How formalised rental agreements help refugees to be self-sufficient
28 January 2025
Tenancy Agreements transform Prospects of South Sudanese Refugees in West-Nile, Uganda.
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NEWS: Land Portal welcomes 2024 World Bank Land Conference materials into the Land Library
04 December 2024
December 3, 2024 — At the Land Portal, we are committed to advancing the accessibility and long-term sustainability of knowledge on land governance. The World Bank Land Conference is one of the premier venues for knowledge exchange on land, and we were thrilled when the organizers requested our support in making the 2024 conference session materials available to the public in our Land Library, which now hosts over 73,000 publications on land governance.
Women's Land Rights at COP16: the Key to Equitable and Effective Conservation
31 October 2024
We, rural women from across the world play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation due to our deep-rooted knowledge of local ecosystems, traditional agricultural practices, and community-centred approaches to resource management.
Here, at COP16 we come together to demand our rights to land, as they are critical to continue our conservation work. Secure land tenure is the foundation that allows us to invest in sustainable practices, protect natural resources, and maintain biodiversity.
Blogs
India's Urgent Need for Clarity on Land Issues: The Role of the India Land and Development Conference
03 October 2024
Land-related disputes in India account for about two-thirds of all civil litigation, with Gujarat (98%), Himachal Pradesh (95%), Karnataka (92%) and Haryana (89%) leading the pack.[3] As much as 90 percent of land parcels are subject to legal dispute, creating insecurity of ownership and in the business climate, discouraging new investment and posing a challenge for governance.
Récapitulation du webinaire : La sécurité foncière revisitée
21 December 2022
Le 15 décembre 2022, l'équipe de gestion des connaissances de LAND-at-scale a organisé un webinaire intitulé La sécurité foncière revisitée : Savons-nous ce que nous devons savoir ? Le webinaire a présenté les résultats préliminaires d'une étude sur la sécurité de tenure, rédigée par Guus van Westen, et Jaap Zevenbergen. La présentation de l'étude a été suivie de séances en petits groupes sur la sécurité de tenure et sa relation avec les droits fonciers des femmes, le rôle de l'État, les conflits fonciers et le développement économique, animées par des experts fonciers et des panélistes qui ont rendu compte des discussions en plénière avec leurs réflexions respectives sur les résultats de l'étude.
Seven takeaways from the 2022 Global Land Forum
07 June 2022
Last week, the International Land Coalition (ILC) hosted its 9th Global Land Forum in Jordan - the first large in-person meeting of the land community for three years.
Discussions
Open Land Data in the Fight against Corruption
Closed
08 September 2019 to 28 September 2019
Mr. Tim Davies
Lisette Mey
Ms. Amy Coughenour Betancourt
Land Portal Foundation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Cadasta Foundation
Women Inheriting Land: Rights and Realities
Closed
20 March 2019
Shipra Deo
Landesa - Rural Development Institute
Events
Launch of Prindex Report: Global tenure security and property rights
22 October 2024
The right to adequate housing and the peaceful enjoyment of private property are fundamental human rights. Yet, globally, the accessibility and security of these rights remain unequal and unsustainable.
Prindex
Sécurité de tenure : améliorer la gestion des catastrophes et l'adaptation
21 November 2023
Les catastrophes induites par le changement climatique et les réponses des communautés pour se protéger et concevoir des solutions sont devenues une priorité absolue de l'agenda climatique. Au centre des discussions sur l'atténuation et l'adaptation, on trouve les populations urbaines, en particulier dans les quartiers informels. Dans le même temps, les pauvres des zones rurales ayant un accès limité ou non sécurisé à la terre ont tendance à être négligés.
Land Portal Foundation
Global Forum on Agricultural Research
Asian NGO Coalition (ANGOC)
Association for Land Reform and Rural Development
Global Land Tool Network
Library
Open Up Guide for Land Governance, Version 2.0 (following public comments)
Manuals & Guidelines
September, 2021
Global
The Open Up Guide on Land Governance is a resource aimed to be used by governments from developing countries to collect and release land-related data to improve data quality, availability, accessibility and use for improved citizen engagement, decision making and innovation. It sets out:
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Key datasets for land management accountability, and how they should be collected, stored, shared and published for improving land governance and transparency;
Guide pour l’ouverture des donnees ouvertes pour une meilleure gouvernance fonciere
Manuals & Guidelines
September, 2021
Global
Les Open Up Guides sont des outils pratiques développés par l’ODC et ses partenaires thématiques pour aider les gouvernements et d’autres acteurs à utiliser la publication d’ensembles de données stratégiques pour relever les principaux défis politiques. Ils s’appuient sur des preuves pratiques tout en recueillant des enseignements pour s’assurer que les normes mondiales sont applicables localement.
The role of open data in fighting land corruption
Reports & Research
December, 2020
Global
The rapid progress in digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) comes with both fresh opportunities and new challenges for different sectors and actors adopting the new solutions that become available over time. Since the mid-2000s, the global land governance community has piloted a series of open data and transparency initiatives largely based on such digital innovations, aiming at increasing accountability and counteracting corruption in the land sector, both at the local and global level.
There are 2, 386 content items of different types and languages related to tenure security on the Land Portal.
Security of tenure is the guarantee of continued occupancy or use rights whether by virtue of formal rights, customary rules or other forms of assurance.
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