In sub-Saharan Africa, it’s an ongoing challenge to map millions of unrecognised land rights. An EU initiative delivered land mapping tools that respond to the need to rapidly map millions of land rights.
Project partners developed an innovative suite of land tenure recording tools based on geoinformation technologies that respond to the needs of end users, such as local communities, SMEs, non governmental organisations and government. The tools reinforce an existing strategic collaboration between the EU and East Africa. The partners performed data collection, piloting and demonstration activities at rural communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda.
The tools and accompanying models improve land tenure mapping by providing faster and less costly land rights recording in East African countries. They enable local communities and governments alike to adjudicate, demarcate, survey and record land tenure information that for too long was unavailable or concealed.
Please click here to read the full article.
Last Updated: 30th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
Oxfam Novib | Job Opportunity
This position lies in Oxfam (Novib)’s food and justice campaign GROW. The GROW campaign contributes to a diverse and active movement for food justice. It focuses on small scale-food producers and their communities benefiting more from local, national and global public and private sector policies in the areas of land rights, climate change, investment, income and human rights to ensure that their food security, prosperity and resilience are promoted. In this role, you will contribute to the advocacy work in the field of agricultural investments (including climate finance for agriculture) and land rights, and will participate in the management of an externally funded project – to support these influencing strategies – housed within the team.
The person they are looking for has a track record in advocacy, preferably in national and international settings. The policy lead analyses Dutch ODA policy on agriculture and climate finance and contributes to Oxfam proposals to improve policies. The policy lead develops research and policy positions on agriculture, climate finance, land rights and related thematic priorities. The policy lead works closely with the campaigners in the GROW team to deliver (digital) campaign strategies, and works closely with program development staff to prepare funding proposals to institutional donors, lead on research and advocacy outputs, write blogs and op-eds for broader audiences. You work well in a multi-disciplinary team around the world, you are comfortable in planning and organizing your own work, and you can find a balance between different angles and stakeholders. Please note that your application must be received by the 5th of October at the latest.
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Posted: 29th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
ZOA | Job Opportunity
Vacancy closing date: 9 October 2020
ZOA is looking for a new Consortium Coordinator. The international work of ZOA is coordinated from the Netherlands. ZOA is active in multiple countries in Africa, South America, Middle East Region and Asia and works with approximately 900 employees worldwide and also with (local) partners. The Consortium Coordinator coordinates the implementation of the WeAreAble! Consortium, consisting of four (I)NGOs, namely ZOA as lead, the African Disability Forum (ADF), The Leprosy Mission (TLM) and Light for the World (LftW). In addition, The Hague Academy (THA) and Vereniging Nederlandse Gemeenten Internationaal (VNGi) have been subcontracted under this grant.
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Posted: 29th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
World Habitat | Job Opportunity
Deadline for applications: 14 October at 10am (BST).
World Habitat is looking for a dynamic Programme Officer to support their World Habitat Awards programme. You will be part of a small and experienced team that runs the Awards competition, and a series of international programmes and events that arise out of it. You will support the World Habitat Awards team and external partners to identify and encourage the adoption of the best housing practices. They are looking for someone who enjoys a variety of work, has strong self-management skills, and who will enjoy the opportunity to work with a global network of partners. Due to the nature of their work, they require someone who is comfortable working virtually and is able to build strong working relationships on and offline.
Please click here to read the full vacancy.
Posted: 29th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
ITC and EU | Innovative Geospatial Tools for Mapping Land Rights in East Africa Faster, Easier and Cheaper
In sub-Saharan Africa, it’s an ongoing challenge to map millions of unrecognised land rights. An EU initiative delivered land mapping tools that respond to the need to rapidly map millions of land rights.
Project partners developed an innovative suite of land tenure recording tools based on geoinformation technologies that respond to the needs of end users, such as local communities, SMEs, non governmental organisations and government. The tools reinforce an existing strategic collaboration between the EU and East Africa. The partners performed data collection, piloting and demonstration activities at rural communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda.
The tools and accompanying models improve land tenure mapping by providing faster and less costly land rights recording in East African countries. They enable local communities and governments alike to adjudicate, demarcate, survey and record land tenure information that for too long was unavailable or concealed.
Please click here to read the full article.
Posted: 17th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
Wageningen University & Research | 3 PhD Positions on Climate Security and Food Systems
Deadline for application: October 1st 2020
Wageningen University and Research (WUR), the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are looking for 3 outstanding candidates for our joint PhD program on Climate Security and Food Systems. The objective is to uncover and maximise synergies, focusing not only on eliciting integrated research but on complementing it with the most effective supporting role in policy development and advocacy. The selected PhD candidates will work under a common and jointly developed framework, with each of them focusing on a specific geographic area. One PhD project will be on the Sahel, one on the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh and one the Mekong Delta. The selected candidates are expected to start doctoral studies in Fall 2020.
