Second international workshop on land consolidation and land banking

Budapest, Hungary, 06/06/2011 - 06/06/2011

Since 2007 the FAO led network of CEE countries (LANDNET) and FARLAND are connected, creating excellent conditions for exchange of knowledge and upgrading of approaches related to land tenure issues. The 2011 workshop built on previous workshop outcomes and was organized with a financial contribution from the Netherlands government in the context of the G2G Programme, which is implemented by Agency NL. As part of this contribution DLG assisted FAO in organising two workshops (November 2010 & June 2011) on Land Market issues in Central and Eastern Europe.

Based on the evaluation of the November 2010 workshop, the current workshop had two main subjects:
1. Land valuation was always indicated during the last few workshops as a topic where the participants would like to have more information and exchange practical experiences on how this is handled in different countries and contexts.
2. Land abandonment is the second main topic as currently in many countries, land abandonment is an issue that is high on the agenda of policy makers and rural development practitioners alike.

Meeting documents
	Agenda
	List of participants
	Results of the wrap up session
Opening Session
	LANDNET - 2nd International Workshop on Land Consolidation and Land Banking Richard Eberlin, FAO REU
	Evaluation of FAO work on “Tenure, rights and access to land and other natural resources” Carlos Tarazona FAO, OEDD
	Pre emptive rights - overview Frank van Holst, DLG
Technical Session 1: Land Valuation
	Land valuation: International Standards Jan Spijkerboer, The Netherlands
	Rural Valuation René Gijsbertse, Provice of North Holland
	Agricultural valuations: main principles & common obstacles Simon KEITH MA FRICS, Senior Land Tenure Officer, FAO HQ
Country experiences with land valuation
	Sweden - Land valuation in land consolidation - experiences from Sweden
	Bulgaria - Valuation of the portfolio of Land Bank or Real Estate Investment Trust
	Bulgaria - Land consolidation and land banking - The ultimate goal of a private land owner
	Spain - Renting prices and valuation system of the plots belonging to land bank of Galicia (a methodological approach)
	Denmark - Land valuation in Danish land consolidation projects and experiences from Eastern Europe
	Macedonia - Recent development in land consolidation in Macedonia and land valuation issues
	Hungary - A practical application of land valuation - Introduction to field trip Dr. Robert Sebestyén, President National Land Fund Management Organisation; Sándor Németh, M RICS; Chartered expert of land appraisal
Technical Session 2: Land abandonment
	Land abandonment - Questionnaires Margarida Ambar, DGADR, Portugal
	Assessing the risk of farmland abandonment in the EU - Background, work progress and objectives Emeric Anguiano JRC-IES, Margarida Ambar, DGADR, Portugal
Country experiences on how to define, monitor and deal with land abandonment
	Lithuania - Land Abandonment in Lithuania
	Romania - Policy options to stimulate land use and land consolidation in Romania
	Cyprus - Land Consolidation in Cyprus
	Spain - How to define, monitor and deal with land abandonment - The Galician experience
	Ukraine - Land reform process in Ukraine
Working Group Sessions and Reports
WG - Drivers of land abandonment (7 June 2011)
	Drivers of land abandonment Background for Working Groups Session
	Report from working group
*WG – Territorial approaches (8 June 2011)*
	Can taxation rescue abandoned land? Simon KEITH
	Introduction to working group session - Results and Follow up to the Oeiras Workshop Frank van Holst, DLG; Margarida Ambar, DGADR, Portugal
	Report from working group
WG –Pre-emptive rights (8 June 2011)
	Pre-emptive rights for land mobility? An overview of its application and use Frank van Holst, DLG