Desertif'actions 2025-2026

CARI is launching a new edition of Désertif'actions focused on drought resilience via a programme planned for 2025-2026 in  three phases:

Phase 1: Preparation of a joint advocacy by international civil society

• From March to September 2025, all associations, NGOs and voluntary networks are invited to organize preparatory national workshops to outline country-specific concerns and produce collective national recommendations. CARI proposes common terms of reference for these workshops
• An online questionnaire will be launched on 17 June 2025 to ensure broad participation by all stakeholders.
• CARI will circulate notes on the decisions taken at the most recent UNCCD COP16.
• From November to December 2025, international webinars will enable the pooling, analysis and completion of the national workshop results and the questionnaire to identify the priorities to be raised at the global level.

Phase 2: Désertif'actions international summit from 25 to 28 March 2026 in Djerba, Tunisia

This multi-stakeholder meeting, initiated by civil society, will bring together 350 participants to prepare the contribution ofCSOs to the negotiations of the next COP17 of the Convention to Combat Desertification, to position the drought resilience at the center of policy implementation.

Phase 3: Participation in UNCCD COP17 in 2026 in Mongolia to share the recommendations from Désertif'actions

In collaboration with the civil society organizations and networks accredited to the UNCCD and the CSO panel, the goal of this campaign is to promote a joint advocacy during the UNCCD COP17 negotiations and to influence its decisions to raise countries' resilience in the face of drought. Download the Désertif'actions 2026 information note

CARI invites you to organize national preparatory workshops for Désertif'actions before 30 September 2025.

To enable the pooling of the results of these workshops, CARI is proposing terms of reference to frame the content around the central issue of reducing drought vulnerability. The terms of reference can be downloaded here: Désertif'actions website

Proposed thematic subjects:

• Transformation of sedentary agricultural and/or livestock production systems to make them more resilient to droughts
• Support for pastoralism as a mobile production system relevant to droughts
• Territorial management of water resources: reconciling different uses
• The role of local authorities in proactive territorial management to anticipate the risk of drought

Voluntary organizations organizing national workshops are free to adapt the organisational arrangements (duration, participants, formats).

• The preparatory workshops are primarily intended for civil society, to enable the development of joint recommendations. The participation of national institutional representatives and other stakeholder groups is recommended to enrich the dialogue.
• To facilitate consultation, participation by all and the production of recommendations, we recommend that you organise the work in groups and limit plenary sessions to information sharing.
• Connecting with organizations and advocacy networks and those active within the UNCCD can help pool your efforts

If you would like to organise a national preparatory workshop for Desertif'actions 2026:

• Inform CARI contact [at] desertif-actions.org (contact[at]desertif-actions[dot]org) of your upcoming workshop
• Ask CARI to put you in touch with relevant organizations and networks
• Send the workshop report to CARI before 30 September 2025
• CARI can provide methodological support to help organize the workshop but unable to provide any financial support