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Dear Maryam,</div>
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Thank you for sharing this important email towards operationalising the IYRP messages. In the region, we have aligned them with other processes, which would be great to share.</div>
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<b>Peter K. Otieno</b></div>
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<i>Executive Director RECONCILE, </i></div>
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<i>Co-Facilitator Rangelands and Pastoralists Platform Africa </i></div>
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<i>Co-Chair Eastern & Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Support Group (RSG) International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP), Regional Focal Point for CELEP|Cel. +254 722 90 22 23|+254 722 25 60 59</i></div>
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<i>Email: </i><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><i><a href="mailto:kenotieno@reconcile-ea.org%7Cpeterkenotieno009@gmail.com%7CSkype" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;">kenotieno@reconcile-ea.org|peterkenotieno009@gmail.com|Skype</a></i></span><i>:
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 22, 2025 7:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu <risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu>; WGs-Leads@iyrp.groups.io <WGs-Leads@iyrp.groups.io>; iyrp-gcg@list.cals.arizona.edu <iyrp-gcg@list.cals.arizona.edu>; claudia.fortediaz@fao.org <claudia.fortediaz@fao.org>; Global
Secretariat <globalsecretariat@iyrp.groups.io>; Abdul Wahid Khan <abdul.khan@ouce.ox.ac.uk>; Anthony Denayer <a.denayer@vsf-belgium.org>; Ayça Orhon <ayca.orhon@yolda.org.tr>; Courtney Emerson Buchanan <cbuchan3@uwyo.edu>; Elena Chen <elenachen.02@outlook.com>;
Dosamantes, Elena - (edosamantes) <edosamantes@arizona.edu>; huangxiaodan@lzu.edu.cn <huangxiaodan@lzu.edu.cn>; Kedibone Chueu <kedibonec@dalrrd.gov.za>; Letizia Bindi <letizia.bindi@unimol.it>; Lauren Svejcar <laurensvejcar@gmail.com>; loupa pius <daahman89@gmail.com>;
Mandakh Nyamtseren 2 <n.mandakh@gmail.com>; Moussa Ka <kapoulogaynako@gmail.com>; Natasha Maru <natasha.maru@gmail.com>; Pablo Manzano <pablo.manzano@bc3research.org>; Pablo Frere (pablofrere@gmail.com) <pablofrere@gmail.com>; tazhibaeva_sk@mail.ru <tazhibaeva_sk@mail.ru>;
Rashmi Singh <rashmi89singh@gmail.com>; Tungaa SG <tungaa.sg@gmail.com>; zzhongcn@gmail.com <zzhongcn@gmail.com>; Patricia Nanteza <pnanteza18@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Risgchairs] May 6th strategy meeting on IYRP global communications campaign for 2026</font>
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<div>We would like to invite you to a virtual meeting on <b>6th May at 10 am GMT+4 (SAST 4pm) to discuss the general contours of the global IYRP communications campaign that we will launch 1st january 2026. </b></div>
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<div>We have 8 months left to get it sorted. The meeting will be chaired by Igshaan and the agenda is as follows:</div>
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<div>1. <b>Objectives and overall strategy</b> : What would the global campaign look like? What audiences are we trying to reach? How best can the key messages of the 12 global themes be disseminated on a monthly basis? What additional activities are the thematic
Worklng Groups developing? How to bring the entire ISG membership of 370+ institutions into this process? What materials do we have and what might still be missing? </div>
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<div>2. <b>Global to local and back again</b>: How to link the global campaign with the regional and local campaigns? What are the RISGs planning and how to coordinate between the global campaign and regional campaigns? </div>
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<div>3. <b>Linking with other global campaigns:</b> Coordination between IYRP and FAO communication plans for IYRP. Are there other entities that we know of that plan to do a global campaign. How do we reinforce each other?</div>
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<div>4. <b>Operational matters</b>: </div>
<div>a) establishing a global campaign team, leads/chairs</div>
<div>b) budget required - rough estimate for now; in-kind contributions vs centralized budget</div>
<div>c) working backwards from 1st January 2026, what are the deadlines we need to meet?</div>
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<div>5. <b>AOB</b> - please feel free to add other items for discussion. </div>
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<div><u>Igshaan will soon send out a link for the virtual meeting</u>.</div>
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<div>Looking forward to our discussions</div>
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<div>Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller
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