Pastoral Civil Society Quarterly Newsletter of RECONCILE/IIED Programme on Reinforcement of Pastoral Civil Society in East Africa Issue no 7 July - September 2004

Document begins: Pastoral Civil Society Quarterly Newsletter of RECONCILE/IIED Programme on Reinforcement of Pastoral Civil Society in East Africa Issue no 7 July ­ September 2004 Editorial We welcome you to the seventh issue of Pastoral Civil Society. In this issue you will find reports on programme activities, visitors we have received, reports on relevant events and news, upcoming events and useful resources. Our Pastoral Civil Society profile for the quarter is on The Pastoralist Indigenous NGO's (PINGOS) a CSO based in Arusha Tanzania. We have also focused on the Maasai land debate in Kenya. Most of our readers must be aware of the Maasai agitation for their land to be returned to them at the end of the 100-year leases. We present to you a report from our own visit to Laikipia, one of the centers of skirmishes during the agitation. We hope we will be receiving more comments from you and have a wonderful reading. Editor Overview of programme News workshop, a number of strategies were During the 3rd quarter, work continued on proposed and the report is being worked on. the design of the generic training course on The Core Advisory Group (CAG) meeting Pastoralism and Policy ...