o The Programme implements interventions within existing IGAD structures at the regional, national and local levels. Partners work closely with national and local governments, and engage civil society, private sector and local communities affected or at risk of being affected by disasters, environmental degradation and climate change. The aim is to pursue whole-of-government, whole-of-society, people-centred approaches. The Programme also complements other initiatives related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts in the region.

o Partners have worked together to develop disaster displacement risk profiles on agreed risk metrics, which cover floods and cyclones in Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. The results are integrated on an ongoing basis into existing ICPAC products, including ICPAC's East Africa Hazards Watch and the ICPAC Geoportal, which supports the validation of the reliability and effectiveness of the risk profiles. Results are already discussed with wide range of stakeholders in the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forums (GHACOF).

o To enhance capacities of IGAD and ICPAC and the sustainability of the programme results, ICPAC recruited a Mobility Analyst on disaster displacement. The Mobility Analyst further finalized an Action plan which defines how ICPAC will incorporate human mobility within their programs and expand its coordination to the existing IGAD platforms, to enhance sharing the results of the joint intervention with different stakeholders, including IGAD Member States.

o To enhance the evidence base of facilitating pathways for regular migration and minimizing displacement risk in the context of climate change, environmental degradation and disasters, the programme partners have already commenced several studies: i) on the needs and opportunities for a stronger integration of human mobility in regional and national green economy and related policies and plans, ii) on what protection frameworks and coordination mechanisms for implementation exist to respond to human mobility related to climate change and disasters in the IGAD region and iii) on a stronger integration of human mobility in local and national climate change and disaster risk reduction policies and plans, in Kenya and Somalia.

o The programme is currently in the process of engaging local NGOs to support the implementation of the recommendations from aforementioned studies with local communities. In Kenya for example, mobility considerations will be incorporated in the local Climate Change Action plan in consultation with local communities. The community projects also support the engagement of local communities in green economy developments and sustainable livelihoods, enhancing their adaptive capacities to climate change.