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Month: August 2014

LANDdialogue | Start of the new Land Governance Multi-stakeholder Dialogue

Yesterday, 26th of August, Minister Ploumen chaired a first meeting of the Land Governance Multi-stakeholder Dialogue in the Hague. The meeting signaled the start of the new dialogue between financial institutions, pension funds, big companies, NGOs, knowledge institutes… Read More

25/08/2014 – Vacancy at The Broker: Knowledge Broker Food Security & Inclusive Economy

The Broker is partner in the Office of the Food & Business Knowledge Platform. The Broker is currently looking for a Knowledge Broker Food Security & Inclusive Economy (0,6 FTE), who will work partly for the Office of… Read More

18/08/2014 – Vacancy at Oxfam Novib: Campaigner Community Land Rights

Campaigner Community Land Rights 32 hours per week Contract period: one year  The Hague Job purpose The campaigner Community Land Rights will have a coordination role within an international consortium of organisations on the development and implementation of… Read More

18/08/2014 – Successful 5th edition of the LANDac course ‘Land governance for development’

From 7 – 18 July 2014, LANDac organized its fifth summer school course ‘Land Governance for Development’ in cooperation with the Utrecht Summer School in the historic centre of Utrecht. The fifth edition of the 2-week course drew… Read More

18/08/2014 – The global land grab as modern day corporate colonialism

In the article ‘The global land grab as modern day corporate colonialism, LANDac partners Mayke Kaag (African Studies Centre) and Annelies Zoomers (International Development Studies, Utrecht University) reflect on the debate around large-scale land acquisitions, based on their… Read More

EU support to rural land governance – state of play 2014

This brochure provides an overview of EuropeAid’s support to responsible governance of land tenure. It demonstrates the level of EU commitment to rural land governance and aims to facilitate coordination with other stakeholders at global, continental and country… Read More

Report book launch ‘The Global Land Grab – Beyond The Hype’

On 3 July 2014 LANDac organized an official launch of the new publication ‘The Global Land Grab: Beyond the Hype’ edited by LANDac partners Dr. Mayke Kaag and Prof. Dr. Annelies Zoomers. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development… Read More

11 September 2014 – NL Launch World Bank report ‘Voice and Agency: Empoering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity’

On Thursday morning, 11 September 2014, LANDac together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organizes a launch of the World Bank report ‘Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity’. The Director of Gender of the… Read More