<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 450pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="elementToProof" style="width: 420pt; height: 169.333px; text-align: left; padding: 7.5pt 15pt; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""><img id="image_0" size="56277" contenttype="image/png" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" style="max-width: 879px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:ce688774-8b41-416f-a0f2-ebf1c38a9527"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">Come join us this March on an exciting online learning journey on the topic of Pastoralism in Development. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">IIED, in partnership with Misereor and the Global Alliance for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (<a href="http://iyrp.org/" id="LPlnk702137" title="iyrp.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">IYRP 2026</a>), will be running a free,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.iied.org/pastoralism-development-learning-journey-free-massive-open-online-course-mooc" id="LPlnk" title="https://www.iied.org/pastoralism-development-learning-journey-free-massive-open-online-course-mooc" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">tutor-guided MOOC</a> open to the general public, beginning on 10 March.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">The MOOC provides fresh insights into pastoralism and will be useful for anyone wanting to critically assess commonly held views and narratives in development. The course will run for five weeks featuring time for networking and community-building among participants, with a Zoom call on the Monday of each week (starting 10 March) and a final Zoom call at the end of the fifth week. </span></div><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""> </span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="width: 420pt; height: 92.6667px; text-align: left; padding: 15pt; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><div align="center" style="margin: 0px;" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="width: 232.51px; height: 50.6667px; border: 1.5pt solid rgb(21, 50, 88); background-color: rgb(11, 139, 227); padding: 9.75pt; vertical-align: top;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; color: white;" class=""><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TG_A1XfJ-UGbqmxAUHGZc15hilSAZUVOsLuudosyVyFUNlNSQVdKRDFQNk9NNEpNVUdMMTVHWjZMUi4u" id="OWAe11d2e85-ab8a-6d5c-5090-2ef017db047a" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TG_A1XfJ-UGbqmxAUHGZc15hilSAZUVOsLuudosyVyFUNlNSQVdKRDFQNk9NNEpNVUdMMTVHWjZMUi4u" data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: white; margin: 0px;">Register for the MOOC</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="width: 420pt; height: 254.667px; text-align: left; padding: 7.5pt 15pt; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">While the MOOC is running, we will also run a series of parallel lectures/panel talks on hot topics that have been raised by the working groups of the IYRP. These seminars are not official MOOC content, but MOOC participants are encouraged to attend.</span></div><div class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">We look forward to welcoming you onto the pastoralism in development MOOC.</span></div><p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(12, 0, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.iied.org/pastoralism-development-learning-journey-free-massive-open-online-course-mooc" id="OWA13182a15-1a0e-5c0f-5933-98e39b9c5770" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.iied.org/pastoralism-development-learning-journey-free-massive-open-online-course-mooc" data-linkindex="4" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(12, 0, 255); margin: 0px;">Find out more and sign up to attend the MOOC now</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div></body></html>