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Process to develop the Voluntary Guidelines

The Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security are developed through an inclusive process. Fifteen consultation meetings, each resulting in an assessment, were organized between September 2009 and November 2010. These meetings assessed the priorities of the Voluntary Guidelines and reviewed the specific features of governance of tenure in each region. The results of the meetings were analyzed and consolidated in an outcome document that was taken as a basis for the development of the draft Voluntary Guidelines.

Following the conclusion of the consultation process the drafting of the preliminary versions of the Voluntary Guidelines begun. The drafting process includes three major steps during which FAO member states, civil society and general public are consulted.

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Development of the First Draft of the Voluntary Guidelines through an inclusive process

15 April: Publication of the Zero Draft.
18 April: Review of the Zero Draft by FAO member states, High Level Panel of Experts and Voluntary Guidelines advisory group.
18 April-16 May: e-consultation.
17-30 May: Production of the First Draft in all FAO languages.

Review of the First Draft of the Voluntary Guidelines by the open-ended working group of the CFS

1 June 2011: Publishing of the First Draft in all official FAO languages.
2 June - 19 July 2011: Regional and stakeholder reviews of the First Draft.
14, 16and 17 June 2011:Open-ended working group meeting, open to all members of the CFS, conducted in all six FAO official languages.
12 - 15 July 2011: CFS led plenary review and finalization of the Voluntary Guidelines.
10-14 October 2011: Continuation of CFS led plenary review and finalization of the Voluntary Guidelines.
5-9 March 2012: Continuation of CFS led plenary review and finalization of the Voluntary Guidelines.

Consideration of the Voluntary Guidelines by the CFS

Outcome document of consultation meetings

Outcome document is available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic.

Past Events	e-Consultation (16 April-18 May) on zero draft. The zero draft is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) consultation in Moscow, Russia (23-25 November 2010), co-organized with the Ministry of Agriculture of Russian Federation. The CIS assessment is available in English and Russian.
	Expert meeting on land tenure issues and requirements for implementing climate change mitigation policies in the forestry and agriculture sectors in FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy (15-17 November 2010) organized by FAO Climate, Energy and tenure Division (NRC). A summary of the discussions can be found here.
	Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Consultation in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (20-22 September 2010), co-organized with the United Nations Development Programme, UN- HABITAT, World Food Programme, International Fund for Agriculture Development, Africa Union Land Policy Initiative and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ethiopia. The Eastern and Anglophone Western Africa Assessment is available in English.
	Central America and Caribbean Consultation in Panama City, Panama (6-8 September 2010), co-organized with the United Nations Development Programme and the International Centre for Sustainable Development. The Central America and Caribbean Assessment is available in English and Spanish.
	Pacific Consultation in Apia, Samoa (14-16 July 2010), co-organized with FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands, Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the University of the South Pacific. The Pacific Assessment is available in English.
	Francophone Africa Consultation in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (23-25 June), co-organised with Groupe de Recherche et d'Action sur le Foncier (GRAF), Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques (GRET) and Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV). The Francophone Africa Assessment is available in English and French.
	Near East and North Africa Consultation in Amman, Jordan (02-04 May 2010) co-organised with the University of Jordan and Birzeit University Palestine. The Near East and North Africa Assessment is available in English and Arabic.
	Latin America Consultation in Brasilia, Brazil (20-21 May 2010) co-organized by FAO-Regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Agrarian Development Ministry of Brazil. The Latin America Assessment is available in English, Spanish and Portugese.
	European regional consultation in Bucharest, Romania (22-24 March 2010) co-organized with GTZ and National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration, Romania. The European Assessment is available in English.
	Private sector consultation in London, United Kingdom (25-26 January 2010) co-organized with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The Private Sector Assessment is available in English.
	Asian regional consultation in Hanoi, Viet Nam (19-22 October 2009) co-organized with UN-HABITAT and FIG (in parallel with 7th FIG Regional Conference). The Asia Assessment is available in English.
	Southern Africa regional consultation in Windhoek, Namibia (28-30 September 2009) co-organized with GTZ and Ministry of Lands and Resettlement, Namibia. The Southern Africa Assessment is available in English.
	Civil Society Consultation reports can be viewed here.

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