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Conference on Land Policy in Africa, CLPA-2019: “Winning the fight against Corruption in the Land Sector: Sustainable Pathway for Africa’s Transformation”

24 November 2019 - 28 November 2019
Sofitel - Hotel Ivoire
Abidjan
Ivory Coast

Winning the fight against Corruption in the Land Sector: Sustainable Pathway for Africa’s Transformation

The 3rd edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa was organised by the African Land Policy Centre which is a joint initiative of the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the African Development Bank.   The Conference is a policy and learning event whose goal is to deepen capacity for land policy in Africa through improved access to knowledge and information on land policy development and implementation.  This Conference follows the second Conference held in November 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that was attended by close to 450 participants. 

African Land Policy Centre
African Development Bank
African Union

New Sensor Highlight: ECOSTRESS

20 November 2019

Please join ARSET’s first lightning style training, designed to support high demand and interest from the applications community in new NASA Earth observing technologies that can be used to support resources management.  This webinar will focus on a NASA instrument that was launched and installed on the International Space Station in Summer 2018.  Designed to study terrestrial ecosystems and pl

4th Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) Regional Conference

13 November 2019 - 14 November 2019
Radisson Blue
Nairobi
Kenya

The ISK Regional Conference is an annual event organized by the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya which is the professional body for landed professionals in Kenya.

Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (Kenya)
Global Land Tool Network
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UNLEASH 2019

06 November 2019 - 13 November 2019
Shenzen
China

UNLEASH is a global initiative aiming to create the world’s largest innovation lab for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNLEASH aims at supporting the implementation of the SDGs by bringing young global talents together to innovate and collaborate on new solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference 2019: Shaping Africa's Digital Future

22 October 2019 - 24 October 2019
Accra
Ghana

Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues relating to geospatial, open data, ICTs and Internet in Africa. AGDIC informs and inspires those with policy-making powers across sectors in Africa to discuss, exchange information and share good practices with each other.

African Open Data and Internet Research Foundation
GODAN

Responsible land investment for sustainable food systems

17 October 2019
Red Room
Rome
Italy

Taking stock of lessons from pilots, partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms with governments, CSOs and business to implement the VGGT.

This event highlighted the importance of equitable governance of land and natural resource tenure for sustainable investment in agriculture and natural resources and the key lessons from recent initiatives to develop and pilot tools and practical

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
International agri-food network
International Land Coalition

World Food Day 2019

16 October 2019
Rome
Italy

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) designated 16 October World Food Day in 1979. The Day has been celebrated annually since 1981.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

CFS Side Event: How the VGGT have changed rural women's lives: Key strategies and innovations towards gender equality

15 October 2019
Iran Room
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome
Italy

The purpose of the side event is to showcase key strategies and innovations that are contributing to gender equality in agriculture and land tenure in the context of the VGGT.

Land Portal Foundation