FIG Working Week is an exciting week-long conference that brings the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to discuss key challenges of our time within the surveying profession with fellow peers. With the theme
Geospatial information for a smarter life and…
Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us lack property security. This makes the world poorer, less free, and less just.
There is a growing…
Overseas Development Institute, Global Land Alliance, Land Portal Foundation
New America 740 15th St NW #900 Washington United States
The rapidly improving accuracy of satellite navigation in mobile devices can help to democratize land surveying throughout the developing world. How can field practitioners best utilize this tech to implement community mapping initiatives and formalize property rights?
Across the developing world…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rijnstraat 8 The Hague Netherlands
Kick-off event: meet female land rights champions, make your work more effective and join the festive launch of a photo exhibition
You are kindly invited to participate in an inspiring and informative event to discuss lessons learned from successful grassroots initiatives to improve land rights for…
LANDac, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Humanity House Prinsegracht 8 The Hague Netherlands
Many women around the world are working to improve their land rights. Yet the access to their land is often insecure. During this evening, you will hear stories by women who are involved in different initiatives at the grassroots level – from the Netherlands to Malawi. What lessons can we learn and…
LANDac, Oxfam Novib, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Kadaster International, Agriterra, ActionAid, Both ENDS
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 on 20 December 2017 in order to improve the position of family farmers in all five (5) continents. The declaration of the Decade ensures the continuity of the successful IYFF-2014 process by advancing the…
As 2018 came to a close, Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary named “justice” their Word of the Year. It was a top search throughout 2018, and for good reason. Justice remains out of reach for billions of people worldwide.
We have a chance to change that in 2019. That’s why we’re naming this the Year of…
Date: 18 janvier 2019
Source: Foncier & Développement
L’Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies a adopté le 20 Novembre 2017 la Décennie pour l’Agriculture Familiale 2019-2028, avec pour objectif l’amélioration de la vie des agriculteurs et agricultrices sur les cinq continents. La déclaration…
LAND GOVERNANCE IN TRANSITION:
How to support transformations that work for people and nature?
The LANDac Annual International Conference offers a podium for researchers, practitioners and private sector representatives interested in land governance for equitable and sustainable development. The…
Large-scale acquisition of land in the global South has received a great deal of interest in the last few years. Especially following the food crisis, and stimulated by the growing demand for biofuels, pressure on land continues to increase. This course provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the…
RAI Amsterdam Europaplein 24 Amsterdam Netherlands
Update from 14 April 2020
Due to the current COVID-19 situation, FIG Working Week 2020 has been cancelled. However, the programme, all abstracts and both peer review and regular papers have been published in the FIG 2020 Working Week website. There might be some online webinars/meetings, which will…
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Kadaster International, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation , Geo-Informatie Nederland
In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources. This event coincided with the launch of a campaign of the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) to reach the target of…
LANDac, Acção Académica Para O Desenvolvimento Das Comunidades Rurai, Both ENDS, Oxfam International, Land Portal Foundation, GROOTS Kenya, ENDA Pronat, Fórum Mulher, ActionAid