About East African Indigenous Peoples’ Land Summit 2022
About EAIPLS 2022
The East African Indigenous Peoples’ Land Summit 2022 is co-convened by IMPACT Kenya and PARAN Alliance; in collaboration with other partners. The Summit will be held under the theme: Amplifying Collective Voices of Indigenous Peoples through Inclusive Dialogues and Learning to Enhance Land Rights for Livelihoods and Conservation in East Africa. The Summit builds on the success of the first ever Community Land Summit in Kenya held in December 2021 in Nanyuki Town, Kenya; co-convened by IMPACT Kenya and the National Land Commission.
This year’s East Africa IPs Land Summit 2022, will bring together Indigenous People; pastoralist and hunter-gatherer communities from Eastern Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, DRC, Rwanda and Burundi) to share and learn from each other on current issues affecting them, directly engage policy makers from governments, regional and sub-regional governmental organizations including AU and RECs, CSOs, the private sector other actors; and together forge the way forward towards addressing those challenges. Over 200 IPs community delegates from East Africa, high level representatives from the Africa Union, Regional economic communities, National and county Governments, Development actors, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Private sector, researchers and the academia are scheduled to attend. The summit will adopt an inclusive and consultative dialogues, cultural exchanges, discussions, plenary and other innovative approached to ensure effective engagement of all participants.
Summit Objectives
Specific Objectives
- To provide IPs with a platform for sharing and learning on indigenous knowledge, policies, strategies, and practices that secure land and natural resource rights for Indigenous people in EA.
- Amplify indigenous people voices and facilitate dialogue with policy makers and other key actors on their land and natural resource rights, livelihoods and conservation efforts.
- Promote human rights and social inclusion in the governance of land and natural resources with a focus on women and youth.
- Define common agenda to address issues affecting IPs land, livelihoods and conservation, and highlight priorities and strategies through a call for action to all actors.
- Deepen the discourse on emerging environmental, social-economic and political issues and trends such as conservation, Land-based investments, Land degradation, drought and other climate change-induced hazards, and their impacts on the wellbeing of Indigenous Pastoral communities.
East African Indigenous Peoples’ Land Summit 2022 Venue
This year’s East African Indigenous Peoples’ Land Summit will be held at the Sports Arms Hotel in Nanyuki, Laikipia County from the 21st to 25th of November 2022.
Accommodation
We urge delegates to book their accommodation for their time at the Summit as soon as possible. A range of accommodation options are still available in Nanyuki town.
Things to do in Laikipia County
Laikipia County have created a Welcome Guide for visitors to Nanyuki which includes things to see and do in the county and beyond.