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. Despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, LANDac wishes to bring the global land governance community together to take stock of research, policy and practice from around the world, as well as to reflect on the current COVID-19 crisis, as alarming observations are coming in about the loss of livelihoods and deepening poverty, government crackdowns on civil society, the suspension of land administration services and irregular land acquisition. What are the immediate effects of the pandemic, and how might it change the future work and priorities of the land governance community?
Over the course of 5 days, between 29 June and 3 July (2PM – 4.30 PM CEST), we will offer you a vibrant programme, including two key note contributions, three webinars, various parallel sessions and opportunities for online networking and exchange. Before, during and after the online programme, you can join us at our online platform, where you can find recently released blogs, interviews and short videos from colleagues in the LANDac network.
We are looking forward to fruitful discussions, webinars and online sessions, and of course we hope to see you at one of our virtual networking opportunities!
Live Programme
Over the course of 5 days, between the 29th of June and the 3rd of July, LANDac will host a live, online programme between 2PM – 4.30 PM, CEST.
Registration
Participating in the LANDac Online Encounter 2020 is free of charge! In order to join the Online Encounter, registration is required. We kindly ask you to register for each day separately and indicate which parallel session you wish to join. If you (only) wish to join a specific parallel session, please register for the full day and join the parallel session at the indicated time slot in the programme.
Register now at the following links!
Register for day 1 – Opening session and keynotes
Register for day 2 – Webinar ‘Multifaceted Challenges of Land and Climate Change’ & Parallel sessions
Register for day 3 – Webinar ‘Covid-19 Crisis and Land Governance’ & Parallel Sessions
Register for day 4 – Webinar ‘The Nexus of Land Governance and Climate Change Adaptation in Relation to Urban Tenure’ & Parallel Sessions
Register for day 5 – Closing panel & discussion
Deadline for registration: June 28, 2020.
Voices of the LANDac Community
We would like to meet you! Join us at one of our virtual networking opportunities, or add your voice to the ‘Voices from the LANDac Community’!
How can you add your voice? Record a 30-second video of yourself and share it with us*. Please keep the following guidelines in mind:
- The video may last 30 seconds max.
- Record your video horizontally
- Do not forget to briefly introduce yourself.
- Answer one of the following questions: Why are you part of the LANDac community?
Why did you join the LANDac Online Encounter?
- Share your video with us at hello@landportal.info
*Please note that by sharing your video with us, you give permission to publish the video online at the LANDac and Land Portal website and YouTube channels.
Get to know the diverse voices from the LANDac community
Share your voice with us and it will be posted here!
Organising Committee 2020
Joanny Bélair (University of Ottawa), Gemma van der Haar (Wageningen University), Lotte van der Heijden (LANDac), Laura Meggiolaro (Land Portal Foundation), Richard Sliuzas (ITC – University of Twente), Neil Sorensen (Land Portal Foundation), Marja Spierenburg (Leiden University), Guus van Westen (Utrecht University), Chantal Wieckardt (LANDac).