The “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security” are referred to as the “Voluntary Guidelines" or the VGGT in this newsletter. With support from Italy, FAO launches a project in Colombia that promotes a culture of legality, inclusion and coexistence Scaling up innovations to protect women’s customary land rights: practical experiences in Sierra Leone UN Integrated Geospatial Information Framework: Guyana...

  The “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security” are referred to as the “Voluntary Guidelines" or the VGGT in this newsletter. Articles: CFS 45 side event: Advancing women's land rights towards achieving the SDGs Second National Land Conference in Namibia FAO Transversal Project Supports Far Ban Bo and Far Dwuma Nkɔdo Fisheries Projects on M&E Niger launches an inclusive process to...

EU Land Governance Programme -7th Capitalization Meeting © FAO / Giulio Napolitano The Capitalization Meeting on the EU Land Governance programme took place for the first time at FAO headquarters in Rome from 26 to 29 June 2018. By means of FAO’s Transversal Project “Support to and capitalization on the EU Land Governance Programme”, co-funded by the EU and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), FAO coordinates, supports...

Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines in Central Asia The Union of Water Users Association of the Kyrgyz Republic (UWUA), in collaboration with FAO, implemented the project "Implementation of VGGT in Central Asia" from September – December 2017. The project covered Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and was funded through the FAO Multi-Disciplinary Funds (MDF). It was implemented to promote the Voluntary Guidelines in the Central Asia sub-region where tenure rights are,...

Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines Rome, Italy (5 – 10 October 2017). In commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines, FAO, together with relevant stakeholders and partners, and with financial support from the European Union, organized a technical thematic forum from 5 - 6 October, followed by a high-level event on 10 October where the outcome of the technical thematic forum was reported. Both events...