The Government of Morocco is hosting the Third Arab Land Conference in Rabat on the 18-20 February 2025. The Conference is organized by the Ministry of National Territory and Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy, UN-Habitat, GLTN and the Arab Land Initiative, in partnership with the League of Arab States, UNESCWA, UNECA, the World Bank, BMZ, the Netherlands’ RVO, and Morocco land sector stakeholders.
Objectives
The Conference is an important milestone in advancing good land governance for the achievement of social, economic, environmental and peace dividends in the Arab region. It aims at sharing knowledge on good practices and innovations, developing the capacities, and promoting collaboration and coordination among land stakeholders. It offers a platform to discuss country experiences, present new research, direct and inform investments and foster high level commitment to improve the land sector.
Programme outline
The Conference has Opening and Closing sessions, three ministerial / high-level sessions, two plenary sessions on CSo and youth. The rest of the sessions are run in three parallel tracks of technical and partners-led sessions.
Themes
The overall theme of the Conference is “Land solutions for investments, resilience and innovation”. The topics to be addressed are:
1. Innovation and smart solutions for land management, property registration, and sustainable investments
2. Housing, land and property solutions for displacement and crisis
3. Women and land
4. Land for housing and slum transformation
5. Land for food security and climate action
6. Unlocking the potential of the private sector
7. Land-based financing solutions
Register to attend the Conference
Around 300 in person 1000 virtual participants from ministerial and government delegations, land professionals, civil society, NGOs, academia, private sector and international organisations are expected to attend the Conference. Simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Arabic is planned for all sessions. The acceptance of in-person participants will be reviewed and confirmed by the organizers.