Why a Regional Approach to Education?
IGAD was initially established in 1986 as the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) to coordinate the efforts of the Member States in combating desertification and promoting their efforts to mitigate drought.
Believing in the great potential of IGADD as a mechanism for development in the Horn of Africa, the Heads of State and Government resolved to expand its mandate to cover political as well as regional integration issues. As a result, the Authority was re-launched in 1996 as the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to address some twenty areas of cooperation among the Member States.
The 12th Summit of the IGAD Heads of State and Government, held in Addis Ababa on June 14th 2008, moved to invigorate IGAD by intensifying work towards developing and implementing regional integration policies and programmes necessary to entrench IGAD as a REC and one the building block of the African Union (AU).
