Neil Sorensen joined the Land Portal as its Communications Specialist in October 2015. He has extensive experience leading communications for international organizations and developing relationships with civil society, donors, intergovernmental agencies, the media and the private sector. Previously, Neil worked for the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) as a Governing Bodies Officer and Strategic Adviser to the Secretary of IFAD. He has also led communications for three international organizations, including the International Land Coalition, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). He holds a Master’s degree in Global Diplomacy from the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as well as a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in German and Sociology from St. Cloud State University.
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Displaying 651 - 660 of 1145Acção Académica Para O Desenvolvimento Das Comunidades Rurai
A Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais (ADECRU) é uma organização da sociedade civil fundada em Outubro de 2007 por jovens estudantes universitários, numa acção mobilizadora entre os seus membros e os demais, constituindo-se como uma pessoa colectiva e de direito privado, dotada de uma personalidade jurídica e sem fins lucrativos, cujo objectivo é impulsionar os focos da consciência cidadã e a agenda de desenvolvimento local, promovendo maior envolvimento e interacção entre os vários actores nacionais e internacionais em prol do desenvolvimento d
Acção Académica Para O Desenvolvimento Das Comunidades Rurai
MISSION
Boost the focus of citizen conscience and sovereign agenda for local development promoting greater involvement and interaction between various national and international actors in favor of solidary and fair development of communities.
VISION
Rural Communities more actives in setting up priorities, definition, implementation and evaluation of action for their own development
Women Inheriting Land: Rights and Realities
Webinar: Realizing women’s land rights in Africa
In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources.
The 2019 Grassroots Justice Prize
Celebrating Great Deeds in Legal Empowerment
The biennial Grassroots Justice Prize competition is the world’s only competition recognizing grassroots organizations and institutions, large and small, across the globe, that are working to put the power of law into people’s hands.
This year, we are offering 3 prizes of $10,000 USD.
Reporting Land Rights
This is an opportunity provided by the Reporting Land Rights programme: Find out more
The Cambodian peasantry and the formalisation of land rights : Historical overview and current issues
The central objective of this working paper produced by Jean-Christophe Diepart and Thol Sem, is to examine the recognition and formalisation of peasants’ land rights against the backdrop of Cambodian history and political economy of land and agrarian change.
It aims to understand how colonialism, war, socialism and the regional integration against a neoliberal background have shaped the land rights of smallholder farmers in contemporary Cambodia.
Tata Trusts
Tata Trusts (comprising Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Trusts, and the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts) are amongst India's oldest, non-sectarian philanthropic organisations. The Trusts own two-third of the stock holding of Tata Sons, the apex company of the Tata group of companies. The wealth that accrues from this asset supports an assortment of causes, institutions and individuals in a wide variety of areas. In this manner, the profits that the Tata companies earn go back many times over to the communities they operate in.
Corruption Perceptions Index 2018
The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries score below 50 on this year’s CPI, with an average score of just 43.
Land Rights for Slum Dwellers in the East Indian State Odisha: Making technology work for the urban poor
The Land Portal Foundation and the NRMC Center for Land Governance partnered with key organizations to hold a series of three webinars leading up to the third annual India Land and Development Conference (ILDC), which took place from 12-14 March, 2019.