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CCSI Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture 2019
Next Training: June 11-21, 2019
Location: Columbia University, New York
CCSI concerned about World Bank’s Guidance Note for Borrowers on Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement (ESS5)
Land acquisitions and land use restrictions can have adverse impacts on communities and individuals, including physical displacement; loss of land, income or livelihood; and/or involuntary resettlement. The World Bank addresses these negative impacts in its Draft Guidance Note for Borrowers on the application of its Environmental and Social Standard 5 (ESS5): Land Acquisitions, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement.
OpenLandContracts.org Mini-Grants Program – Now Accepting Applications
CCSI Executive Training Program on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture
Next Training: June 19-29, 2018
Location: Columbia University
CCSI | Michael Jarvis Interview on OpenLandContracts.org
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) (link is external) spoke with Michael Jarvis, Executive Director of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI), about OpenLandContracts.org, how the landscape regarding contract transparency has changed in recent years, and what these changes mean for stakeholders seeking to improve governance and accountability in the context of natural resource investments.
Lorenzo Cotula and Thierry Berger: On Transparency around Land Investment Contracts
By Liam Kelley-St. Clair
Contracts between governments and private investors for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects often play a critical role in the governance of these projects. Yet, despite their significance, such contracts are often kept hidden from the public eye. Amongst the many initiatives seeking to shed light on these deals, OpenLandContracts.org, an initiative of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), works to advance transparency by serving as a centralized online repository of publicly available land, agriculture, and forestry contracts between investors and governments.
