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LANDdialogue | Publication: Strengthening land rights for women – inspiring examples of interventions supported by the Netherlands

As part of the Land Governance – Multi-stakeholder Dialogue (LG-MSD), organised by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a booklet was published which highlights inspiring examples of interventions for strengthening land rights for women. The booklet presents cases… Read More

18 March 2016: LANDac Masterclass at the World Bank Conference Land & Poverty

World Bank Conference on Land & Poverty 2016 Scaling up responsible land governance Masterclass: Multi-stakeholder dialogue in land governance: lessons learned and ways forward Room MC C2-131   On Friday 18 March, LANDac and its partners are organizing a… Read More

01/03/2016 News LANDac 2016 Annual Land Conference

  The first panel descriptions of panels that are being organized in the context of the 2016 LANDac Annual Land Conference can be found here: panels. In the coming months we will continue to update the information about… Read More

Online (Dutch): UU Studium Generale lezing ‘Land te koop’

Annelies Zoomers (IDS Utrecht University/ Chair of LANDac) and Barbara van Paassen (Hoofd beleid en campagne ActionAid) gaven op 24 februari een lezing in het kader van de UU Studium Generale reeks over voedselzekerheid. De lezing is online… Read More

24/02/2016 LANDac-IASC co-organized panel

LANDac and the International Association for the study of the commons (IASC) are co-organizing a panel during a European Regional IASC conference in Bern, Switzerland, from 10-13 May 2016: Large scale investments in land and Infrastructure in Africa,… Read More

New study on Dutch floriculture investments in eastern Africa and the impacts on local food security

The Netherlands Academy on Land Governance (LANDac)/ IDS Utrecht University has conducted a scoping study on Dutch flower farms, land governance and local food security in eastern Africa within the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP). While earlier… Read More

16/02/2016 EXTENDED DEADLINE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 26 FEBRUARY 2016

Due to several requests, we are glad to announce that the deadline for our Call for abstracts – extended deadline is extended until Friday 26 February 2016. You can still send in your abstracts to landacconference2016@gmail.com until Friday (including Friday).   The LANDac Annual… Read More

25/01/2016 Now taking place: online debate on GLTN Gender Evaluation Criteria on the Land Portal

Sharing Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Supporting Women’s Land Rights: A debate on the Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) From 25 January to 5 February, the Land Portal Foundation will be holding a debate on the Global Land… Read More

13/01/2016 Dynamic learning events held in Africa on land governance and food security

In early 2015, the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance (LANDac) and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) developed a knowledge agenda on land governance and food security. One of the activities addressed as part of the agenda was the development… Read More

LANDac 2016 International Land Conference: 30 June – 1 July 2016

On 30 June and 1 July 2016, LANDac will be organising a new International Land Conference: Large-scale land acquisition in the context of urban sprawl and climate change – LINKING THE RURAL AND THE URBAN This conference is a… Read More