<div dir="ltr">Dear Ann,<br><div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for the information. It is very nice to have supporting  team IYRP at national level in Germany.  In Mongolia we will also  form  supporting the IYRP Team and it will be as a National Committee, which is currently under the finalization in the Government of Mongolia. We will also inform you about that soon. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 7:02 PM Ann Waters-Bayer <<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de">waters-bayer@web.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>A very important level for policy influence with respect to rangelands and pastoralists is the national level. The IYRP Global Secretariat therefore welcomes all efforts to form national IYRP2026 groups. In every country, there are existing national and subnational organisations and initiatives seeking to improve the livelihoods of pastoralists and the health of the natural environment. When these groups come together at national level, they can leverage of the IYRP2026 to have a stronger voice in their outreach and influence within their country and can also link up with other national IYRP support groups in their region to engage in policy dialogue at regional level.</div><div><br></div><div>We are therefore very pleased to learn that several organisations and individuals in Germany have formed a German IYRP group: see the attached announcement (also on the IYRP website: <a href="https://iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/IYRP%20Support%20Group%20formed%20in%20Germany_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/IYRP%20Support%20Group%20formed%20in%20Germany_final.pdf</a>). </div><div><br></div><div>Others in Germany who would like to join this group can contact Jutta Sundermann (Aktion Agrar) or Sabine Poth (League for Pastoral Peoples), both in cc.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Ann</div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div></div><div><br></div><div><font size="1"><i><span style="font-family:Arial">Dr Ann Waters-Bayer</span><br></i></font><div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) Research Fellow</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) Core Group</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP2026) Global Secretariat</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;f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