For more information on these PhD positions, please click here.
Posted: 16th September 2020 by Coordinator
RRI | New research by the Rights and Resources Initiative
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has shared three new technical analyses to serve as a roadmap to scale up land tenure reforms globally. The launch of these analyses is intended to influence donors, policy makers, negotiators, and investors in advance of UN Climate Week, and to feed into negotiations of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Convention on Biological Diversity 15, and UNFCCC COP 26. The reports include:
This suite of analysis spotlights both unrealized potential and opportunities for global support and investments in secure Indigenous and community lands, which in turn offer the chance to build a more sustainable, just, and resilient world. Taken together, these elements represent the ingredients for transformative change.
To learn more about the technical analysis, please visit the recently updated RRI website. You can access the newly available reports, brief, and press release, here.
Last Updated: 16th September 2020 by Coordinator
LANDac | Guatemala Blog Series Update – Land governance in Guatemala: a new setback
Over the course of 2018 and 2019 Jur Schuurman has zoomed in on the story of Guatemalan land issues from many perspectives in this blog series. In this recently published update, he updates us on some worrying recent developments in Guatemala: the Secretaría de Asuntos Agrarios (the Department for Agrarian Affairs – SAA), created as a corollary of the Peace Agreements of 1996, has been closed down by the Guatemalan president. This will have a great impact on the monitoring and solving of land conflicts.
Last Updated: 15th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
ILC | 2020 Land Forums and Regional Assemblies
The International Land Coalition invites you to participate in the virtual 2020 Regional Assemblies and Land Forums. Please be aware that although Land Forums are open events, participation in the Assemblies are reserved for ILC members only.
Africa
This year’s theme is ‘Delivering on the African Union Agenda 2063 by promoting people-centered land governance in Africa’. The Land Forum will be held on 15 – 17 September. On the 18th of September the Regional Assembly co-organized with IGAD and the African Union will take place.
Please click here to register for ILC Africa’s Land Forum.
Latin America and the Caribbean
‘Inequality in Latin America: Impact and proposals for land governance’ is this year’s theme for Land Forum and Regional Assembly. The Land Forum will take place on 6 – 8 October and the Regional Assembly will take place on the 13 – 16 October. Please follow this link to register for Latin America and the Caribbean Land Forum.
Asia
ILC Asia’s theme concerns ‘Securing land rights for smallholder farmers and sustainable food systems’. The Land Forum will take place on 6 – 8 October, the Regional Assembly will take place on the 9th of October. Please click here for more information and registration.
Europe and the Middle East
Please send an email to c.wedeman@landcoalition.org in order to register for this event.
Posted: 10th September 2020 by Lotte van der Heijden
Mekong Land Research Forum | Call to Join Their Research Network
The Mekong Land Research Forum is the primary resource for informed research, education, and advocacy around land relations in the Mekong region. Together with Chiang Mai University and partners, it nurtures the next generation of researchers on land. The Mekong Land Research Forum seeks to encourage research on land governance, connect researchers, and utilise their skills and knowledge to disseminate key messages on land relations in the Mekong Region. Key features of the network are:
The application form to join their research network can be found here.
Last Updated: 2nd March 2021 by Coordinator
LANDac & Partners | Brief Series Land, Housing, and COVID-19
By Karol Boudreaux (Landesa), Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque (Norwegian Refugee Council), Yuliya Panfil (New America), and Chantal Wieckardt (LANDac)
Following the Webinar Series and Online Discussion on Land Rights Implications of COVID-19, LANDac, together with Landesa, the Land Portal Foundation, New America and the Norwegian Refugee Council published a Brief Series on the impact of COVID-19 on Land and Housing.
In the six months since the coronavirus began its global spread, more than 15 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and more than 600,000 have perished. Governments around the world have instituted lockdowns and shut down businesses. Entire industries have been devastated, notably travel, hospitality, and entertainment in the formal sector, and day labor and street and market vendors in the informal sector. Overall, hundreds of millions of people worldwide have lost their livelihoods.
These facts are well known. But less documented are the various implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the land and property rights of billions of people around the world. This series of briefs, inspired by and sourced heavily from the Land Portal’s Land and COVID-19 webinar and discussion series, spotlights a selection of these challenges, and provides suggestions for how they may be addressed.
You can read the briefs here, or download them below.