As the coronavirus rages across the world, major land events have been canceled and many more are uncertain in the coming months. The Land Portal has years of experience organizing highly effective online experiences that attract targeted land governance stakeholders. Our aim is to continue to provide support to our users, who are turning to the Land Portal to stay connected via online means in what are unprecedented times.
Open Up Guide for Land Governance Workshop
The Land Portal Foundation and the Open Data Charter are developing an Open Up Guide on Land Governance for use by governments, particularly in developing countries.
Open Data training on access to information and land
Masterclass 10 (16:30-18:00)
Side Event of the GLTN's 8th Biennium Partners Meeting: Innovative and effective communications strategies in the time of Covid-19
Covid-19 has no doubt changed the way we interact with one another and the way we are able to effectively communicate in our day to day lives. When it comes to leveraging visibility for land rights globally, and keeping land on the agenda and minds of a variety of stakeholders, Covid-19 has forced us to pivot as well as innovate in our methods of communication. Traditional communications methods such as in person conferences or launches, have been put on hold for the foreseeable future. This means that our strictly digital efforts to advocate and campaign for improved te
How to Report On SDG Land Targets in 2021: Introductory Session for Civil Society Organizations
All the UN member states have committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Targets by 2030. However, there is a clear gap between what is being committed and the delivery of the commitments. For example, in 2020 National Voluntary Reports only seven countries reported on specific land targets. No country reported on the all three key land targets. The gap prevails based on many reasons ranging from lack of political will to resources including technical capacity.
How to Report On SDG Land Targets in 2021: Introductory Session for Government Partners
All the UN member states have committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Targets by 2030. However, there is a clear gap between what is being committed and the delivery of the commitments. For example, in 2020 National Voluntary Reports only seven countries reported on specific land targets. No country reported on the all three key land targets. The gap prevails based on many reasons ranging from lack of political will to resources including technical capacity.
Building Back Better: Confronting the Impact of COVID-19 on Land Tenure, Food Security and Nutrition
Partners Event on coordinating a Covid-19 response while monitoring the effect on governance of tenure and determining how to build back better
Tuesday, 13 October,16:30–18:00 (CEST)
Use of semantics applied to food and agricultural data innovation systems as a key step to achieving the SDGs
FAO produces and synthesizes a wealth of information data across all the sectors to help eradicate poverty, eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable, reduce rural poverty, enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, and increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises. These information and data are in text, statistical, graphic and map formats that are accessible through a wide number of FAO Knowledge Platforms.
2020 Vision: Reflections on a Quarter Century of Metadata
Challenges finding information in food and agriculture on the Web: what can we do better?
Wednesday, 23 September
(2020-09-23)
15:00 - 16:30 UTC
Panelists will be from FAO, CGIAR, Land Portal Foundation, USDA and Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences.
LANDac Online Encounter 2020: Closing panel & discussion
LANDac – the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development – brings together researchers, policy makers, development practitioners and business professionals in the field of land governance and development.
LANDac Online Encounter 2020: Opening Session and Keynote Speeches
LANDac – the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development – brings together researchers, policy makers, development practitioners and business professionals in the field of land governance and development.
LANDac Online Encounter 2020
Welcome to the LANDac Online Encounter 2020! LANDac – the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development – brings together researchers, policy makers, development practitioners and business professionals in the field of land governance and development.
LandVoc Community of Experts Workshop
Date: June 23rd
Time: 14 h 00-17 h 00 CET
In these difficult times, our well-being is dependent on so many different factors and chief amongst these is our right to reliable information. Over the past ten years, the Land Portal has been working to improve access to land-related data and information, which we believe is crucial for achieving good land governance.
