaders in ASAL areas

vii. Curriculum officers in Academic and Research Community

Certification.

A certificate of completion, signed by the Director, KU-CDCS and Registrar (Academic) will be issued to participants upon successful attendance and participation in the training workshop.

Duration and Cost.

The short course lasts for five days and the cost is Ksh 50,000/- only (inclusive of VAT). This cost covers training and conference package. The primary training venue is Kenyatta University Conference Centre (KUCC). Please note this price does not include accommodation and travel costs and may vary depending on the venue/location of the training.

Any issues not addressed please refer them to:

Director,

Kenyatta University - Capacity Development and Consultancy Services

P.O. Box 43844-00100 GPO; Nairobi - Kenya

Tel. 254-208703845, Cellphone: +254-713-537878

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Website: cdcs.ku.ac.ke

“This work was funded through the ‘Building Research Capacity for sustainable water and food security in the drylands of sub-saharan Africa’ (BRECcIA) which is supported by UK Research and Innovation as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund, grant number NE/P021093/1”