It was held in Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt, on March 15 and 16, 2023 AD. The technical consultative meeting of the Arab Platform for Pastoral Communities, This is within the framework of cooperation and partnership between the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, West Asia Office.

The meeting aimed to take the necessary steps to establish and launch the Arab Platform for Pastoral Communities under the umbrella of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development and within the framework of the Arab Network for the Sustainable Management of Pastoral Resources.

The meeting discussed the contents of the website of the platform, which was prepared by the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, and details of the contents of the pilot site and the databases contained therein, which included pastures in the Arab countries. traditional knowledge, releases, members and contact points, news, etc., In order to reach some proposals and recommendations to activate, operate and sustain the platform to achieve the desired goals.

It is worth noting that the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2018. To cooperate in all fields related to the agricultural sector, the environment, climate change and other areas that achieve the goals of both sides.