open access (land)

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Open access is a tenure where there is no control on access to resources: specific rights are not assigned to anyone and no-one can be excluded.

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Land Information Ecosystem Declaration

29 March 2017

Global

On March 20, 2017, a group of individuals from a broad range of institutions and organizations that focus on improving land governance around the world hereby commit to promote and bolster data-sharing efforts within the land sector, with the hope that such action will catalyze positive changes in the area of land governance and lead to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goa

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Africa

Eastern Africa

Middle Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Central America

Central Asia

Southern Asia

Second call for expressions of interest: national or regional information and data partnerships on land

'Scotland must end absurdly outdated land ownership system'

Scotland

By: Karin Goodwin
Date: August 14th 2016
Source: Herald Scotland

Blogs

How the Land Portal is helping overcome data barriers

29 January 2019

Authors:

Stacey Zammit

Global

Having and using information has always been a powerful force for change, helping to fight corruption, enabling citizens to participate more fully in public life and allowing people from all walks of life to exercise their fundamental human rights. We live in a time when paradoxical topics such as ‘fake news’ and ‘big data’ are part of our everyday lives.

Regional Training: Enhancing Open Access to Knowledge, Information and Data in the Mekong

Laos

Myanmar

Vietnam

By Nghia Le Trung, Chairman of the Advisory Council, National Center for Research and Development of Open Technologies (RDOT), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam

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Events

Enhancing Open Access to Knowledge, Information & Data in the Mekong: Open Data Festival and Regional Capacity-building Workshop

26 February 2017 to 28 February 2017

Location

Best Western Green Hill Yangon

Myanmar

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MM

South-Eastern Asia

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Over the last 30 years, the nation states in the Mekong region have taken steps to reform their land policy to facilitate the efforts to end poverty, create wealth and grow their economies. To do this most effectively in this modern age requires the leveraging of technical innovations and data.

IODC 2016

6 October 2016 to 7 October 2016

Location

Madrid

Spain

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ES

Global

IODC is the essential meeting point for the global community to debate and study the future of open data.

IODC aims to build stronger relationships between open data initiatives from the different governments and establish a dialogue between these voices:

European Data Forum (EDF) 2016

29 June 2016 to 30 June 2016

Location

Eindhoven

Netherlands

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NL

Europe

SCALING UP THE EUROPEAN DATA ECONOMY

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Library

Linked Open Data and Land Governance

Institutional & promotional materials

March 2016

Global

What is Linked Open Data?

Linked Open Data is a way of enriching, connecting, and linking data in structured, machine readable and standardized formats under open licenses. Linked Open Data enables the same content to be represented in multiple ways in different places simultaneously.

Overcoming Land Data Silos : The role of data ecosystems in achieving global development goals

Policy Papers & Briefs

January 2019

Global

When disasters displace people, land records and geospatial data are key to protecting property rights and building resilience.When land conflicts occur, it is clear that conciliation efforts would benefit from access to data and evidence. In order for marginalized peoples and communities to gain control of their rights, there is no doubt that data, information and knowledge are indispensable.

DEVELOPING LAND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LIMS) FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY KIRINYAGA COUNTY.

Journal Articles & Books

March 2017

Kenya

This paper describes the development of a Land Information Management System (LIMS) for County Governments in Kenya. In the new Constitution 2010, devolution of some national government functions and formation of county governments was provided for. These invoked the development of new land laws to guide the devolution processes and procedures.

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Organizations

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Journal

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (ISSN 2220-9964) is an international, open access journal on geo-information.

It is a journal of the ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and is published monthly online by MDPI.

Open Knowledge International (OKI)

Non-profit organization

Open Knowledge International is a global non-profit organisation focused on realising open data’s value to society by helping civil society groups access and use data to take action on social problems. Open Knowledge International does this in three ways:

1.) We show the value of open data for the work of civil society organizations
2.) We provide organisations with the tools and skills to effectively use open data
3.) We make government information systems responsive to civil society

Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP)

Data aggregator

Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) is one of the largest Open Access journal publishers. It is currently publishing more than 200 open access, online, peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines. SCIRP serves the worldwide academic communities and contributes to the progress and application of science with its publication. More than 5000 professional editorial board members support our publishing activities, and 71030 articles have already been published with SCIRP (2017-12-31).

Technical University of Kenya (TUK)

University or Research Institution

Vision
- To be a top rated University of technology
Mission
- To provide technological education and training and to contribute towards the advancement of society through research and innovation
Motto
- Education and training for the real world
Mandate

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