Land Rights for Slum Dwellers in the East Indian State Odisha: Making technology work for the urban poor
The Land Portal Foundation and the NRMC Center for Land Governance partnered with key organizations to hold a series of three webinars leading up to the third annual India Land and Development Conference (ILDC), which took place from 12-14 March, 2019.
Webinar: Forest Rights and Governance in India
Accuracy for All: Community Land Mapping and the Navigation Satellite Revolution
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?
Webinar: An introduction to Prindex, 28 November
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.
FIG Working Week 2019
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
Realizing the VGGTs and SDGs: The role of data ecosystems, people-centered monitoring and impact evaluation in achieving global development goals
In 2017, the fifth anniversary of the landmark Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGTs) highlighted successful integration of VGGT principles into national law and decision-making processes across several countries.
Open Land Data and managing open data repositories workshop
Over a billion people worldwide, predominately smallholder farmers, lack secure land rights, which are crucial for obtaining loans and providing the long-term visibility necessary for planning successful agricultural operations. Open data technologies enable mapping and access to information on land rights, which in turn can lead to more protection for community and smallholder farmers.
7th Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Partners Meeting
Established in 2006, the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is celebrating 12 years as an alliance of diverse global, regional and national partners that contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable development through improvements to security of tenure and land governance. During this period, the Network has positively influenced the global security of tenure agenda and shifted the thinking towards pro-poor inclusive approaches. Practical tools have been developed and tested at country level, security of tenure improvements provided for everyday people in local communities, innovative projects delivered via the clusters and key stakeholder capacity strengthened to approach the challenges with knowledge and confidence.
Land Tenure and Property Rights MOOC 3.0
Registration for USAID’s Land Tenure and Property Rights Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is open through April 15th, 2018. Enroll today!
Rights to land and resources are at the center of our most pressing development issues: economic growth, food security, conflict, urbanization, gender equality, climate chan
CFS Side Event: SDGs, Food Security and Tenure Rights
Taking stock of progress and mapping future contributions from development actors
The Land Portal Foundation and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) are please to invite you to our side event at the Committee on Food Security (CFS) on October 12, 8:30AM - 10:00AM, IRAQ Room, FAO Headquarters, Rome
Numerous indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relate to tenur